Tag: November

  • The Shambling Dead

    by Geoffrey Hart in Issue 142, November 2023 The head of the rotting corpse rolled in front of Freya, who kicked it under the feet of another advancing corpse. That one tripped and went down, taking several of its fellows with it. “Another man’s lost his head over you,” Freya panted, slashing one arm from…

  • Black-Eye and Eight Lives

    by J. VanZile in Issue 142, November 2023 Kameron Black-Eye had seen some seedy pubs in his line of work, but this one sat below them all. Under the stars, for there was no roof, drunkards, derelicts, and ne’er-do-wells circulated like bats spiraling a belfry at dusk. It was an orchestrated dance of villainy. Quick…

  • New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1 Review

    by Anthony Perconti in Issue 142, November 2023 New Edge Sword and Sorcery #1 gives readers a wide variety of stories set within the sword and sorcery genre. I find it heartening that the contributors to New Edge take an expansive approach in fleshing out their individual protagonists. They are not mere cookie cutter, musclebound “thud & blunder” heroes…

  • The Sun in Shadow

    by Sandra Unerman The alley was a dead end. Tibbie halted to catch her breath, while she stared at the building ahead. She had lost track of where she was in the city. A muddle of grimy stone and broken windows spread across her view. She could see no side turnings to take her onwards…

  • You Stand Before the Black Tower

    by Nathaniel Webb in Issue 130, November 2022 You stand before the black tower. You have pursued the Bat-Winged Sorcerer here: the blackhearted necromancer’s final refuge, his last place of power. Tonight, under a blood moon, your struggle will end, one way or the other. The Gibbet Queen’s dying prophecy rings in your memory: “Beware…