Tag: July
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The Barakoth of Glendor
by Samuel Kennedy in Issue 90, July 2019 There wasn’t even a ripple on the stagnant water. The Battle of the Southern Guilds had taken place less than a week earlier, and the plains of Polmarta were still littered with the bodies of the fallen, but Duna was already almost a hundred miles away. Surrounded…
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Fortune Favors
by T. R. North in Issue 90, July 2019 The peddler adjusted the broad brim of his floppy hat and tugged at the reins in his hand. The horses pulling his wagon came to a halt, gears in their knees and shoulders straining at the sudden stop. A soft puff of steam escaped their nostrils,…
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To Clear the Air
by Malcolm Schmitz in Issue 90, July 2019 You’re a lacemaker, Karvek told himself. You should be braver than this. He dug through his pack one more time. His needle and thread were stuck in his breast pocket, just as they should be. His greataxe was on his back. His lantern had a good stock of oil,…
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Crossing the Barrens
by K. C. Ball in Issue 78, July 2018 Corder couldn’t figure how it came to be that he got lost. He had crossed the Barrens a dozen times or more the past six years, working caravans; sometimes saw an end to it in four days, never more than five. Maybe this time he got turned…