Tag: Story
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The Eighth God
by Matthew Ilseman in Issue 154, November 2024 1 It is said that the gods are Seven in number, but in Zeliaka it is whispered that the gods are Eight. – Salahan the Sage Obbo Karonga ran through the serpentine streets of Zeliaka. As he ran his turban fell off revealing his shaven black skull.…
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Cast No Shadow
by Cameron MacLeod in Issue 154, November 2024 Anton kept his breathing heavy and let his body attend to itself. His mind came unstuck from physical burdens. This allowed him to focus on his daughter, who lay some few feet away, his brother’s dagger protruding gaudily from her chest. By ritual he summoned grief, anger,…
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Spear and Talon
by Eric Williams in Issue 154, November 2024 It took Edeko all morning to crawl up the hill, each cautious movement weighed and considered and carefully planned before he inched forward in perfect silence. He’d spent an hour lifting a branch of elkweed out of the way, straining to keep the seeds from rattling in…
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Beyond The Slit Of Eternity
by K. T. Booker in Issue 153, October 2024 I Hamill woke to the dark. The damp. He knew not if it was day or night. The guards were outside. The pounding of their boots on the stone floor echoed through the iron door of the prison cell. They’d come in soon. He readied himself…
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A Hoard of Infinite Meanings
by Abby Roberts in Issue 153, October 2024 Seshet tossed aside her wax-coated writing tablet almost carelessly. The pain behind her left eye was the kind of pain indicative of having stared at the same godsdamn tablet all godsdamn day. Her back was sore, too, because she’d been sitting for hours without support. The rustle…