Tag: July
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Longshots for S&SM Submissions
If you have read the submission guidelines for Swords & Sorcery Magazine, you know that I am looking for what I might call “pre-industrial fantasy”, stories set in worlds where technology has not yet progressed to steam engines, electric telegraphs, or repeating firearms. Anything that fits that description is fair game and will get a…
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Rest My Weary Bones
by Cora Buhlert in Issue 138, July 2023 It seems I’ve barely rested at all when the call comes… again. Rise and shine, sunshine. Time for battle, time for war, time to smite the enemy and hear the lamentations of their women… if I could still hear properly, that is. ‘Cause hearing doesn’t work very…
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The Gibbeting of Azmyre
by Rab Foster in Issue 138, July 2023 The man carried the stench of magic. Had it been a real stench, Shathsprey wouldn’t have smelt it. That was the one benefit of the polar temperatures and the freezing wind and snow assailing the city. They neutralised its rancid odours. Even the reek of the underground…
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The Voice of the Siren
by Matthew Ileseman in Issue 138, July 2023 The Siren sat on a rock amidst the cold spray of the sea. Her skin was whitish green, her hair and eyes dark green. Her clothes were ragged. She opened her mouth and sang. Her song was low and melodic. It wafted through the sea air amid…
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After the Adventure
by Stephen C. Curro in Issue 126, July 2022 Against all advice, Mira journeyed to the Tiger Temple alone. Among Mira’s people, all talk of the Tiger Temple was taboo. Villagers whispered that it was once a shrine to the Tiger God, but now it was cursed. All Mira’s parents dared to tell her was…