Tag: James Lecky
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Forged in Heaven, Tempered in Hell
by James Lecky in Issue 21, October 2013 Ardess was on fire, the winter’s night as sweltering as the cruellest summer drought, the streets clogged with thick, rancid smoke. Blades gleamed in the infernal darkness, rallying cries echoed through laneways and avenues, all but lost in the roar of the flames and the crash of…
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Harvester of Souls
by James Lecky in Issue 17, June 2013 Of how and why Varish Armeen and I came to Salmu Alu I will not speak overmuch, other than to say that the reputation of the Black City drew us like wolves to carrion. Lean as wolves we were, too, eager to use our blades and to…
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Bones Heal
by James Lecky in Issue 11, December 2012 Winter’s chill gnawed at his flesh. Naked except for a rough breechclout, Varus stood in the Death Pit and waited for a Beast. In his right hand he gripped a short sword, a spiked buckler in the left. Fifteen feet above, the crowd peered down. Their faces…