Tag: Ken Lizzi
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The Quarto Volume, or Knowledge, Good and Evil
by Ken Lizzi in Issue 48, January 2016 The smoldering slow-match puffed an acrid plume of smoke and sparks when it met the touch-hole. A pause. Then the arquebus leapt, driving my shoulder back before it, the forked support dropping into the churned mud of the battlefield. Whether or not I struck anyone with the…
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The Fire Demon – or Brava
by Ken Lizzi in Issue 39, April 2015 I parried late, re-directing the thrust intended for my chest to the thigh of my leading leg. Watching the thin blade bow into a half-circle I was grateful for the capped tip. It still hurt though. I stepped back, saluted to acknowledge the touch, then reengaged. A…