![]() ![]() Will Oliver Looks at KEW’s 13 Best Horror Novels.REH and Some Pulp Editor Critiques: A Guest Post by John Bullard.A tragic tale of forbidden love between a young woman of noble birth and the son of a woodcutter who can communicate with trees, Ringard’s story involves an evil sorcerer and heartbreak for the young and very naive lovers.Įnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Fariel takes Ringard back to his castle and listens to his story.Īnd it’s quite a story. Ringard had kidnapped Fariel’s aunt Dendra on her wedding night. In this kingdom, kidnapping is an acceptable method of marriage. They’re actually detailed renditions of plants.ĭuring conversation, Fariel learns that the man, Ringard, is a notorious figure from his family history. He finds a man covered in tattoos which give him the appearance of scales on his face. “Ringard and Dendra” starts out with the local lord, Fariel of the house of Sleith, investigating a stranger on his lands, a stranger described as a snake man. You know how these situations tend to go at times, don’t you? Of course you do. But things happened, and I never got around to it. Turns out it was this one, reprinted in Black Gate. I had read one of his stories years ago and liked it quite a bit. The Throne of Bones won a World Fantasy Award. McNaughton was never prolific, and based on the story I read for today’s post, that’s a shame. Brian McNaughton was born on this date, September 23, in 1935. ![]()
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