#67: Qaf, with Spud

The Cru welcome Spud, yet another veteran of the Story Wars (P, the wife of one of the Story Wars generals, recently said she "loves the symbiotic relationship between Story Wars and the podcast." We agree.). Stories this week include a quest for jinn; a girl mesmerized by gemstones; a ring and its finder; and a poem about emerald mountains. From The Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, 1949 ed. Qaf, Kaf, or Caf In Moslem-Arabic mythology, the mountain range, made of emerald, that encircles the world outside the ring of ocean. It is the abode of the jinn and other supernatural creatures. The term is also generic for mountains, as Alps is in English, but specifically is applied to the Caucasus range. Stories begin around the 13:00 mark.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.