Tag: 2017
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The Ghost Stone
by Debra Young in Issue 61, February 2017 From the moment Kamau stepped into the shaman’s cave, carrying Anawe, who burned with fever and lay unconscious in his arms, he felt uneasy. His worry about his sick sister was a part of it. In the firelight’s glow, sweat glistened on her face and chest, rivulets…
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Princess in a Bottle
by Christopher G. Hall in Issue 60, January 2017 Cat-eye Jack savored the ale as best he could, despite the fact that he was light of purse and heavy of head. His latest misadventure had cost him every coin he had—and it had nearly cost him his life. It turned out that the so-called “notorious…
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The Sword Imperial
by James Van Pelt in Issue 60, January 2017 As he had for the last year, Hndred chopped wood and built fences and cleaned the stables for old Bakken the innskeeper. The young man worked a month before he’d earned enough credit to pay for an evening in the The Broken Beast. He left his…
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Only the Guilty Live
by Robert Mammone in Issue 60, January 2017 When the Cataphracts came for Marduk, he sat sprawled amidst the splintered remains of a table and chairs, the unconscious and bloodied bodies of several men beside him. ‘Beetles,’ Marduk shouted, his voice slurred. He took a swig from his mug then dashed it ringing across the…