A SONG OF PICTISH KINGS,  by Adrian Cole, artwork by Andrea Alemanno and Gary McClusky In Cyrena, northernmost and greatest state of the continent of Atlantis, change has come like a tidal wave in the night. The evil power of Karkora, the Pallid One, has been broken, and a new king sits the Dragon Throne […]

OLD GHOSTS, A TALE OF AZATLÁN by Gregory D. Mele, art by Justin Pfeil   It is not hard to kill a man. A thrust up, under the ribs; a hard blow to the thin bones of the temple or the base of the skull; a deep cut to the neck or the inside of […]

THE PASS, by Nick Mazolillo, art by Andrea Alemanno   Strand wasn’t afraid of what lay on the other side of the rope bridge. The opposite side of the canyon was a constant wall of fog. No one ever came from the veiled end of the crossing, and all those Strand and his father allowed […]

INTRIGUE IN AVIENE, by Steve Dilks   1 “You have a keen eye for swords, soldier,” said the blacksmith, setting down his hammer and moving to the front of his stall. Squinting out into the midday sun, he saw an imposing figure stood there, an ebon giant dressed in mail shirt and high strapped sandals. […]

KING YVORIAN’S WAGER,  by Darrell Schweitzer   On the morning of his father’s funeral and his own accession, King Yvorian had a vision. It came to him as he rode in solemn state on the golden throne of the Eagle Kings, borne aloft at the head of a procession of priests and courtiers by the […]