@Wightbred I enjoy Matthew Hughes a lot. He doesn't reach the same heights as Vance, but he is still very entertaining to read, his protagonists are nicer people (Cugel-esque is not always a bad thing, but it can also be a bit much) and there's less sexism.
My favourite of his works is the collection Nine Tales of Raffalon.
@kevin @Wightbred According to Wikipedia:
"Hughes's Archonate stories and novels have been compared to the works of Jack Vance: Booklist called him Vance's "heir apparent" in their August 2005 review of The Gist Hunter and Other Stories. Hughes has written an authorised Dying Earth story ("Grolion of Almery") for the 2009 Vance tribute anthology Songs of the Dying Earth and in February 2020 was working on an authorised sequel to Vance's Demon Princes books"
So this one no, but sometimes yes
@kevin @Wightbred You can get 9 Tales of #Raffalon here as an affordable, DRM-free ebook, if you want to give the author a try:
https://www.sfgateway.com/titles/matthew-hughes/9-tales-of-raffalon/9781473225503/
I'm not affiliated in any way, just want more people to read this!
martin
Kevin