Arab traders are one thing, Goblin traders are quite another. Here are stories populated by genies, djinns, and a host of other craven creatures with bargains both terrific and terrible. Buyer beware in the dim alley of the Goblin Souk!
“Combine this with the Arabian Nights, the tales of Scheherazade, the princess who must captivate her husband’s heart with storytelling if she is to survive to see another dawn, and you have the Goblin Souk. To set the scene, a story of the weaver of tales, assisted by the Norns in her passionate plea for life, through words. Here you will find stories of genies, lamps, and wishes both granted and unfulfilled. You will find a tale of breathtaking cruelty where a genie must bear the flesh of pig… and yet, in that is his ultimate reward. Wishes which cannot be spoken cannot be taken too literally by the genie, who will grant the literal wish instead of the heart’s desire poorly phrased, but wishes which cannot be spoken also cannot be granted. Honor’s price can be worth more than a life, as three soldiers fallen into the far world of the goblins learn, and a thief’s reward can be more costly than death.” - from the introduction by Cedar Sanderson.
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