Tag: 2019

  • The Colossus of Nyumbani

    by Anthony Perconti in Issue 86, March 2019 In 1981, DAW Books published Imaro by Charles Saunders. The contents of this edition, six short stories, originally appeared in the Canadian fanzine run by comic book artist, Gene Day entitled Dark Fantasy.  At the time of its publication, Imaro did not break any records in terms of sales. However, as the…

  • Misattributed: Never Judge a Grimoire by Its Cover

    by Ray Bossert in Issue 85, February 2019 By the mouth of a cave, a large ogress rested an elbow on her club, scratching her coarse chin as she considered the party of four travelers standing before her. One of the party, in gleaming white body armor and a white cape, stood forward from the…

  • The Hound

    by Paithan Campbell in Issue 85, February 2019 “Don’t start any trouble, you hear? Keep your sword in its sheath. Orithe is a decent city.”  Machtir looked around, and although he saw no city he nodded at the gate guard. A word like city implied stone structures, cobbled streets and some sense of building plan.…

  • Gingerbread Woods

    by Cameron Kirk in Issue 85, February 2019 Darkness was fractured by fire, and as the fire grew, it pushed back the cold blanket of night. The new-born radiance painted in glowing timbre three men in a forest clearing, two seated and the third lying on a makeshift stretcher upon the pine needles, a bloodied…