Tag: Jamie Lackey
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The Chosen One’s Choice
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 134, March 2023 My mother and the monk whispered in a corner while I stared down at my baby brother. I didn’t need to eavesdrop to know what they were talking about—it was written on the baby’s stupid fat face. The mark of an eagle’s talon stood out in red…
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A Tree with Rotting Roots
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 126, July 2022 For the first few miles of Tristan’s trek into the woods, the path was wide and smooth and the scent of sun-warmed pine needles filled the air. But slowly, more and more branches tangled overhead, choking out the sunlight and leaving shadows that shifted and jumped when…
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Enough to Matter
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 75, April 2018 Every girl in our kingdom is born with a bit of beauty. I was born with very little. Kiahna was born with almost enough to matter. She sat by a window, working on her mending, the sunshine glowing golden in her braided hair. I was memorizing her freckles…
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The Witch House
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 54, July 2016 Fat snowflakes drifted through the frigid air as I trudged along. Snow peppered my spectacles, leaving them fogged and just better than useless, and eerie stillness pressed in from all sides. I glanced at my hardly-legible notes, instructions cobbled together from a handful of third-hand accounts. The…
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To Go on Two Feet
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 38, March 2015 Avasa knelt on a boulder and flexed her claws. The wind ruffled her fur, and the smell of rain filled her nose. The wind also carried hints of man-sweat. A hunter. One of the white men with their noisy feet. Despite all their differences, the white men…