Tag: October
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Daisy Knight
by Gary Every in Issue 33, October 2014 Kurestan led his horse along the road. His squire followed along behind, carrying the heavy weaponry. An old crone cried out. “Daisies for sale!” she shrieked. The squire sneered. “Why would my lord desire to buy a daisy?” The haggard old woman was standing beside a…
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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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Right of Ultissima
by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt in Issue 21, October 2013 At the third kick the door gave way. A sword thrust into the splintered opening. It dripped a green ichor that hissed as it hit the stone floor. A moment later the owner of the sword stood in the doorway, her strong frame silhouetted by the…
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Winter’s Debt
by T. Fox Dunham in Issue 9, October 2012 I dream at night of a woman with damp black hair and skin like ice to the touch. She dances in a circle wearing a dressing of dripping ice, and when the water leaks down and touches Her flesh, it freezes into diamonds. I wake this morning with the chill…