Tag: 2023
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The Chosen One’s Choice
by Jamie Lackey in Issue 134, March 2023 My mother and the monk whispered in a corner while I stared down at my baby brother. I didn’t need to eavesdrop to know what they were talking about—it was written on the baby’s stupid fat face. The mark of an eagle’s talon stood out in red…
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The Fall
by Patrick Odren in Issue 134, March 2023 The boats fell from the sky in an explosion of blue mist and dust. The Mage’s Highroad had stood for one thousand years, but today in the realm, it rained wood and flesh. In one instant of genuine madness, Rillos let a burst of laughter escape his…
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The Pyre of Larros
by Rab Foster in Issue 133, February 2023 The road started to descend. By the time it reached Ketaxos, the town overlooking the escarpment, its incline was considerable. Indeed, the base of the town’s eastern wall, through which the road entered, was higher than the top of its western wall, through which the road left…
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Gift of the Moon God
by Mark Mills in Issue 133, February 2023 “It’s so close, so close.” Goni bit her lip until blood trickled down her chin. “Down the hole, just down the hole. Jump down the hole and run out the cave.” She had no need to elaborate the obvious, Pechi thought. They all knew how close they…