Tag: August
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The Love of Another’s Life
by Gustavo Bondoni in Issue 103, August 2020 “Hello Abren. You sent me on a suicide mission,” Sangr growled. “And yet, here you are,” the sorcerer replied. He spoke carefully, trying to keep the blade of Sangr’s rapier from drawing any more blood than it already had. There was little else he could do with…
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Pit of Deepest Darkness
by Williard M. Oliver in Issue 103, August 2020 “There were crimson gulfs unplumbed, there were black wings over a sea;There were pits where mad things drummed, and foaming blasphemy.” —Robert E. Howard A lone figure moved quickly through the dark wood. He had come seeking a demon; one found him instead. The…
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The Weeping Tower
by Jeffery A. Sergent in Issue 103, August 2020 I“Will it come back?” Jade asked, pulling the fur collar more tightly about her. The giant chartreuse bird wheeled around a snow-tipped peak once before turning westward, toward the pale orange bleeding across the nameless range. Tallus rubbed his hands together as he stepped up beside…
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The Garnet Key
by Jason Gallagher in Issue 91, August 2018 It was on Semid’s eighteenth birthday that his grandmother gave him the key. They were on the back patio. A wooden fence, turned a dull grey and warped with age, separated their little sanctuary from the other families crowded in the cluster of housing units. The high…