Realms of Mystery

Realms of Mystery, edited by Philip Athans, is the sixth anthology of stories from the Forgotten Realms. An excerpt from The Silent Blade by R.A. Salvatore is included.
== Contents ==
=== Speaking with the Dead === 
By Elaine Cunningham
Date: 1368 DR
The Harpers Danilo Thann and Arilyn Moonblade travel with Elaith Craulnober to the Friendly Arm Inn in search of Isabeau Thione.
=== A Walk in the Snow ===
By David Cook
Date: 1368 DR
=== The Rose Window ===
By Monte Cook
Date: 1368 DR
=== The Club Rules ===
By James Lowder
Date: 1368 DR
=== Thieves' Justice ===
By Mary H. Herbert
Date: 1368 DR
=== Ekhar Lorrent: Gnome Detective ===
By Steven "Stan!" Brown
Date: 1368 DR
=== The Devil and Tertius Wands ===
By Jeff Grubb
Date: 1368 DR
=== H ===
By Richard Lee Byers
Date: 1368 DR
=== Strange Bedfellows ===
By Keith Francis Strohm
Date: 1368 DR
=== Whence the Song of Steel ===
By J. Robert King
Date: 1368 DR
=== An Unusual Suspect ===
By Brian M. Thomsen
Date: 1368 DR
=== Darkly, Through a Glass of Ale ===
By Peter Archer
Date: 1368 DR
Summary: A horse drawn cart with the merchant Avarilous of Ulgarth and his partner Necht came to the gate of Tharkar in the Free Cities of Parsanic with 50 kegs of ale for sale. They had paid an import permit and a scroll of sales submission, but a guard stole two kegs of ale specifically because Avarilous was from Ulgarth, then further humiliated him. Avarilous was further cheated by his contact, Daltrice landlord of the Tavern of the Tall Tankard, and the lawlessness was contrasted with Ulgarth. He continues to suffer prejudice from citizens of Tharkar in the famous courtyard tavern. Other visitors included inquisitors from Whitevale, looking for members of the Fallen Temple, northmen, and trade delegates from Konigheim and Doegan. The delegates fell into a brawl and a man ended up dead. It was revealed there were multiple double-crossings between agents of Duogan and Konigheim, as both sides attempted to murder one of their own to drag the free states into the conflict on their side. Avarilous was a Ulgarthan agent sent to stop a the plot, as Ulgarth wanted the politics of the five kingdoms to remain in a stalemate, with Konigheim and Doegan continuing to negotiate.
=== Lynaelle ===
By Thomas M. Reid
Date: 1368 DR
=== The Grinning Ghost of Taverton Hall ===
By Ed Greenwood
Date: During the month of Eleasias in 1368 DR
==Index==
===Organizations===
Battlebar
==Appendix==
===References===
Category:Anthologies
Category:Novels