Tag: January
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Snake Bit
by Rhonda Parris and Jarrod K. Wade in Issue 132, January 2023 Xen slumped into the taproom and climbed up onto the seat next to Eoghan. Her ears, which normally stood up like a fox’s, drooped, significantly less perky than usual. In fact, everything about Xen was significantly less perky than usual. Since they’d reached…
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Exiles From Valhalla
by Robert M. Price in Issue 132, January 2023 i. Menace in the Mirror Sharajsha, the Wizard of Lemuria, had lived for so long, far beyond the span granted to most mortals, that he honestly could no longer recall when he was born. For all that, he did not possess eternal youth and knew not…
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Be Sure to Breed Two, Then the Tree Needs You
by Jason L. Corner in Issue 120, January 2022 When Chelene the summoner and Roshankar the assassin emerged from the woods, the first thing they saw was the corpse. A dead man hung like a scarecrow on a rough criss-cross of wood, throat cut and dry blood crusted over the scar. “Nice hat,” Roshankar said.…
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Crows of Mynchmoor
by Rab Foster in Issue 120, January 2022 Even while he struggled against the drug’s effects, Drayak Shathsprey saw the irony in his predicament. Everything he’d encountered since coming onto the Mynchmoor had seemed an affront to him with its grey, dreich joylessness: the landscapes, weather, people, houses, food. The sweet-tasting wine served this evening…