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\u00a9 Schlock! Webzine<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The horror, science-fiction and fantasy fiction ezine Schlock! Webzine<\/em> has just made its December 2023 edition available.\u00a0 This contains the first instalment of a two-part story written by Rab Foster, the pseudonym I use when I pen fantasy fiction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Entitled The Boots of the Cat<\/em>, the story is about the adventures \u2013 or misadventures \u2013 that befall a handful of mercenaries attached to a military outfit called the Legion of Beasts.\u00a0 Their legion has been sequestered in the middle of a city that\u2019s less than welcoming to them, both climatically (because it\u2019s raining incessantly) and attitudinally (because the place is bourgeoisie and snooty), and inevitably conflict arises between them and the locals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As the story progresses, the influence of a certain, popular fairy tale becomes more and more apparent.\u00a0 And no, despite the title The Boots of the Cat<\/em>, that fairy tale isn\u2019t Puss in Boots<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the next month, the first part of The Boots of the Cat<\/em> can be read here<\/a>, while Schlock! Webzine<\/em>\u2019s home page can be accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a9 Schlock! Webzine The horror, science-fiction and fantasy fiction ezine Schlock! Webzine has just made its December 2023 edition available.\u00a0 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 … <\/p>\n