Tag: Story
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Eliza Sky and the Gallows Tree
by Neil Willcox in Issue 139, August 2023 On top of the hill sat the great gallows, blackened wood, the platform twelve feet from the ground, the upper beams reaching almost as high again. Stark against the sky, they could be seen for miles around, from the merchant’s road that curved down the valley, from…
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Rest My Weary Bones
by Cora Buhlert in Issue 138, July 2023 It seems I’ve barely rested at all when the call comes… again. Rise and shine, sunshine. Time for battle, time for war, time to smite the enemy and hear the lamentations of their women… if I could still hear properly, that is. ‘Cause hearing doesn’t work very…
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The Gibbeting of Azmyre
by Rab Foster in Issue 138, July 2023 The man carried the stench of magic. Had it been a real stench, Shathsprey wouldn’t have smelt it. That was the one benefit of the polar temperatures and the freezing wind and snow assailing the city. They neutralised its rancid odours. Even the reek of the underground…
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The Voice of the Siren
by Matthew Ileseman in Issue 138, July 2023 The Siren sat on a rock amidst the cold spray of the sea. Her skin was whitish green, her hair and eyes dark green. Her clothes were ragged. She opened her mouth and sang. Her song was low and melodic. It wafted through the sea air amid…
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Matthew and the Dragon
by Em Harriett in Issue 137, June 2023 Matt was shearing the sheep when the earthquake struck. He planted his feet on the ground and grabbed the sheep in front of him by the remainder of its fleece, holding on to its terrified little body as the field trembled and the stone cairn atop the…