Tag: 2014

  • Daisy Knight

    by Gary Every in Issue 33, October 2014 Kurestan led his horse along the road. His squire followed along behind, carrying the heavy weaponry. An old crone cried out. “Daisies for sale!” she shrieked. The squire sneered. “Why would my lord desire to buy a daisy?”      The haggard old woman was standing beside a…

  • Witch’s Intuition

    by Jamie Lackey in Issue 32, September 2014 Turnsig hated transforming into a cat.  He was getting on in years, but he still ended up as a kitten every damn time.  It wasn’t easy to maintain his wizardly dignity when a large part of him really, really, really wanted to scamper about chasing butterflies or…

  • The Pixie Thief

    by Mark Rimar in Issue 32, September 2014 Boniface Praig’s head pounded and he belched up stale wine. He shouldn’t have drunk so much the night before a big job, but he’d needed the false courage. Robbing a wizard, even a dead one, was no small matter. From his perch upon a branch of an…

  • The Red Cat’s Marriage

    by Melanie Henry in Issue 31, August 2014 She stared at him from the time the torches were lit till her father, sated and drunk, arm around his concubine, rolled out of his tall chair heading for his chambers, releasing the serving women to wipe down the tables. Out of deference to her and the…

  • A Promise Made

    by Paul Miller in Issue 31, August 2014 The Blademistress stared into the writhing flames of the fire before her. Anna’s words echoed in her mind, each repetition more damning than the last.  “A promise made by the Blademistress is a promise kept. Isn’t that right?” All in little Anna’s heart-wrenchingly innocent voice. The Blademistress…