Tag: February
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Sunset House
by J. J. Adamson in Issue 97, February 2020 There were two reasons I had never visited The Sunset House. The first, and some will say the most obvious, is that Sunset House is nearly inaccessible, situated on a cliff, nearly overhanging the oceans. Inland swamps of black mud and stinking sulfur keep out foot…
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Bringing Down the Mountain
by J. N. Cameron I cannot sleep because of the noise. Forays of sleet howl down the mountains and crash into the vale. Wattle walls shake, and the red clay cracks. Detritus snows from the ceiling, as wind whistles through the aperture high in the apex of our langhús. “BLAHAHAHA…BLAHAHA!” the goats shriek and cause the…
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Bounty
by Daniel J. Elliot in Issue 97, February 2020 They weren’t the best sort of people. The Drifters spent most of the year traveling by caravan from city to town, town to village, and back up again. They brought goods, gossip, mail, and the odd passenger. They also engaged in less savory work, though not…
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Misattributed: Never Judge a Grimoire by Its Cover
by Ray Bossert in Issue 85, February 2019 By the mouth of a cave, a large ogress rested an elbow on her club, scratching her coarse chin as she considered the party of four travelers standing before her. One of the party, in gleaming white body armor and a white cape, stood forward from the…
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The Hound
by Paithan Campbell in Issue 85, February 2019 “Don’t start any trouble, you hear? Keep your sword in its sheath. Orithe is a decent city.” Machtir looked around, and although he saw no city he nodded at the gate guard. A word like city implied stone structures, cobbled streets and some sense of building plan.…
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Gingerbread Woods
by Cameron Kirk in Issue 85, February 2019 Darkness was fractured by fire, and as the fire grew, it pushed back the cold blanket of night. The new-born radiance painted in glowing timbre three men in a forest clearing, two seated and the third lying on a makeshift stretcher upon the pine needles, a bloodied…