Tag: Story
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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…
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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…