Tag: February
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Gift of the Moon God
by Mark Mills in Issue 133, February 2023 “It’s so close, so close.” Goni bit her lip until blood trickled down her chin. “Down the hole, just down the hole. Jump down the hole and run out the cave.” She had no need to elaborate the obvious, Pechi thought. They all knew how close they…
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Made for Better Days
by Jonathan Olfert in Issue 133, February 2023 On the errands of the King he loved, Vayel had crossed the palace courtyard ten thousand times, trained swordsmen here, guarded His Majesty against diplomats and other horrors. He’d thought he knew this place—cold marble flagstones, vaulted galleries, cherry trees with pale pink flowers. But now the…
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Unexpected Defense
by Alcuin Fromm in Issue 121, February 2022 Emmick slapped the bar with a wrinkled, calloused hand and roared with laughter. It was a hearty, booming sound that filled the air and seemed to lift and drop the Cerulean Sky Tavern in time with the man’s broad, heaving shoulders. The tavern keeper smiled from behind…
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A Coin Has Two Sides
by Sean Jones in Issue 121, February 2022 “Does anyone see the paradox?” asked the black-haired man in the charred, quilted armor, the crossbowman who sat atop the vanquished lich’s white-marble bier. He gestured with his pine-pitch torch, brandishing the only source of illumination in the half-dome of the sepulcher, the floor’s scattered gems winking…