Tag: Robert Mammone
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Death Rides a North Wind
by Robert Mammone in Issue 129, October 2022 When Colcothar staggered into the clearing, he had been hunted for three days. His grimy furs were black with blood and his beard matted and filthy. A bruise purpled one eye, and fire had reduced most of the hair on his head to blackened stubble. Blood pulsed…
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Only the Guilty Live
by Robert Mammone in Issue 60, January 2017 When the Cataphracts came for Marduk, he sat sprawled amidst the splintered remains of a table and chairs, the unconscious and bloodied bodies of several men beside him. ‘Beetles,’ Marduk shouted, his voice slurred. He took a swig from his mug then dashed it ringing across the…
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Blood Fire
by Robert Mammone in Issue 22, November 2013 Rain sheeted down in a constant drumming, underscored by the rumble of thunder echoing off the slate tiled roofs. Lightning crackled, the staccato flashes briefly banishing the gloom that had swept in with the clouds minutes before. Ignoring the storm lashing him, hunkered down beside a leering…
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In the Shadow of the Gibbet
by Robert Mammone in Issue 16, May 2013 Humid air drifted through the window’s great arch, disturbing the diaphanous curtains which obscured the full moon. Lod watched it through slitted eyes, grunting as the woman riding him arched her back then drove her hips into his, harder and harder. Haloed in the moonlight, her hair…