Tag: 2015
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Thorncandle House
by Sandra Unerman in Issue 43, August 2015 Brenan’s third attempt to escape from his kidnappers nearly killed him. As they crossed a bridge in single file, he flung himself over the knee-high rail and let the river take him downstream. He had not realised how difficult it would be to keep his head above…
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Without Sin
by Jeremy Harper in Issue 42, July 2015 I “Enter,” said Elania Reynard as she smoothed the skirt of her plain gray robe, wrinkled from hours of kneeling prayer. She was small and frail, just past girlhood, her long hair sun-yellow and her face pale and delicate. Standing in her drab cell she seemed a…
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Harsh is the Light
by Gerry Huntman in Issue 42, July 2015 Aelwyk, Lord of Dooring, dismounted at the foot of the hill, and trudged to its peak with the three men who were waiting for him. He was comforted with the presence of two of his most trusted companions, but his eyes kept wandering to the captured soldier.…
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Wind Song
by Kevin Cockle in Issue 41, June 2015 “That was nothing, lad,” Callus said as he chewed Stalyn’s hearty swordfish stew. We sat at the lone wooden table in the galley, once dark of night had enshrouded the Zephyr. Night-boarding by dragon-men was not unheard of, but I had taken us down nearly to sea-level,…