Tag: Story
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The Greentown Operation
by Gustavo Bondoni in Issue 139, August 2023 “How dare you?” the courtier sputtered as Hyar grabbed him and pressed a blade to his throat. He was dressed in gold thread and sported enough precious stones to decorate a good-sized tent. “Be silent, or die,” I replied. The storeroom, deep beneath the glorious spires and…
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Eliza Sky and the Gallows Tree
by Neil Willcox in Issue 139, August 2023 On top of the hill sat the great gallows, blackened wood, the platform twelve feet from the ground, the upper beams reaching almost as high again. Stark against the sky, they could be seen for miles around, from the merchant’s road that curved down the valley, from…
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Rest My Weary Bones
by Cora Buhlert in Issue 138, July 2023 It seems I’ve barely rested at all when the call comes… again. Rise and shine, sunshine. Time for battle, time for war, time to smite the enemy and hear the lamentations of their women… if I could still hear properly, that is. ‘Cause hearing doesn’t work very…
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The Gibbeting of Azmyre
by Rab Foster in Issue 138, July 2023 The man carried the stench of magic. Had it been a real stench, Shathsprey wouldn’t have smelt it. That was the one benefit of the polar temperatures and the freezing wind and snow assailing the city. They neutralised its rancid odours. Even the reek of the underground…