Tag: Story
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The Death of Rovanmoshan
by Phillip Yeatman in Issue 122, March 2022 A man in shimmering robes of gold and silver plunged through the fog. The shadow of a ferry bobbed at the end of the road. Three figures followed at a distance and paused as he stepped aboard. “This is your time,” said Sturya. She was the hammer.…
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Unexpected Defense
by Alcuin Fromm in Issue 121, February 2022 Emmick slapped the bar with a wrinkled, calloused hand and roared with laughter. It was a hearty, booming sound that filled the air and seemed to lift and drop the Cerulean Sky Tavern in time with the man’s broad, heaving shoulders. The tavern keeper smiled from behind…
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A Coin Has Two Sides
by Sean Jones in Issue 121, February 2022 “Does anyone see the paradox?” asked the black-haired man in the charred, quilted armor, the crossbowman who sat atop the vanquished lich’s white-marble bier. He gestured with his pine-pitch torch, brandishing the only source of illumination in the half-dome of the sepulcher, the floor’s scattered gems winking…
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Isabeau’s New Name
by Michael Meyerhofer in Issue 121, February 2022 It made a lot of people angry when my sister became my brother. That kind of thing was less common ten years back, before the truce in Jerusalem. Worse in Isabeau’s case because she’d already been Christ-kissed. That means in the eyes of the Holy See, her…
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Be Sure to Breed Two, Then the Tree Needs You
by Jason L. Corner in Issue 120, January 2022 When Chelene the summoner and Roshankar the assassin emerged from the woods, the first thing they saw was the corpse. A dead man hung like a scarecrow on a rough criss-cross of wood, throat cut and dry blood crusted over the scar. “Nice hat,” Roshankar said.…