Tag: February
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Stout
by Jay Requard in Issue 37, February 2015 ishnu readjusted in the corner of the cramped wagon, finding room for his shoulders. He leaned against the wall, sullen as the day’s drizzle wet his face. “I’d give anything for a beer right now,” Marl said as he polished his battered helm with a rag. “What…
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The Wedding Gift
by Neil W. Howell in Issue 25, February 2014 I. The Guard Buford Strongarm stood a little taller as the honored guests approached. His back ached and his knees moaned, but today was not a day for complaints. No, he had stood at the main gate of the inner city all day fueled by a pride…
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Husks
by Gerry Huntman in Issue 25, February 2014 She walked the long and familiar corridors of the Royal Palace, which was built on the highest elevated section of the city of Lakemere. She was intimately familiar with the labyrinth of marble-clad hallways as the adjacent and joining Astrologers’ Guild Headquarters was her home since she…
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Odin’s Mirror
by Andrew Knighton in Issue 13, February 2013 Two great polished mirrors faced each other across the stone space of Odin’s hall. Stood between them, his face repeated again and again in the silvered surfaces, Thorvald was reminded of the priest at the entrance. ‘Within Odin’s hall,’ the priest had said as he placed Thorvald’s…
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Soup
by Rick Silva in Issue 13, February 2013 Donna Stone walked into the town square wishing for better timing and a good bowl of soup. It was close to Longest Night, though she hadn’t gotten a look at the stars in several days of wet fog and drizzle, punctuated by the occasional stinging downpour. She’d…