Taken from his home village, the centaur Fino finds himself enslaved and shipped to a new land, where he must learn to cope with the trainer determined to break him. This short story originally appeared in Realms of Fantasy and is reprinted in the short story collection Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight. Find out why Endeavour, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominated Cat Rambo’s been called one of the strongest storytellers in a generation of speculative fiction writers. Her emotionally rich stories play out against worlds that are evocative, imaginative, and beautifully but economically realized. In the Tales of Tabat series, Rambo explores a fantasy world where intelligent magical creatures co-exist uneasily with human beings in a social order on the verge of upheaval.

In this fantasy short story, told in the form of a meandering historical paper, Rambo teases out more of the world of Tabat, the site of such other stories as "I'll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said," "The Bumblety's Marble," and "Love, Resurrected." Discover more behind the oppression of Beasts and their emerging political struggle in these pages, told with Rambo's usual masterful prose style and sensory-rich language. Find out why Endeavour, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominated Cat Rambo’s been called one of the strongest storytellers in a generation of speculative fiction writers. Her emotionally rich stories play out against worlds that are evocative, imaginative, and beautifully but economically realized. In the Tales of Tabat series, Rambo explores a fantasy world where intelligent magical creatures co-exist uneasily with human beings in a social order on the verge of upheaval.

In this short story, an exiled soldier tries to wait out a winter in a fort beleaguered by fox-spirits and winter demons and most importantly, famine. Master storyteller Cat Rambo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award nominee, delivers another enchanting secondary world fantasy in a chilling tale that originally appeared in Weird Tales and which is reprinted in the collection Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight. Part of Rambo's Tales of Tabat series, Events at Fort Plentitude will pull you into a world of horror and wonder intermingled.

In this short story, which originally appeared in Fantasy Magazine, a sorceress in the Southern Isles mourns her dying lover while being wooed by a pirate lover. Find out why Endeavour, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominated Cat Rambo’s been called one of the strongest storytellers in a generation of speculative fiction writers. Her emotionally rich stories play out against worlds that are evocative, imaginative, and beautifully but economically realized. In the Tales of Tabat series, Rambo explores a fantasy world where intelligent magical creatures co-exist uneasily with human beings in a social order on the verge of upheaval. Discover why World Fantasy and Nebula Award-nominated Cat Rambo's been called a master storyteller in this story set in the world of Tabat, a frequent setting for Rambo's short stories.

In this short story, which originally appeared in the online magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies, general Aife Croffadottir is acknowledged one of the finest military minds of her time—which is why the sorcerer Balthus commands her to her service even after her death. How will she come to terms with her new existence? Find out why Endeavour, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominated Cat Rambo’s been called one of the strongest storytellers in a generation of speculative fiction writers. Her emotionally rich stories play out against worlds that are evocative, imaginative, and beautifully but economically realized. In the Tales of Tabat series, Rambo explores a fantasy world where intelligent magical creatures co-exist uneasily with human beings in a social order on the verge of upheaval.