Tag: 2020
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The Weeping Tower
by Jeffery A. Sergent in Issue 103, August 2020 I“Will it come back?” Jade asked, pulling the fur collar more tightly about her. The giant chartreuse bird wheeled around a snow-tipped peak once before turning westward, toward the pale orange bleeding across the nameless range. Tallus rubbed his hands together as he stepped up beside…
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The Final Kiss
by Teel James Glenn in Issue 102, July 2020 “The thing about dealing with amoral people is the certainty of it, Ada,” the blond bard said, “it is never a case of if they will betray you, it is always a matter of when. It makes things simpler and takes the suspense out of life.”…
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In the House of Vezzanius
by Davide Mana in Issue 102, July 2020 The rain made the roof tiles slick and gurgled down the drains, and draped a thicker gray shroud on the pale light of dawn. Bélise Nine Fingers cursed her good luck. Rain meant people stayed indoors and the few that braved the streets, huddled in their cloaks…
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Hondo’s Honor
by Carmine A. Tedeschi in Issue 102, July 2020 To a Skree fighter, exile is a fate worse than death. `Better to die in battle and please the Maker.’ In darkness, Hondo hiked to the cliff face. A steady wind blew warm across the semi-arid peninsula. Waves crashed below. The smell of cooked grain wafted…
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The Carp of Lake Lack
by Alysha MacDonald in Issue 101, June 2020 I was milking the goats and thinking of nothing but rhymesong when my two youngest came running up the mountain path with fish scales the size of pomegranates in their hands. “Mammie,” they said, “A man came and killed the Carp.” I kept milking until my skin went paler,…