WEIGHTS AND MEASURES by Benjamin C. Kinney     The East Wind blew in across the harbor and cut through Agnella’s fur-trimmed cloak. She faced the squall and loosened her cloak. This was no mortal wind, and all the more pathetic for it. She would let no bitter local god drag her into its games […]

THE DIAMOND STARS by Robert Zoltan, with audio by Timothy Menzel   A cool breeze caressed the stars of Plemora shimmering in night’s black blanket over the dreaming city of Merth. All but the most desperate revelers were tucked snugly in their beds. Only the most greed-driven merchants still blinked sleepy eyes to count coins […]

SATHANO THE SLAYER, by Jeremy D. Farkas, with artwork by Miguel Santos, and audio by Karen Bovenmyer and Timothy Menzel.     What happens when a man is kept as a beast, when he is stripped of his humanity, and forced to rely only on his most base instincts? In the case of Sathano, he […]

THE SEA SINGS BACK, by Dawn Vogel   “Entertain us,” say the waves, With unspoken promises that If we do, they might spare us.   We chant our tales of valor, Of the things we have seen, Of the places we have conquered.   The roaring, rumbling reply, Surging squalls and swells, A dirge to […]

Summer has hit in full force, as has the weighty hammer of HISTORY!   The Covid-19 pandemic still grips the U.S., as has a long season of good trouble of civil unrest; the cult of Set anti-maskers and the madness of the King in Yellow Q-anon grow in every city.  HFQ does not let living through […]