Tag: February

  • Death on the Seas

    by Jason Gallagher in Issue 109, February 2021 Imectas bent down on his knees, a soaking, soapy rag between his hands, and set to scrubbing the deck. Sun warmed the back of his neck. The water turned the worn wood a dark brown, and every once in a while the rag would catch on a…

  • Night of Betrayal

    by Josh Howard in Issue 109, February 2021 Jialen crept closer to the edge of the trees, squinting at the torchlight in the dark wolf’s-glade. She had told Ektar she would watch his Vezi’s revel but not join in, not that night—maybe not ever, depending on what she saw. She shivered. The wolves had been…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…