Tag: 2015
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To Go on Two Feet
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 38, March 2015 Avasa knelt on a boulder and flexed her claws. The wind ruffled her fur, and the smell of rain filled her nose. The wind also carried hints of man-sweat. A hunter. One of the white men with their noisy feet. Despite all their differences, the white men…
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Return to Hyboria
by Rick Hudson in Issue 38, March 2015 It would be very easy to slight Robert E. Howard’s (1906-1936) Conan stories. It would be very easy to trot off the same old lines about how they were stereotype muscular hero nonsense fantasy stories. When one is a critic nothing is easier than putting something down;…
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Old Bear and the Grey Bird
by Nathan Elwood in Issue 37, February 2015 The mountain wind pulled at his grey fur and brought a taste of ash and soot to his mouth. Old Bear pulled close his cloak against the cold. Cautiously, he approached the destroyed human village. Despite his name, Old Bear was still quite young for his people,…
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Stout
by Jay Requard in Issue 37, February 2015 ishnu readjusted in the corner of the cramped wagon, finding room for his shoulders. He leaned against the wall, sullen as the day’s drizzle wet his face. “I’d give anything for a beer right now,” Marl said as he polished his battered helm with a rag. “What…
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The Fourth River
by Brandon Ketchum in Issue 36, January 2015 Connall dropped the letter from hands frozen with dread, the gathered sweat on his brow turning chill. No, the Pennsylvania Colonial Council informed him, Albrecht Werner wouldn’t accompany him on his journey. The imminent trading party only wished to hire one guide and interpreter. His heart beat…
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Warden’s Legacy
by Daniel Morley in Issue 36, January 2015 Dane ghosted between pine and oak trunks, scouring the autumn boughs for sign of his quarry. Mud streaked his face up to his receding hairline to hide his scent and camouflage his flesh. His leather brigandine flexed silently over his sturdy frame. Something lurked in these woods,…