Tag: 2023
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Made for Better Days
by Jonathan Olfert in Issue 133, February 2023 On the errands of the King he loved, Vayel had crossed the palace courtyard ten thousand times, trained swordsmen here, guarded His Majesty against diplomats and other horrors. He’d thought he knew this place—cold marble flagstones, vaulted galleries, cherry trees with pale pink flowers. But now the…
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The Ordeal of the Cave
by Matthew Ilseman in Issue 132, January 2023 A cold wind pushed the small ship through the blue-green waves. It glided between rocks that jutted up from the sea like jagged teeth. The grey sky hung over a brown island that spread across the horizon. Aleron stood on the deck of the ship. His crimson…
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Snake Bit
by Rhonda Parris and Jarrod K. Wade in Issue 132, January 2023 Xen slumped into the taproom and climbed up onto the seat next to Eoghan. Her ears, which normally stood up like a fox’s, drooped, significantly less perky than usual. In fact, everything about Xen was significantly less perky than usual. Since they’d reached…
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Exiles From Valhalla
by Robert M. Price in Issue 132, January 2023 i. Menace in the Mirror Sharajsha, the Wizard of Lemuria, had lived for so long, far beyond the span granted to most mortals, that he honestly could no longer recall when he was born. For all that, he did not possess eternal youth and knew not…