ASU AND THE DEMON WOLF, by Daniel Gedge, Arwork by Miguel Santos     It was the second time Asu killed the same wolf that he began to suspect foul magic. The beast feigned to the right before pivoting on its haunches and striking out with its slavering maw. This attack was familiar. When he […]

SUFFER THE WITCH, by Joe Kelly, Artwork by Karolína Wellartová His brother’s blood and brains splashed across the floor as he fell, the short-bladed hacking sword clattering away from the nerveless hand that would wield it no more. Colla gaped in shock and horror, his own gory blade hanging in a limp fist. He looked up, […]

JACK O’ WRAITHS:  BELLS BEYOND THE SHORE, by Phil Emery, Audio by the author and pending artwork by Andrea Alemanno       It was a bright, saltfresh sort’ve afternoon when Jack made his way into the little costal town. No one greeted him with word or smile, but perhaps that was the way with […]

THE WAILING KEEP, by Tim Hanlon, artwork by Miguel Santos Foscari the Gate-Keep swung from the straw pallet in the corner of his room and stood. Naked, he limped to the door and opened it to the tumult around the Merchant Baldovinetti’s compound. Riders crashed through the gates and shouts crested the high walls. Foscari, scratching […]

THE PHYSICIAN’S TALE, by Jonathan Duckworth, artwork by Gary McClusky   ONE   JORGOS Jorgos of Kandreva could barely move his fingers, partly from the unseasonable cold, partly from fear. The tropadoro’s lute was an onerous weight in his trembling arms. The three Blighted looked down on him, pallid faces split with horrid grins, eyes […]