Tag: June
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A Little Blood, a Little Fire
by S. K. Farrell in Issue 77, June 2018 She was seven, when I first realised. Seven, or thereabouts. Now, don’t get that look. I know I should remember the age of my own daughter, should have been cherishing every moment, but it was complicated back then. It was before her mother ruined my business and had…
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Then Will Die Your Pain
by Tom Crowley in Issue 65, June 2017 Sir Garner isn’t a proper knight, just as I’m not a proper squire. There are no knights where Garner comes from, but everyone in the company calls him Sir. And of course I’m too old to be a squire. The other mercenaries say to me, “You’re gonna…
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Every Midnight
by Sandra Unerman in Issue 65, June 2017 The scream frightened everyone in the Duke’s Grand Chamber, even though we expected it. Just before midnight, the musicians began to play at their fastest, so that the circles of dancers spun wildly about. The rattle of dice and the knock of glasses at the side tables…
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The Rescue Job
by Matthew Cropley in Issue 53, June 2016 “This is stupid,” I groaned, peering at the moonlit mansion from inside a scratchy bush. “But worth it if we stand a chance of saving him,” Chif said, crouched beside me in the undergrowth. I grunted as my gaze flicked over the manicured garden ahead, assessing the best approach,…
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Imitation
by L. M. Myles in Issue 53, June 2016 Beatrice watched the unadorned cart draw into the courtyard of the villa, just behind the carriage carrying the Contessa da Saluzzo. Beneath the heavy cloth cover Beatrice knew the cart carried only one item: an iron box, locked and bolted, containing the Contessa’s portrait. Beatrice tried not…