Tag: Story
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The Hunger in the Dark
by Matthew X. Gomez in Issue 151, August 2024 Brais sat huddled in his cloak, the rain beating a tattoo on the stone floor around him through the holes in the roof. Flashes of lightning brought brief illumination to the interior of the ruined tower he had taken shelter in. His knuckles were white around…
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A Simple Job
by Josh Howard in Issue 151, August 2024 Symond rose from where he had been sitting cross-legged on Pak’s shell as they entered the ruins. He spread his feet for balance and shielded his eyes with one hand, even though the few remaining columns occasionally blocked the mid-morning sun. Pak’s clawed feet beat out a…
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Joy’s Soul Lies in the Doing
by Todd Honeycutt in Issue 150, July 2024 As I plodded higher into the forest, the tales whispered about these heathen lands felt more true. Many pointed to these hills, with their magnificent trees that could have been planted by the first gods, yews with their large, windy trunks and broad canopies and cedars towering…
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Tola’s Waft
by Ranylt Richildis in Issue 150, July 2024 Tola lopes down the boulevard, and those along his path veer off with a shudder. It’s not the outsized hands on his narrow frame or the bow across his back—turned for a mercenary by the most expensive master. It’s not his well-known name, muttered in the dimmest…
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A Voyage Among the Vandals
by Daniel Stride in Issue 150, July 2024 My name is Quintus. The Roman, my Vandal friends and acquaintances called me, in those long-ago days, when the withered husk of the Western Imperium still hid within the swamps of Ravenna. A time of turmoil, and of opportunity. The Eternal City itself had shrivelled into nothing,…
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Knight of the Couple
by Andrei-Ion Ghircoiaș in Issue 149, June 2024 His armor plates clanged as he walked the cobbled streets of Valaney. Night had settled in, with few onlookers gawking from their homes. Gade couldn’t blame their curiosity. Valaney was where cultures and races mixed as they dealt in both trade and politics. A city stranger to…