© Schlock! Webzine
The horror, science-fiction and fantasy fiction ezine Schlock! Webzine has just made its December 2023 edition available. This contains the first instalment of a two-part story written by Rab Foster, the pseudonym I use when I pen fantasy fiction.
Entitled The Boots of the Cat, the story is about the adventures – or misadventures – that befall a handful of mercenaries attached to a military outfit called the Legion of Beasts. Their legion has been sequestered in the middle of a city that’s less than welcoming to them, both climatically (because it’s raining incessantly) and attitudinally (because the place is bourgeoisie and snooty), and inevitably conflict arises between them and the locals.
As the story progresses, the influence of a certain, popular fairy tale becomes more and more apparent. And no, despite the title The Boots of the Cat, that fairy tale isn’t Puss in Boots.
For the next month, the first part of The Boots of the Cat can be read here, while Schlock! Webzine’s home page can be accessed here.