Tag: January
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Be Sure to Breed Two, Then the Tree Needs You
by Jason L. Corner in Issue 120, January 2022 When Chelene the summoner and Roshankar the assassin emerged from the woods, the first thing they saw was the corpse. A dead man hung like a scarecrow on a rough criss-cross of wood, throat cut and dry blood crusted over the scar. “Nice hat,” Roshankar said.…
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Crows of Mynchmoor
by Rab Foster in Issue 120, January 2022 Even while he struggled against the drug’s effects, Drayak Shathsprey saw the irony in his predicament. Everything he’d encountered since coming onto the Mynchmoor had seemed an affront to him with its grey, dreich joylessness: the landscapes, weather, people, houses, food. The sweet-tasting wine served this evening…
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Gael
by Suri Parmar in Issue 120, January 2022 “We’re low on barley. We’ll have to visit the market today.” Gael nodded. He sat with his two brothers in their snug stone hut as he ate his favorite breakfast stew, dumplings and peppers and goat meat, being mindful of not spattering his homespun shirt. His mother…
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Wights of Winterwood
by Mario Caric in Issue 108, January 2021 The blizzard waned. The howls of the winds toned down to undulating whistles. Massive snowflakes kept hitting at a sharp angle, further fattening the tall pine trees. Although night reigned for the past three months, the brightness of the snow still refused to give the last word…
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Sister Avenger
by Teel James Glenn in Issue 108, January 2021 A Story of Altiva Chapter I.Extortion “Bring General Torvad to us to kill or the girl dies,” the whispered voice rasped. No face accompanied the voice, only a vague shape swathed in tattered cloth that seemed to fade in and out of existence in the flickering…
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Child o’ Mine
by Dorothy Winsor in Issue 108, January 2021 Alitha leaned over to pick up the water bucket, then struggled erect, hand on her belly. The baby was kicking again. “Soon, sweetheart,” she murmured and stepped outside into the clearing Taemas had cut to build their cabin. Beyond it, the trees of the Wildlands loomed with…