AXANDRJO THE SILVERNOSED VAGABOND, by C.D. Crabtree, artwork by Andrea Alemanno     Axandrjo of the Silver Nose often wore a disguise when traveling the slantwise length of the Shining Isles. His current glamor was a charmed wig of white wormlike curls peeking from beneath a dirty cowl, causing those he passed to think him […]

THE IRON SERPENT, by H R Laurence   ‘You’ve fought bravely, fellow,’ said the corsair chief. A string of shrivelled human ears dangled from his neck and the shaft of his bloody hatchet was studded with polished white teeth. ‘But the day is ours; no cause for making it longer now. Cast down your sword.’ Heodric […]

DRAGON TEARS PART 2, by Caleb Williams, Artwork by Gary McClusky Larohd du Masiim was a scribe of Varushe trained from his youth in calligraphy and blood magic, now an exile after his affair with princess Yadira is discovered. With knowledge that few possess, he wields the power of Alma, Goddess of all creation, to […]

ISLE OF THE THOUSAND-EYED STRANGLER, by Dariel R. A. Quiogue   Set in a fantastical version of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, the Perfumed Isles are home to prince-turned-reiver, Pandara, who has set himself the task of vengeance against the might of the Wulongan Empire for ravaging his homeland of Zambail. But […]

THE THRID WAY, by Darrell Schweitzer   So we rode, by magic, across the wide ocean as if over a dusty plain, into the burning lands, into the country of sunset near the world’s edge; we rode, the two of us, Mazantes, greatest of all heroes, and I, his follower, as close behind him as […]