Tag: August
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Winter Exodus
by Garnett Elliott in Issue 19, August 2013 Gecerix had left the feasting hall to fetch a basin of watery ale. When he returned, he found his father spitted against the high-backed throne with his own spear. The basin fell with a clatter and splash. By instinct, Gecerix reached for the knife at his belt.…
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The Boon of Gregory of Northlee
by Andrew Moore The Feast of Vincent and Agnes brightened the halls of King Hector’s court in the usual fashion. Light hearts sat at heavy tables, peerless champions strong in the fight came together in peace, and the king handed out boons with his own hand to all who entered. Into that court came a…
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Ninety-Nine Deaths of the Monkey God
by David J. West in Issue 7, August 2012 The dripping heat of Bhustan hung on them like a stinking towel from a diseased bathhouse. The slayers swatted bloodsucking flies or pulled leeches that dropped from putrid trees. The jungle demanded a blood debt and the captain of these slayers, a man known as Kold,…