Tag: Story

  • Slayers of Casova

    by Jeffery Scott Sims in Issue 119, December 2021 Lord Nantrech of Dyrezan, mighty mage and sage renowned throughout the empire, marched breezily despite his accumulated years, though a grandee clad only in a soiled gray robe.  With each hearty stride his magic staff bit into the dust stirred by his sandaled feet.  Close by…

  • A Dragon’s Post

    by Gabrielle Bleu in Issue 118, November 2021 Xyrlark Littleknight packed her bag with care in the sorting room of the Hallentrough Post Office. It was a little heavier than normal, since her route was a little longer than normal. She was picking up the second half of someone else’s route, due to unfortunate circumstances.…

  • Fountain Homes

    by Peter Medeiros in Issue 118, November 2021 Kerdimma counted six slavers around the boat. Five slavers and one navigator—the man she had been hired to recover. The slavers were loading their boat with enough food for a long trip, with barrels of honey ale and apple mash—she could smell both even crouched where the…

  • The God in the Keep

    by David A. Riley in Issue 118, November 2021 When Blexinian III was in the tenth year of his reign as ruler of the Bithanian Empire he outlawed the pagan gods his ancestors had worshipped for countless generations, condemning them as demons and declaring the Sun was the one and only true god, whose symbol…