Tag: 2015
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Warriors In the Mist
by Daniel Hand in Issue 45, October 2015 Hildfrida woke early. The sun was still low beyond sea and mist, less a herald of morning than a vestige of night. The sound of the tides wafted in through the open window along with the cool salty breeze. She lay still awhile, steeling herself against the…
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Poor Bright Folk
by James Lecky in Issue 44, September 2015 The ways of man have overtaken the land of Orialla now, its magic vanishing before them like snow from a ditch. Once bright with colour it has become and grey and mundane place, fit more for mankind than the Fey. Yet the Old Ways linger and their…
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Truth Be Told
by Reid Perkins In Issue 44, September 2015 The dragon bread is worse than last year, Saug thought, adding that this sorry excuse for village cuisine wasn’t exactly helping his shaking hands. “You know, you guys have to be able to hold a sword tomorrow,” Saug said under his breath. The clatter of the tavern-goers…
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Thorncandle House
by Sandra Unerman in Issue 43, August 2015 Brenan’s third attempt to escape from his kidnappers nearly killed him. As they crossed a bridge in single file, he flung himself over the knee-high rail and let the river take him downstream. He had not realised how difficult it would be to keep his head above…
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Without Sin
by Jeremy Harper in Issue 42, July 2015 I “Enter,” said Elania Reynard as she smoothed the skirt of her plain gray robe, wrinkled from hours of kneeling prayer. She was small and frail, just past girlhood, her long hair sun-yellow and her face pale and delicate. Standing in her drab cell she seemed a…