Tag: Story
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The Last Saw in Town
by Frank R. Sjodin in Issue 17, June 2013 “Serjio, if you won’t help me with this, you lose my friendship forever.” In my days of exile I had precious few friends. Additionally, Ahzi was the most fearless swordsmen I’ve ever known. I once saw him leap into a dragon’s open maw so that he…
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Demons Within and Without
by Steve Goble in Issue 16, May 2013 Tannen’s breath halted beneath the blood-red mask, and his heart galloped, when he heard the cracks of branches in the shadowed underbrush. But he smiled when the thieves emerged to confront him. Brigands — he could handle brigands. The Faceless Son watched the bravado melt from their…
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In the Shadow of the Gibbet
by Robert Mammone in Issue 16, May 2013 Humid air drifted through the window’s great arch, disturbing the diaphanous curtains which obscured the full moon. Lod watched it through slitted eyes, grunting as the woman riding him arched her back then drove her hips into his, harder and harder. Haloed in the moonlight, her hair…
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You Don’t Want That
by Ray Krebs in Issue 15, April 2013 The bell on the shop door rang as it opened. Vritin blast them, another one, and she was two days behind making charms she had already sold. Brenna kept her head down, no eye contact. Don’t they have important things to shop for? Like food and clothing…
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The Snow Mage
by M. R. Timson in Issue 15, April 2013 The snow clotted on the ground like blood in a wound. From his vantage point halfway up Mount Atinos, Roland could see the smoke curling up from the chimneys of Wintersholm, crowded by a penumbra of evergreens on the southern edge of the valley. He picked…