Tag: April
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His Brilliant Little Sister
by Lynn Rushlau in Issue 87, April 2019 Gheri caught the olive in his hand and gently dropped it into the basket hanging from his waist. He reached for the next fruit. A twig snapped under his tree. He picked the olive to show he was working, but nearly dropped it when he glanced down…
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Enough to Matter
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 75, April 2018 Every girl in our kingdom is born with a bit of beauty. I was born with very little. Kiahna was born with almost enough to matter. She sat by a window, working on her mending, the sunshine glowing golden in her braided hair. I was memorizing her freckles…
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The Penitent
by Harry Piper in Issue 75, April 2018 The walled town Llew and Rhodri still found themselves in after a fortnight of inaction was a damp, sad little place. Every morning they awoke to great rivers of fog flowing through the streets and a gentle but constant rainfall above their heads. Buildings and people both…
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By Fist and Sword: A Review of ‘Weird Tales of Horror’, by David J. West
by Anthony Perconti in Issue 75, April 2018 March 2018 The David J. West short story and poetry collection, Weird Tales of Horror is a sampling of various types of genre fiction, ranging from the historical all the way to science fiction, with the common through line of the supernatural represented in each. In these pages you…
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For the Light
by Gustavo Bondoni in Issue 63, April 2017 Sweat poured out from under her bronze helmet, clearing channels in her dust-streaked face, but she was too preoccupied to worry about irrelevant things like that on the day she was to die. She faced a difficult task – many difficult tasks, as a matter of fact…