Category: Content Posts
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Tools of God and Magic
by S. Creany in Issue 55, August 2016 Solene walked back from the bar’s outhouse, her mouth worked into a frown and a bit of paper crumpled in her big fist, to find Brigh being prattled at by a young girl. There was a desperate look to the girl: sallow skin, rough brown hair, a cheap…
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The Witch House
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 54, July 2016 Fat snowflakes drifted through the frigid air as I trudged along. Snow peppered my spectacles, leaving them fogged and just better than useless, and eerie stillness pressed in from all sides. I glanced at my hardly-legible notes, instructions cobbled together from a handful of third-hand accounts. The…
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Time Is a Lady’s Unerring Blade
by Stephen S. Power in Issue 54, July 2016 Anyone can buy a soul. Even the meanest villages have dealers now, and prices remain low, thanks to the border wars five years ago. To buy a specific soul, though, Erynd has to deal with a ghost taker. She hobbles through the Old Bridge Market, her…
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The Rescue Job
by Matthew Cropley in Issue 53, June 2016 “This is stupid,” I groaned, peering at the moonlit mansion from inside a scratchy bush. “But worth it if we stand a chance of saving him,” Chif said, crouched beside me in the undergrowth. I grunted as my gaze flicked over the manicured garden ahead, assessing the best approach,…