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The Old Phoenix
A copper phoenix shelters an open door onto a star-filled sky.
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Signs for places you wish you could visit.A FIELD GUIDE TO FICTIONAL PLACES
Behind the sign.
Every place has a story.
- WHERE TO FIND IT
- Between worlds
- ON THE BOOKSHELF
- Poul Anderson · A Midsummer Tempest; House Rule
The local knowledge
The Old Phoenix is a meeting place between worlds in Poul Anderson’s fiction. It appears in A Midsummer Tempest and in related stories, including House Rule. Its guests bring different histories and realities into the same tavern, making the familiar comforts of an inn a doorway into something much stranger.
Our interpretation
A copper phoenix shelters an open door onto a star-filled sky. Midnight-blue enamel and worn gold lettering turn the idea of a tavern between worlds into an imagined traditional hanging sign.