Tag: 2023
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Black-Eye and Eight Lives
by J. VanZile in Issue 142, November 2023 Kameron Black-Eye had seen some seedy pubs in his line of work, but this one sat below them all. Under the stars, for there was no roof, drunkards, derelicts, and ne’er-do-wells circulated like bats spiraling a belfry at dusk. It was an orchestrated dance of villainy. Quick…
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1 Review
by Anthony Perconti in Issue 142, November 2023 New Edge Sword and Sorcery #1 gives readers a wide variety of stories set within the sword and sorcery genre. I find it heartening that the contributors to New Edge take an expansive approach in fleshing out their individual protagonists. They are not mere cookie cutter, musclebound “thud & blunder” heroes…
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The Guild’s Share
by Nyki Blatchley in Issue 141, October 2023 Loshi sauntered through the streets of Shimeth, putting a deliberate swagger into her walk. She’d been in the city for ten days now, and life was good, especially when you were seventeen and just where you’d always dreamt of being. The colourful bazaars were stuffed with fascinating…
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Under a Green Moon
by M. R. Timson in Issue 141, October 2023 The waters of the strait were as clear as glass. There was hardly a grain of sediment blocking Epona’s view of the rocky surface, perhaps hundreds of feet below. It was a whole other world down there, with its peaks and valleys, its forests and tundra—its…