Tag: December
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Slayers of Casova
by Jeffery Scott Sims in Issue 119, December 2021 Lord Nantrech of Dyrezan, mighty mage and sage renowned throughout the empire, marched breezily despite his accumulated years, though a grandee clad only in a soiled gray robe. With each hearty stride his magic staff bit into the dust stirred by his sandaled feet. Close by…
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The Puppet Paramour
by Garrett Boatman in Issue 107, December 2020 The burning sands scorched Ramadym’s unshod feet and the unrelenting sun lashed his naked back as he pushed over the infinite succession of dunes. He had ridden across the vast wasteland all the day and night before, and when his horse died of exhaustion ere dawn that…
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The Harvest
by David Ferguson in Issue 107, December 2020 The room was small, with a homespun quilt thrown across the door. Orinia pushed it aside as she entered. Inside the room, Kev sat on his haunches, head turned away from what lay on the floor in front of him. She cleared her throat uneasily. Kev looked…
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At the Feet of Poteauje
by Jeffery Scott Sims in Issue 107, December 2020 In the highlands of north-western Greece, verging on the marches of Macedonia, in those olden times the itinerant wizard Jacob Bleek followed as best he could the map imprinted on the parchment sold him dearly at Athens by the astute but vulgar Turk. Not a mage…