Tag: December
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Eliza Sky and the Elfborn Herald
by Neil Willcox in Issue 131, December 2022 “Come on,” Eliza Sky said to Julia Intandle, the other woman dawdling at the narrow window. When she didn’t move Eliza stepped back, considering dragging her up the last flight of stairs. It would be discourteous and it would not pay to annoy a magician’s daughter. With…
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Beneath the Earth
by Caledonia Krieger in Issue 119, December 2021 “There it is.” Arawa’s eyes, keen though they were, could make out nothing, but as she drew nearer she could distinguish the unnaturally smooth curve of the dome and the faint straight lines of the doorway beneath overhanging vines that marked the mound of earth as the…
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The Monster on the Mount
by Robert M. Price in Issue 119, December 2021 i. A Noble VisitorThongor of Valkarth, Sark of Sarks of the Western cities, had taken a few rare moments of rest as he sat on his high throne, playing with his son Prince Thar. But that respite, as usual, was fleeting, when a trumpet note heralded…
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Slayers of Casova
by Jeffery Scott Sims in Issue 119, December 2021 Lord Nantrech of Dyrezan, mighty mage and sage renowned throughout the empire, marched breezily despite his accumulated years, though a grandee clad only in a soiled gray robe. With each hearty stride his magic staff bit into the dust stirred by his sandaled feet. Close by…
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The Puppet Paramour
by Garrett Boatman in Issue 107, December 2020 The burning sands scorched Ramadym’s unshod feet and the unrelenting sun lashed his naked back as he pushed over the infinite succession of dunes. He had ridden across the vast wasteland all the day and night before, and when his horse died of exhaustion ere dawn that…