Tag: January
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The Tower of Jadraign
by Joshua Steely in Issue 48, January 2016 I. The Crimson Warlord Well, there was a certain poetic justice to it. Eth had just been thinking to himself that the purple hills and pine-clustered vales of Valezrel were entirely too restful, that his muscles itched from the days of quiet riding. Then around the bend…
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The Fourth River
by Brandon Ketchum in Issue 36, January 2015 Connall dropped the letter from hands frozen with dread, the gathered sweat on his brow turning chill. No, the Pennsylvania Colonial Council informed him, Albrecht Werner wouldn’t accompany him on his journey. The imminent trading party only wished to hire one guide and interpreter. His heart beat…
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Warden’s Legacy
by Daniel Morley in Issue 36, January 2015 Dane ghosted between pine and oak trunks, scouring the autumn boughs for sign of his quarry. Mud streaked his face up to his receding hairline to hide his scent and camouflage his flesh. His leather brigandine flexed silently over his sturdy frame. Something lurked in these woods,…
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Memories
by Daniel Hand in Issue 24, January 2014 Syrus opened his eyes, saw the tribesman’s face before him and stabbed violently upwards with his sword. His hand was empty. There was no sword, no face, no battle in the desert: just the quiet gloom of his bed chamber, the warmth of his mattress, and the…