Tag: November
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The Safety of Thick Walls
by Gustavo Bondoni in Issue 106, November 2020 The sun set over the Romans to the west. Rasce smiled grimly at them, wondering whether they would enjoy the autumn mosquitoes outside Aritim, and whether they would die of fever or decide to stay camped outside the walls all winter. It was all the same to…
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The Goblin of Gelhalad
by Samuel Kennedy in Issue 106, November 2020 As the children gathered around the dim light of the fire, the old crone smiled at them through her broken, yellow teeth. When everyone had found a seat, a hush fell over the cave. And then the old woman began her story. “The outside world is full…
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Songs for Fools and Children
by Maike Claussnitzer in Issue 94, November 2019 I first saw Orm the Skald again after the hall of Straela-by-the-Sound had burned to the ground, when my lord Ragnar picked his way through smoke and ruin to claim what was his by the sword now. It might have been his by inheritance, had his grandmother…
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The Bard at the Bronze Falcon
by Chad A. B. Wilson in Issue 94, November 2019 Kline moved to the side table and took the decanter in his left hand. “I assume you don’t object?” “At midday? Of course not.” Brock moved to join him. The brown liquid poured into the glass, two fingers tall. Brock drank. Kline was worth a…
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The Nine Worlds in All Their Splendor: A Review of Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology
by Anthony Perconti in Issue 94, November 2019 For me, reading a book by Neil Gaiman is like having an old friend, whom you haven’t seen in a long while, over for dinner and drinks. Time has elapsed since you last socialized, but as old companions, you pick up exactly where you left off, and…