Tag: James Lecky

  • Harvester of Souls

    by James Lecky in Issue 17, June 2013 Of how and why Varish Armeen and I came to Salmu Alu I will not speak overmuch, other than to say that the reputation of the Black City drew us like wolves to carrion. Lean as wolves we were, too, eager to use our blades and to…

  • Bones Heal

    by James Lecky in Issue 11, December 2012 Winter’s chill gnawed at his flesh. Naked except for a rough breechclout, Varus stood in the Death Pit and waited for a Beast.  In his right hand he gripped a short sword, a spiked buckler in the left.  Fifteen feet above, the crowd peered down. Their faces…