"Passion Ploy" (First published in Forbidden Planets, November 2006) "The Eye of Vann" (First published in Postscripts, Summer 2008) "Enemy of the Good" (First published in Enemy of the Good: Postscripts 19, October 2009) "Another Day in Fibbery" (First published in Edison's Frankenstein: Postscripts 20/21, December 2009) "Quartet & Triptych" (First published as a standalone novella, August 2010, reprinted in F&SF, November–December 2011) "The Yellow Cabochon" (First published as a standalone novella, January 2012) Forays of a Fat Man (2019) "Quartet & Triptych" (First published as a standalone novella, August 2010, reprinted in F&SF, November–December 2011) "The Yellow Cabochon" (First published as a standalone novella, January 2012) "Of Whimsies & Noubles" (First published as a standalone novella, August 2014) "Ephiphanies" (First published as a standalone novella, April 2016) "Arboghasz Dal Axander Rides Again" (First published in Mixed Bag, July 2022) The Kaslo Chronicles In the Lightspeed serial "The Kaslo Chronicles", Hughes for the first time showed the apocalyptic moment of transition from the age of rationality to that of magic through the eyes of Erm Kaslo, a confidential operative in the Ten Thousand Worlds whose client, the aristocratic dilettante Diomedo Obron, intends to become a powerful thaumaturge in the new era. Kaslo, by contrast, is a poor fit for the dawning age as his practical competence does not translate to a talent for magic but he nonetheless attempts to salvage what he can and fight back against interplanar threats. After this serial was collected as A Wizard's Henchman in 2016, Hughes returned to the character in prequel stories set when Kaslo was still "a hard-boiled, Sam-Spade-type private eye." A Wizard's Henchman (2016) "And Then Some" (First published in Asimov's, February 2013, reprinted in Lightspeed, September 2013) "Sleeper" (First published in Lightspeed, November 2013) "His Elbow, Unkissed" (First published in Lightspeed, January 2014) "Phalloon the Illimitable" (First published in Lightspeed, March 2014) "The Ba of Phalloon" (First published in Lightspeed, May 2014) "A Hole in the World" (First published in Lightspeed, July 2014) "Under the Scab" (First published in Lightspeed, September 2014) "Enter Saunterance" (First published in Lightspeed, November 2014) "The Archon" (First published in Lightspeed, January 2015) "A Face of Black Iron" (First published in Lightspeed, March 2015) "The Blood of a Dragon" (First published in Lightspeed, May 2015) "Thunderstone" (First published in Extrasolar, August 2017) "Solicited Discordance" (First published in Asimov’s, January–February 2018) "The Bicolour Spiral" (First published in