Tag: October
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Iced
by Gustavo Bondoni in Issue 93, October 2019 A toe in the ribs, viciously applied, brought Sangr awake. He was about to snap at the owner of the foot when some memory of the night before came back to him and self-preservation kicked in. Lunk was a big man, and he’d been kind enough to…
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The Master of Kirgusk
by Jeffery Scott Sims in Issue 93, October 2019 After the difficulties of having journeyed thus far, Jacob Bleek, that questing scholar and seeker after strange matters, hoped for an easy passage over the steppes that spread across this portion of the expansive kingdom of the Rus. Indeed, he had sent his trusted manservant ahead…
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A Magical Education
by Kristen Brand in Issue 81, October 2018 The alchemist trudged into the tavern, stopping to scrape the snow off his boots. He was almost too tired to bother, but his manners beat his exhaustion in a contest of strength. The others waved from their regular table in the back, and the alchemist slogged over…
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Bright Young Thing
by J. A. Prentice in Issue 81, October 2018 Faraj beheld Death and was unafraid. She could feel its breath upon her neck. It was in the cloying curls of sweet assaji, the dream-flower, drifting through the tent in an intoxicating cloud. It was in the great fans rising and falling like the wings of hunting…