Tag: Story
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The Pixie Thief
by Mark Rimar in Issue 32, September 2014 Boniface Praig’s head pounded and he belched up stale wine. He shouldn’t have drunk so much the night before a big job, but he’d needed the false courage. Robbing a wizard, even a dead one, was no small matter. From his perch upon a branch of an…
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The Red Cat’s Marriage
by Melanie Henry in Issue 31, August 2014 She stared at him from the time the torches were lit till her father, sated and drunk, arm around his concubine, rolled out of his tall chair heading for his chambers, releasing the serving women to wipe down the tables. Out of deference to her and the…
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A Promise Made
by Paul Miller in Issue 31, August 2014 The Blademistress stared into the writhing flames of the fire before her. Anna’s words echoed in her mind, each repetition more damning than the last. “A promise made by the Blademistress is a promise kept. Isn’t that right?” All in little Anna’s heart-wrenchingly innocent voice. The Blademistress…
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The Will of Nature
by Jackson Hoerth in Issue 30, July 2014 Wooden wheels turned in the thick mud, dredging up water and muck but receiving no distance for their effort. A young man cracked a whip over a beast’s back and the creature replied with a low groan and renewed effort. Still, the wheels spun in the earth. …
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Pity the Children of Legends
by Matthew Tolbert in Issue 30, July 2014 …it is written in the Scrolls of Wisdom, “Revenge only ends when someone runs out of relatives.” I have made the aliens’ revenge even easier today by gathering all the children of his enemies in one dirty pub. You would think a great magician would know better,…