Tag: 2019

  • The Nine Worlds in All Their Splendor: A Review of Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology

    by Anthony Perconti in Issue 94, November 2019 For me, reading a book by Neil Gaiman is like having an old friend, whom you haven’t seen in a long while, over for dinner and drinks. Time has elapsed since you last socialized, but as old companions, you pick up exactly where you left off, and…

  • Spread Your Wings

    by John C. Adams in Issue 93, October 2019 Bored, Crown Princess Riley thought, fighting the urge to kick her heels against the wooden chair. The young wife gazed around the great hall at Liosmor. Her new father-in-law, Padraig o’Eira, snuck a stern glance at her out of the side of his eye and Riley sighed.…

  • Iced

    by Gustavo Bondoni in Issue 93, October 2019 A toe in the ribs, viciously applied, brought Sangr awake.  He was about to snap at the owner of the foot when some memory of the night before came back to him and self-preservation kicked in.  Lunk was a big man, and he’d been kind enough to…

  • The Master of Kirgusk

    by Jeffery Scott Sims in Issue 93, October 2019 After the difficulties of having journeyed thus far, Jacob Bleek, that questing scholar and seeker after strange matters, hoped for an easy passage over the steppes that spread across this portion of the expansive kingdom of the Rus.  Indeed, he had sent his trusted manservant ahead…

  • When Sea Dragons Fly

    by Bonnie Elizabeth in Issue 92, September 2019 I was eaten by a sea dragon when I was twelve. It’s the only story my student seekers want to hear about. That, and why I live near the top of a mountain, where the skies rain down hot lava three hours out of each day, forcing…