Tag: November
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Out of Dijau
by A. S. Alexander in Issue 70, November 2017 The tall grass was like a field of knives, marking Nnene’s dark skin red. There was no time to worry about such things, though. Things would be much worse if she did not keep moving. Despite the danger they brought, she did not hate the centaurs. It…
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Grey Wings and Promises
by Louis Palmerino in Issue 59, November 2016 First, I had to save your life before it began. It wasn’t easy, and cost me more time and coppers than I had to lose, but you were worth that to me. I remember the day as clear as the dockside bells. They were clanging and clonging all…
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The Blade that Seeks
by Edward H. Parks in Issue 58, November 2016 The ship pitched and swayed again, as it had all morning. Uncle Gelearde lurched over to the gunwale and retched. His belly was empty after a long night on this gusty sea, and he suffered through another lengthy round of dry heaves. “Could help you with that,…
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The Gargoyle and the Nun
by Brynn MacNab in Issue 46, November 2015 At night the clouds parted a little and the thin moon, curving like a scythe, shone between them. The witch stood in the field, beyond the lights of the soldiers’ camp, and held the arrow she had plucked from the throat of her favorite and most eager…
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Last Stand at Wellworm’s Pass
by Nicholas Ozment in Issue 46, November 2015 Tamalin, one of the most feared and powerful mages in all of Rilsthorn—Tamalin, whose very name elicited awe! In disguise he often roamed the fog-shrouded streets of the Tallows district of Ment City, but on this treacherous night the cruel wizard had been unmasked. Now assassins and…