Tag: Story
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Merchandise
by Gustavo Bondoni in Issue 73, February 2018 Sangr shielded his face with his hand. The midday sun beating on the endless ice created a glare that hurt his eyes even through the cloth that covered them. His main concern was to put one foot in front of the other, but he knew that walking…
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The Beekeeper and the Daughters of Dionysius
by Gary Every in Issue 73, February 2018 He pushes off from the shore, floating down the river, accompanied by his beautiful queen. The ancient Etruscan uses a long pole to propel his boat forward, letting the slow moving current do most of the work. The apiarist and his beautiful queen are searching for wildflowers.…
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Godsteel
by Michael Meyerhofer in Issue 72, January 2018 Mennaus took a bite out of an apple, tasted a telltale sourness that meant a worm had gotten there ahead of him, and tossed the rest into the mud. He nearly spit out the bite he’d just taken, then changed his mind and chewed. The brackish taste…
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A Ghost Story
by Dorothy Winsor in Issue 72, January 2018 From the hilltop, my father focuses the spyglass on the fur clad man leading thirty mounted soldiers toward the town gates. When a stork-legged sentry steps forward to hail them and presumably ask their business, one of the men casually kicks the sentry in the head. The…
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Need Some Healing
by Thomas Grayfson in Issue 71, December 2017 Ihsan cursed under her breath. She searched her pack for the healing potion. Kaldor lay dying beside her, a spear protruding from his belly. They had journeyed to Castle Drume on a quest to defeat Torkep, but the encounter had been disastrous for both sides. “Did we kill…