Tag: Jeffery A. Sergent
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The Assassin
by Jeffery A. Sergent in Issue 137, June 2023 The prince must die. It was the same old story: upstart youth threatened beloved sovereign. Chaos and confusion threatened the stability of the realm. Murder and mayhem ensue. Rape and ruin. People die. Lots of people usually. The trouble with these situations is they never ended well. The…
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The Weeping Tower
by Jeffery A. Sergent in Issue 103, August 2020 I“Will it come back?” Jade asked, pulling the fur collar more tightly about her. The giant chartreuse bird wheeled around a snow-tipped peak once before turning westward, toward the pale orange bleeding across the nameless range. Tallus rubbed his hands together as he stepped up beside…
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The Scroll of Jadugara
by Jeffery A. Sergent in Issue 56, September 2016 The bottom level, the ninth, was nothing more than a circular floor about thirty feet in diameter. The stairs led upward and away from the deep-set chamber in an ever-widening spiral which was lost in the darkness, and at each of the eight levels above, a…
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The Young God’s Tears
by Jeffery A. Sergent in Issue 20, September 2013 Jade watched from the shadows and waited. Sweat rolled across her scalp, raising gooseflesh on her the back of her neck. She’d go insane if something didn’t happen soon. She needed to move, run, or even scream. That’d be something at least, and anything would be…