Goblin Tales - ebook review
Jim Hines has released an ebook that gathers together 5 short stories related to his 'Jig the Goblin' series. The first three stories involve goblins as the focus, although Jig spends the first story strapped in a baby carrier. The fourth story relates an adventure the magically-inclined goblin Veka shares with a human girl at a school for magic.
All four of these stories are enjoyable and bring back the sense of fun so prevalent in the novels.
The fifth story involves the fire spider Smudge showing us why he is a shoo-in for Best Supporting Spider every year. The story is a taste of Jim's next cool book idea [due 2012 - 2013 he says] concerning a libriomancer, who can reach inside a book and pull out things like...well, like Smudge. I am looking forward to that one.
Overall, a quick, enjoyable read, and well worth the $2.99. Kudos for Jim to making the effort to put this project together and making these stories available to his fans.