Tag: September
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Bluffing at Farbridge
by Jason A. Holt in Issue 56, September 2016 The Shatterstone Horn had been stolen, and Higomu had orders to get it back. There are only two ways to escape from the Redwood Valley with a stolen artifact. One can either board a boat and leave by sea, or one can take the Klindrel Road and…
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The Scroll of Jadugara
by Jeffery A. Sergent in Issue 56, September 2016 The bottom level, the ninth, was nothing more than a circular floor about thirty feet in diameter. The stairs led upward and away from the deep-set chamber in an ever-widening spiral which was lost in the darkness, and at each of the eight levels above, a…
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Poor Bright Folk
by James Lecky in Issue 44, September 2015 The ways of man have overtaken the land of Orialla now, its magic vanishing before them like snow from a ditch. Once bright with colour it has become and grey and mundane place, fit more for mankind than the Fey. Yet the Old Ways linger and their…
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Truth Be Told
by Reid Perkins In Issue 44, September 2015 The dragon bread is worse than last year, Saug thought, adding that this sorry excuse for village cuisine wasn’t exactly helping his shaking hands. “You know, you guys have to be able to hold a sword tomorrow,” Saug said under his breath. The clatter of the tavern-goers…
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Witch’s Intuition
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 32, September 2014 Turnsig hated transforming into a cat. He was getting on in years, but he still ended up as a kitten every damn time. It wasn’t easy to maintain his wizardly dignity when a large part of him really, really, really wanted to scamper about chasing butterflies or…