Tag: March
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Return to Hyboria
by Rick Hudson in Issue 38, March 2015 It would be very easy to slight Robert E. Howard’s (1906-1936) Conan stories. It would be very easy to trot off the same old lines about how they were stereotype muscular hero nonsense fantasy stories. When one is a critic nothing is easier than putting something down;…
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Ghost Militia
by Caw Miller in Issue 26, March 2014 A gust of wind that smelled of coffin mold and chilled like the depths of a grave startled Yinette. “Ghost Night,” she whispered. Her heart doubled the pace of its beats, and it already raced because handsome Larn had just kissed her. She squeaked when Larn squeezed…
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The Yardstick
by Will Weisser in Issue 26, March 2014 When we came to the castle gate, the guard on the parapet shot me a look of disdain. I fed it right back. I knew what he was thinking: peasant trash, farm filth, come to try their hand at being a Saracen before they’re thrown back in…
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Calling Fire
by Jarod K. Anderson in Issue 14, March 2013 Nothing burned like the grasslands. I should know. The place was hungry for fire. It begged for it in a dry, rustling language that called me from the green hills. It always seemed to know me –to know that I was the one who heard its…
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God of the Mountaintop
by John Grover in Issue 14, March 2013 Women wept on the side of the road. Smoldering debris littered the horizon while soot and black smoke choked the air. Wagons were reduced to splinters and homes were decimated. The outskirts of the small mountainside village were but a preview of what waited ahead. Dorrin and…