Tag: Story
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A Fallen Flare
by Jamey Toner in Issue 153, October 2024 The Numivore, the Numivore, The human whom the Gods abhor. The Numivore, the Numivore, The tomb of whom’s an open door. Two scarlet wings, like a galleon’s mainsails, billowed overhead. The valley, miles below, was a collusion of cartography and heraldry, vast and wild and beautiful. The…
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Eliza Sky And The Iron Smelter’s Devil
by Neil Willcox in Issue 153, October 2024 Eliza Sky and the Iron Smelter’s Devil – Part 1 Eliza Sky and the Iron Smelter’s Devil – Part 2 An agreement in the light of PROVIDENCE in the Third Year of the Lord Regent of WHITLAND and the seventeenth year of the rule of the IRON…
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Bliss
by Lindsey Duncan in Issue 152, September 2024 As Ilisu surfaced from the sacred pool, ice chill searing her, she grasped at the sensations. It was supposed to wash away the mystical shroud binding the disease inside her. She chased every tickle on her skin, yet she felt no different. She blinked water out of…
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Numbers Matter
A tale of Altiva by Teel James Glenn in Issue 152, September 2024 “Do you think there really is safety in numbers, Erique?” the girl asked. When her companion didn’t answer right away she added, “Like in a big family?” The two were riding on a country road north of Stormlanding and were a study…
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Tell Me The Count
by Jonathan Olfert in Issue 152, September 2024 Seven sails on the horizon, the square rigs of great catamarans, sank dread into Tahure’s heart. He’d been hoisting a dharak terror-bird into a tree for harvest, vines biting into his palms. When the sails caught his eye he froze there at the edge of the beach.…
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The Scarecrow of Terryk Head
by Rab Foster in Issue 151, August 2024 Gudroon lowered the telescope and said, “Bad magic.” “How bad?” Ordinarily, Farmer Airdwel’s voice was nasal and hard-to-listen-to. Today, anxiety had given it yet more of a whine. “Very bad. See for yourself.” She passed him the telescope. Airdwel was reluctant to take it because she was…