Tag: February

  • Fate of the Fair

    by Gustavo Bondoni in Issue 145, February 2024 Where am I? Junglo thought as he woke. His head pounded and a memory of the previous night’s revelry brought images of luscious flesh, but mostly—and unsurprisingly—the remembrance of thirst, of the need to drink in order to forget and to let himself enjoy the excess around him.…

  • Djora Gumo

    by Vaughn A. Jackson in Issue 145, February 2024 Black trunked trees stretched inward from the beach on which the Munian found herself washed ashore. Salt water lapped at her bare feet; her armor sunken well below the crashing waves behind her. The cloth of her jerkin clung tight to her statuesque form as she…

  • Dragon Born

    by Chad A. B. Wilson in Issue 145, February 2024 “You’ll like her,” Fenray said as they walked the Queen’s Road into the Gardenside district of Falsea.  “So you keep saying,” Grenmir said.  “Fat chance,” Hyrion murmured. “You don’t like anyone.” The invisible imp perched on her shoulder, and Grenmir reminded herself not to talk…

  • The Pyre of Larros

    by Rab Foster in Issue 133, February 2023 The road started to descend. By the time it reached Ketaxos, the town overlooking the escarpment, its incline was considerable.   Indeed, the base of the town’s eastern wall, through which the road entered, was higher than the top of its western wall, through which the road left…