Tag: November

  • 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…

  • Legacy of Steel

    by Cora Buhlert in Issue 130, November 2022 ​”Careful, Grandfather,” Gael said, “Don’t try to get up. You’re too weak…” Grandfather was old, frail, and – time to face the truth – dying, but nonetheless he shook off Gael with surprising strength. “No, boy, this is important. You have to listen…” A coughing fit cut…

  • A Dragon’s Post

    by Gabrielle Bleu in Issue 118, November 2021 Xyrlark Littleknight packed her bag with care in the sorting room of the Hallentrough Post Office. It was a little heavier than normal, since her route was a little longer than normal. She was picking up the second half of someone else’s route, due to unfortunate circumstances.…

  • Fountain Homes

    by Peter Medeiros in Issue 118, November 2021 Kerdimma counted six slavers around the boat. Five slavers and one navigator—the man she had been hired to recover. The slavers were loading their boat with enough food for a long trip, with barrels of honey ale and apple mash—she could smell both even crouched where the…

  • The God in the Keep

    by David A. Riley in Issue 118, November 2021 When Blexinian III was in the tenth year of his reign as ruler of the Bithanian Empire he outlawed the pagan gods his ancestors had worshipped for countless generations, condemning them as demons and declaring the Sun was the one and only true god, whose symbol…