Tag: June
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The Angelstone
by Christopher Rowe in Issue 137, June 2023 Celia rode the broad acres, looking for someone to kill. Not a specific one of the light-eyed strangers who had burned her farmstead and murdered her husband, but any of them. All of them, ideally.She had no doubt she would find the raiders soon. She needed only…
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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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For Mercy, For Death
by Matthew X. Gomez in Issue 125, June 2022 Rodolf stood, leaning hard on his spear, mud sucking at his boots, rain beating a tattoo against his helmet. His fingers ached from the cold, his back hurt from standing at attention and the weight of his mail on his shoulders, and his belly growled. He…
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The Pale Sparrow
by Fernando Medici in Issue 125, June 2022 I stirred the infusion and savored its honeyed smell, my first connection to the sacred realm. I mean, the Hallow Tea had never unveiled its mysteries to me, but I couldn’t bring myself to quit it. “Don’t waste your time with that poison, Laha,” Mother said. The…
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Lorelei
by Álex Souza in Issue 125, June 2022 “Another one?!” said the elder, his gloomy face lightened by the tent’s torches. He lowered his head and exhaled. For a moment, silence ensued; only the popping sounds of the fire could be heard. Boris, the elder’s only son, stared at his father and could feel the…
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The Cartographer’s Bauble
by Jennifer Crow in Issue 113, June 2021 Professor Halef caught me after breakfast. “I need a word with you. Regarding the cartographer.” I struggled to swallow the last bite of toasted flatbread. “Yes?” I struggled to maintain a façade of calm. Everyone had been talking for days about the arrival of Embra the cartographer,…