THE SILVER LIGHT OF FOREVER, by Mike Adamson   Gareth waited with the same nervous impatience he had experienced before the Harvest every year. The green vestments of the duke fluttered softly about his chain mail and leather, and the worn grip of his sword was a comfort at his side, but the dread import […]

WINTER LUCK, by Evan Dicken, with audio by Karen Bovenmyer, music by Kevin MacLeod, and art by Miguel Santos   “Fall back!” Icy wind snatched the words from Ochiai Haruyoshi’s lips, the driving snow like a funeral shroud draped across his eyes. A flash of red armor was his only warning as the Takeda samurai […]

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 […]