Tag: Issue 101
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The Carp of Lake Lack
by Alysha MacDonald in Issue 101, June 2020 I was milking the goats and thinking of nothing but rhymesong when my two youngest came running up the mountain path with fish scales the size of pomegranates in their hands. “Mammie,” they said, “A man came and killed the Carp.” I kept milking until my skin went paler,…
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Melkart in the City of the Dead
by Mark Mellon in Issue 101, June 2020 Ra-Horakhy’s golden falcon had begun his journey across the firmament. The bright red orb heralded yet another day in ancient Khemi. Peasants were drawn to the Ar’s black waters like insects to a wounded animal’s streaming blood. Men worked shadufs, a steady rise and fall as they…
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The Nation and the Need
by Liam Weiler in Issue 101, June 2020 I. HeritageThe orange aura of a few candles rose to the tight loft, where young Sosarna leaned on her elbow, lending her attention to her father’s tale. The slight, thin-bearded man sat cross-legged with his back bent beneath the ceiling. He delivered the story with the meek…