A STONE’S THROW, by Howard Andrew Jones, with artwork by Karolína Wellartová, and audio by Karen Bovenmyer     Hanuvar pointed the sword at the assassin’s throat. “Lie down.” Light from the swollen golden moon reached fitfully into the twisting alley, but there was no missing the curl of revulsion on the assassin’s lips as […]

DEMONS FROM THE DEEP, by Adrian Cole, with artwork by Miguel Santos.     It is a time of great change on the continent of Atlantis, following the fall of Karkora, the Pallid One and the triumph of the forces of the youthful Prince Elak. The people have now set Elak upon the Dragon Throne […]

FOUND ON THE WATER, by Martha Wells (originally published at her Patreon), with artwork by Simon Walpole   The last thing Jai wanted to wake up to was Kiev leaning over her, saying, “We found something.” She batted him away, squinting at the dawn light falling through the window slats. “What?” “You need to come […]

TRAIL OF ASHES, by Caleb Williams   ‘Fire… fire!’ The carriage rattling over the earthen bridge and the scalding image of fire jarred Keedran from a troubled sleep. He hardly slept at all anymore. The voices of all of the souls he had conjured wouldn’t let him. He sat up, groaned, and beheld the splendor […]

CHILDREN OF THE STONE, by Ann K. Schwader, with artwork by Miguel Santos     We have not always been this planet’s masters, though humankind denies it. Other blood than ours heaped earthen barrows, raised up stones in veneration of some dark & nameless power, avatar of elder shadow slithered through the star-rifts. What survives […]