Tag: Story
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Pilgrims of the Swamp Waste
by Benjamin Sartison in Issue 148, May 2024 Beneath a canopy of sagging fronds, iridescent and oozing, four grimy figures tramped through green mist. With sucking, squelching steps they laboured through a stinking slurry of mud and grey water, leaving trails in the slime that covered its oily surface. Massive fungal structures quivered and dripped…
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The Cursed Woods
by Matthew Ilseman in Issue 147, April 2024 The corpse hung limply in the tree. A large branch impaled it through the chest. Blood covered the branch and fell in droplets on the forest floor. Aleron the warrior-priest stared up at it. He pulled his crimson cloak around himself. A sword and a seax knife…
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The Spectral Hunt
by Jared Kerr in Issue 147, April 2024 Father Samuel shivered as he walked, his breath seeming to freeze in the air around him. Midnight was not the time to be wandering, especially in winter, but the bishop’s letter had stated concretely what Samuel was to do if he wished his parish cleansed. A creak…
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The Bequest
by Sandra Unerman in Issue 147, April 2024 The room was more crowded than Jan had ever seen it. The old woman’s sons and their wives, grandchildren and cousins, avoided each other’s glances. They did not fidget or murmur, keen to hear every word as the clerk read the long, complicated will aloud. Jan leaned…