Tag: April
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The Wrestler’s Son
by P. J. Atwater in Issue 123, April 2022 On a night in which soft winds rambled the forested hills and bore into the vales the fresh scents of needles, buds, and lofty thaws, the riders of Mutangard caroused about their many fires. Hale and filled with courage on this fifth night away from the…
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Glamour
by Matthew Ilseman in Issue 123, April 2022 Strange things come out of the East- An Old Saying. Ceran ran through the forest. He paid no heed to any path. He ran through areas thick with growth. Leafless tree limbs reached out like skeletal hands cutting him as he ran. Ceran paid no mind;…
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Eliza Sky and the Lodestar Warrior
by Neil Willcox in Issue 123, April 2022 Eliza Sky had expected a churchman, though whether a mousy clerk, a stern scholar, or a ranting preacher she had not cared to guess. The thaumaturger who had ridden down from the high elfway into the village looked like none of those. He could have been a…
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The Idol
by George Jacobs in Issue 111, April 2021 The calls of beasts filled the forest, and still Nigodira’s eyes wandered over to the beached canoe, where the stolen idol lay, wrapped in silk. Nigodira shook himself and tightened his grip on his spear. His was the last watch; at dawn they would resume their journey…
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Demons of the Dark Abyss
by Lorenzo D. Lopez Issue 111, April 2021 1 As the barkeep leaned closer, the shadows from the single lamp that illumined the alehouse transformed his face into a sinister mask. He nodded towards the booth where the big outland labourer sat moodily staring into space. ‘You’ve hired an odd one there and no mistake,’…