Tag: Story
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Spellbreaker
by Dan Morley in Issue 76, May 2018 He curled into a ball, his arms wrapped tightly around himself while he shivered on the ground, his flesh sloughing off in green and purple trails. Asmarean magic. Spectres tormented his mind while throbbing pain wracked his body. It felt wrong, diseased, foul, like he was being…
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Enough to Matter
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 75, April 2018 Every girl in our kingdom is born with a bit of beauty. I was born with very little. Kiahna was born with almost enough to matter. She sat by a window, working on her mending, the sunshine glowing golden in her braided hair. I was memorizing her freckles…
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The Penitent
by Harry Piper in Issue 75, April 2018 The walled town Llew and Rhodri still found themselves in after a fortnight of inaction was a damp, sad little place. Every morning they awoke to great rivers of fog flowing through the streets and a gentle but constant rainfall above their heads. Buildings and people both…
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The Verdigris Caper (Being a Small Part of the Chronicles of Runyon, Wizard of Zedikteer-by-the-Raging-Sea, as Related in the Ancient Hep-Talk)
by James Lecky in Issue 74, March 2018 Now this story begins, as do so many in my life, with me fleeing from the Wrath Of… No ordinary Wrath Of…, you understand. Certainly nothing so minuscule as the Wrath Of Thorvos the Lender (to whom I find myself owing many berries on occasion) nor anything…
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The Maiden’s Leap
by Mike Riffe in Issue 74, March 2018 “Child, bring me a cool drink.” “Yes, Papa.” Ilsa replied. She disappeared and reappeared with a cup of water. Ilsa’s father, Rupert, drank the cool water, wiped his mouth on his sleeve, and sat the cup on the scarred wooden table. His day in the field was long. Sweat…