Tag: Story

  • There Might Be Giants

    by David Turnbull in Issue 4, May 2012 The first anniversary of our Glorious Revolution was fast approaching when a new prisoner was incarcerated in the town jailhouse. His name was Jack. His infamy preceded him. In the Duke’s day there had been many ‘tales’ about his exploits. But under the democratic regime People’s Commissariat such ‘tales’ were…

  • Love and Scorpions

    by Steve Goble in Issue 3, April 2012 Lillthan watched the moon-washed forest canopy below as she paced the rampart. Her grip tightened on the sword hilt as she waited for them to come. The Fastness of Samoree was quiet. Only night birds broke the silence. Her ears strained for the sound of Kooroo’s shrill…

  • In the Hills of Yost

    by Jeffery Scott Sims in Issue 3, April 2012 During the great war across the unknown sea against the abominable kingdom of the Rhexellites the legions of Dyrezan, marching eastward toward the distant enemy citadel of Tsathgon, entered into a dreary region of stony mounds and sheer ravines which, so the furtive natives informed, were…

  • Redwater

    by Noeleen Kavanagh in Issue 2, March 2012 Sorcha was woken in the dark and the cold. She took a moment to recognise the man who shook her awake and she jerked back from him. “Griana says to come quick. The cows are coming down with redwater,” he said. “What? What? Why?” “She said you…

  • ‘Hel’ Awaits

    by David J. West in Issue 2, March 2012 Swift as Thor’s thrown hammer, the tawny-haired giant of a Northman dropped the plank, barring the alabaster-framed door against the caliph of Andalusia’s other guardians. Immediately, the puzzled but dedicated Almohadian bodyguards pounded on the oaken doors demanding entry. Only the voluptuous harem remained with the…