THREADS OF GOLD, by Adele Gardner     Ariadne, robed in threads of gold, picks at her hem while in her father’s court. Unnoted, gold pools at her feet, a glittering stain speckled with blood as she tears her fingers on metal mesh. Each year it’s the same: young men who argue, arrogant, believing their […]

WHEN THE LEGIONS WENT, by David Barber   Outside, the wolf-howl and the dark. Around the fire Old Alba tells the tale of how he got this very blade from the last of the Rome-men in the days of his youth,   when the ancient foe was rumoured gone, which his father – a man […]

THE NECROMANCER, by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa     The sun was lost in arrows pouring down As raucous cannons boomed incessantly, Barbaric cries would far and wide resound Amid the field drowned in a blazing sea. Fast rained hell-fires, rose repellent smoke; Fierce roars like savage thunders rent the air; Strained voices, joined in […]

Happy May, June, and July! HFQ issue #36 is here to bring you adventure all through the summer.  And what adventure we have for you!  Three stories, three poems, and three new pieces of artwork. && Fiction Contents More Blood than Bone , by Erin Wagner. Magic carved in tooth and bone is the weapon […]

MORE BLOOD THAN BONE, by E.K. Wagner   Haukfin, classification unknown:   This sea-faring creature is of gigantic proportions, easily matching the length and girth of the Ngimbian ships which stalk the haukfin in its lair. Found to live hundreds of miles off-shore any civilized isle, the haukfin inhabits the coldest depths of the water. […]