Tag: December
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Within the Heart of a Sleeping Giant
by Xan van Rooyen in Issue 131, December 2022 The witch’s boots were ruined. Rättäkitti squelched through the forest, blood welling from the undergrowth to soak her toes and scab her shins. The air tasted of copper and rust, a sweet putrescence lingering at the back of her tongue as she passed beneath the drooping…
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Eliza Sky and the Elfborn Herald
by Neil Willcox in Issue 131, December 2022 “Come on,” Eliza Sky said to Julia Intandle, the other woman dawdling at the narrow window. When she didn’t move Eliza stepped back, considering dragging her up the last flight of stairs. It would be discourteous and it would not pay to annoy a magician’s daughter. With…
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Beneath the Earth
by Caledonia Krieger in Issue 119, December 2021 “There it is.” Arawa’s eyes, keen though they were, could make out nothing, but as she drew nearer she could distinguish the unnaturally smooth curve of the dome and the faint straight lines of the doorway beneath overhanging vines that marked the mound of earth as the…
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The Monster on the Mount
by Robert M. Price in Issue 119, December 2021 i. A Noble VisitorThongor of Valkarth, Sark of Sarks of the Western cities, had taken a few rare moments of rest as he sat on his high throne, playing with his son Prince Thar. But that respite, as usual, was fleeting, when a trumpet note heralded…