Tag: April
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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…
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Witch Hunter
by Dale T. Phillips in Issue 63, April 2017 The drinking room at the inn was quiet that night, Teeann thought. She noticed the man on the far side of the room, sitting alone at an alcove table. Something about him made her look again. He had a serious expression, unlike most of the other…
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The Ink of the Slime Lord
by Jason Ray Carney in Issue 51, April 2016 The Three Sisters had established a cult centered on a book bound in human skin and inked with blood. This cult threatened the priesthood of Atok-the-Million-Eyed, and for this the sisters would be punished with impunity, the leaves of their philosophy scattered to the winds. Their…
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But the Dreams of Men
by James Lecky in Issue 51, April 2016 Tomas smelled death long before he came to the village. The ocean breeze brought the scent of old blood, of torn flesh and spilled entrails. His horse snorted, made nervous by the smell. But that was to be expected, the animal – a bay mare – had been…