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 […]

SERVANT OF THE BLACK WIND, by Gregory Mele   I. The attack came at dawn. It was not the time of day that caught the defenders unprepared, it was that it had come at all. The necropolis of Koltopec was certainly an isolated, lonely place, and there were riches aplenty buried in its many tombs […]