Tag: 2023
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The Pyre of Larros
by Rab Foster in Issue 133, February 2023 The road started to descend. By the time it reached Ketaxos, the town overlooking the escarpment, its incline was considerable. Indeed, the base of the town’s eastern wall, through which the road entered, was higher than the top of its western wall, through which the road left…
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Gift of the Moon God
by Mark Mills in Issue 133, February 2023 “It’s so close, so close.” Goni bit her lip until blood trickled down her chin. “Down the hole, just down the hole. Jump down the hole and run out the cave.” She had no need to elaborate the obvious, Pechi thought. They all knew how close they…
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Made for Better Days
by Jonathan Olfert in Issue 133, February 2023 On the errands of the King he loved, Vayel had crossed the palace courtyard ten thousand times, trained swordsmen here, guarded His Majesty against diplomats and other horrors. He’d thought he knew this place—cold marble flagstones, vaulted galleries, cherry trees with pale pink flowers. But now the…
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The Ordeal of the Cave
by Matthew Ilseman in Issue 132, January 2023 A cold wind pushed the small ship through the blue-green waves. It glided between rocks that jutted up from the sea like jagged teeth. The grey sky hung over a brown island that spread across the horizon. Aleron stood on the deck of the ship. His crimson…
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Snake Bit
by Rhonda Parris and Jarrod K. Wade in Issue 132, January 2023 Xen slumped into the taproom and climbed up onto the seat next to Eoghan. Her ears, which normally stood up like a fox’s, drooped, significantly less perky than usual. In fact, everything about Xen was significantly less perky than usual. Since they’d reached…