THE STONEMAN’S CURSE, by Tom Jolly, pending artwork by Miguel Santos   Markus wasn’t sure if it was an imp or a gnome driving the gigantic worm down the road toward him, but neither the rider nor the worm seemed in a particular rush. As he neared them, the imp stopped, jumped out of a […]

The Flame and the Bottle, by Howard Andrew Jones, audio by Leeman Kessler   I The woman was disconsolate with weeping. Surely the whole of the neighborhood heard her wailing from within the walls of her tiny house; the four of us grew conscious of it in the moments before we turned the corner onto […]

SWARM TIME ON MARUZAR, by Dariel R. A. Quiogue   Of the seven who had attempted to escape the mines of Sommathar through the fabled Ancients’ Way, only Lakann came out to see Maruzar’s gold-banded night sky again. He breathed the chill air and suppressed a shiver. Free.  But cold, hungry, and so tired, body […]

CROWN OF AZT’NYR, by Mike Adamson, with art by Miguel Santos   Each Age shall know its hero. When times demand, unbeknownst to the man or woman whose stout heart shall be chosen, valour shall be demanded, and answered in full. When night would do battle with day, a mighty hand shall be raised in […]

THE WAKING GODS, by D.H. Rowe, with art by Simon Walpole   The jungle island of Iakala pierced the ocean. At its highest point a colossal structure rose above the canopy. The native people of the island called this the Tomb of the Giant Kings, as it was said to house the remains of the […]