Tag: Issue 23
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I Think Therefore I Die
by Fraser Sherman in Issue 23, December 2013 1695, Paris If the chamber maid at the inn hadn’t possessed such delectable lips, Hugh of Essex would have stayed at the abandoned farm and finished his dissection before midnight. Instead, he’d returned to the inn and only arose from the stained, sweat-soaked bed a half-hour before…
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The Devil’s Mandala
by Garnett Elliott in Issue 23, December 2013 A withered hand reached from the throng crowding the marketplace of Anghkar, to descend towards Senjam’s begging-bowl. Wary of filchers, his trained muscles tensed. But the hand was full. Fingers opened; a torrent of coins poured into the bowl and spilled over the sides with the pleasant…