Tag: Story
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Husks
by Gerry Huntman in Issue 25, February 2014 She walked the long and familiar corridors of the Royal Palace, which was built on the highest elevated section of the city of Lakemere. She was intimately familiar with the labyrinth of marble-clad hallways as the adjacent and joining Astrologers’ Guild Headquarters was her home since she…
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Memories
by Daniel Hand in Issue 24, January 2014 Syrus opened his eyes, saw the tribesman’s face before him and stabbed violently upwards with his sword. His hand was empty. There was no sword, no face, no battle in the desert: just the quiet gloom of his bed chamber, the warmth of his mattress, and the…
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Saving the World One Dame at a Time
by M. J. Waller in Issue 24, January 2014 The door to the Golden Dragon swung shut, leaving Silk and Bunge as the tavern’s final two customers. A storm was on its way and everybody wanted to be at home when it hit, ready to flee into cellars and storm-holes should the need arise. Meerith…
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I Think Therefore I Die
by Fraser Sherman in Issue 23, December 2013 1695, Paris If the chamber maid at the inn hadn’t possessed such delectable lips, Hugh of Essex would have stayed at the abandoned farm and finished his dissection before midnight. Instead, he’d returned to the inn and only arose from the stained, sweat-soaked bed a half-hour before…
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The Devil’s Mandala
by Garnett Elliott in Issue 23, December 2013 A withered hand reached from the throng crowding the marketplace of Anghkar, to descend towards Senjam’s begging-bowl. Wary of filchers, his trained muscles tensed. But the hand was full. Fingers opened; a torrent of coins poured into the bowl and spilled over the sides with the pleasant…