Tag: February
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Fate of the Fair
by Gustavo Bondoni in Issue 145, February 2024 Where am I? Junglo thought as he woke. His head pounded and a memory of the previous night’s revelry brought images of luscious flesh, but mostly—and unsurprisingly—the remembrance of thirst, of the need to drink in order to forget and to let himself enjoy the excess around him.…
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Djora Gumo
by Vaughn A. Jackson in Issue 145, February 2024 Black trunked trees stretched inward from the beach on which the Munian found herself washed ashore. Salt water lapped at her bare feet; her armor sunken well below the crashing waves behind her. The cloth of her jerkin clung tight to her statuesque form as she…
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Dragon Born
by Chad A. B. Wilson in Issue 145, February 2024 “You’ll like her,” Fenray said as they walked the Queen’s Road into the Gardenside district of Falsea. “So you keep saying,” Grenmir said. “Fat chance,” Hyrion murmured. “You don’t like anyone.” The invisible imp perched on her shoulder, and Grenmir reminded herself not to talk…
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The Pyre of Larros
by Rab Foster in Issue 133, February 2023 The road started to descend. By the time it reached Ketaxos, the town overlooking the escarpment, its incline was considerable. Indeed, the base of the town’s eastern wall, through which the road entered, was higher than the top of its western wall, through which the road left…
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Gift of the Moon God
by Mark Mills in Issue 133, February 2023 “It’s so close, so close.” Goni bit her lip until blood trickled down her chin. “Down the hole, just down the hole. Jump down the hole and run out the cave.” She had no need to elaborate the obvious, Pechi thought. They all knew how close they…