Tag: Story
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The Rescue Job
by Matthew Cropley in Issue 53, June 2016 “This is stupid,” I groaned, peering at the moonlit mansion from inside a scratchy bush. “But worth it if we stand a chance of saving him,” Chif said, crouched beside me in the undergrowth. I grunted as my gaze flicked over the manicured garden ahead, assessing the best approach,…
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Imitation
by L. M. Myles in Issue 53, June 2016 Beatrice watched the unadorned cart draw into the courtyard of the villa, just behind the carriage carrying the Contessa da Saluzzo. Beneath the heavy cloth cover Beatrice knew the cart carried only one item: an iron box, locked and bolted, containing the Contessa’s portrait. Beatrice tried not…
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The Skimmington
by B. C. Nance in Issue 52, May 2016 Alden huddled in his coarse woolen coat to stave off a wind that slashed from the steel-gray sky. He stood alone in the village square watching down the long path to the low fields, marking Sheply’s laborious progress as he led his aging ox pulling an…
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The Ink of the Slime Lord
by Jason Ray Carney in Issue 51, April 2016 The Three Sisters had established a cult centered on a book bound in human skin and inked with blood. This cult threatened the priesthood of Atok-the-Million-Eyed, and for this the sisters would be punished with impunity, the leaves of their philosophy scattered to the winds. Their…
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But the Dreams of Men
by James Lecky in Issue 51, April 2016 Tomas smelled death long before he came to the village. The ocean breeze brought the scent of old blood, of torn flesh and spilled entrails. His horse snorted, made nervous by the smell. But that was to be expected, the animal – a bay mare – had been…