Tag: December
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The Trial of Nabybee
by Curtis A. Deeter in Issue 95, December 2019 They brought Nabybee before the court in shackles, guarded by drawn witchfire and bound by a petrification weave so complex it made my head spin. He might as well have been crucified with the way they had his arms and legs strapped to the rack. It…
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Blackwork
by Shelly Jones in Issue 95, December 2019 Aelif threaded her way through muddy alleys and darted toward the shop district. It had rained all night while she was diving in the sea for the byssus. “Good,” she thought, “no one will notice that I’m wet.” Aelif wrung the sea water from her dark braid…
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Ebb & Flow
by David Samuels in Issue 95. December 2019 The Southsea Shadow15 Month of Cosmic Vespers | Afternoon My stomach growled in mutiny as I prepared to toss our last loaf of bread over the walls and into the sea. Hopelessly outnumbered and marooned without escape, my crew and I had nothing left in our arsenal…
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Clashing Blades
by Lawrence Raphael Brothers in Issue 83, December 2018 The dashing capitaine des fusiliers who called herself La Panthère glanced covertly at the sorcière de la Lune and smiled nastily. It was a chance encounter with her rival at the sumptuous sideboard of the Casino D’Or, one of the fancier gambling houses on the right…