Category: Content Posts
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The Bargain of a Bard
by Teel James Glenn in Issue 115, August 2021 A Story of Altiva The children in the cages no longer cried or yelled, their tears long dried, but with the stoic endurance and strength of frontier dwellers, they watched the ceremony and the deaths of the adults with only faint whimpers of resignation at their…
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Forging Independence
by S. E. Lindberg in Issue 114, July 2021 “Put the ax down, Melanie.” “You check on my health, Doctor Grave?” My daughter laughed from behind shadows that curtained slithering, colossal larvae. The ancient larval wyrmen raised their anteriors to peer at me, much like their siblings had while spying my trek into the Underworld.…
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The Drake and the Duchess
by Shannon Walch in Issue 114, July 2021 Ten days past midwinter, a dragon attacked Castle Borwell. Its habitants failed to notice. Said inhabitants were perhaps justified in this oversight given that Duke Borwick and his two sons had recently passed away in an unfortunate hunting incident. Upheaval accompanies any sudden transfer of leadership, but…