Tag: May
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The Apotheosis of Sophi Undying
by S. Cameron David in Issue 124, May 2022 He passed the morning in meditation, communing on the Astral Plane. There he pondered the deeper mysteries of magic and metaphysics and all manner of truth which never could I hope to grasp. And how could I? My master had drawn breath for a thousand years–Sophi…
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The Mouse that Roared
by Geoffry Hart in Issue 124, May 2022 The barbarian infant was premature, and given her small size and mottled pink and purple complexion, her mother named her Souris, the word for mouse in their tongue. Like most of the villagers, subtlety was not among the mother’s virtues. Subtlety, for them, was ringing a pommel off…
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Abria’s Gift
by Ross Hightower in Issue 112, May 2021 Lachlan finally caught up to his bedraggled warriors as they trudged along a muddy track below the rocky outcrop his clan called Loric’s Bluff. As he gazed down at them, the misty rain which relented for the length of the brief battle, resumed, adding to their misery. Daga’s…
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A Song for Sir Ava
by Melion Traverse in Issue 112, May 2021 I see your eyes glimmering as you watch my ring spark in the firelight. Ah, yes, you are wondering how one so shabby as I should wear such a precious thing. I can tell you that the man who gave it to me considered it a mere…