Tag: Story
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Crows of Mynchmoor
by Rab Foster in Issue 120, January 2022 Even while he struggled against the drug’s effects, Drayak Shathsprey saw the irony in his predicament. Everything he’d encountered since coming onto the Mynchmoor had seemed an affront to him with its grey, dreich joylessness: the landscapes, weather, people, houses, food. The sweet-tasting wine served this evening…
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Gael
by Suri Parmar in Issue 120, January 2022 “We’re low on barley. We’ll have to visit the market today.” Gael nodded. He sat with his two brothers in their snug stone hut as he ate his favorite breakfast stew, dumplings and peppers and goat meat, being mindful of not spattering his homespun shirt. His mother…
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Beneath the Earth
by Caledonia Krieger in Issue 119, December 2021 “There it is.” Arawa’s eyes, keen though they were, could make out nothing, but as she drew nearer she could distinguish the unnaturally smooth curve of the dome and the faint straight lines of the doorway beneath overhanging vines that marked the mound of earth as the…
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The Monster on the Mount
by Robert M. Price in Issue 119, December 2021 i. A Noble VisitorThongor of Valkarth, Sark of Sarks of the Western cities, had taken a few rare moments of rest as he sat on his high throne, playing with his son Prince Thar. But that respite, as usual, was fleeting, when a trumpet note heralded…
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Slayers of Casova
by Jeffery Scott Sims in Issue 119, December 2021 Lord Nantrech of Dyrezan, mighty mage and sage renowned throughout the empire, marched breezily despite his accumulated years, though a grandee clad only in a soiled gray robe. With each hearty stride his magic staff bit into the dust stirred by his sandaled feet. Close by…