Winter is in full swing here at our rocky stronghold, and we’ve gathered tales and poems to get through the remaining long months until spring. We bring you two magnificent tales and three outstanding poems, plus artwork and maps! Fiction Contents The Fountain of Hatteos, by Gregory Mele. The vagabond noble Sarrumos finds employment in […]
THE FOUNTAIN OF HATTEOS, A TALE OF THE AZALTÁN, by Greg Mele, Map by Simon Walpole Having found neither the Turquoise Road nor the mercurial Chakumi to his liking, Sarrumos decides to return to the Kôrete city-states. He finds employment as a watch-captain in Tlawalko, a coastal city to the far east, founded by […]
THE DELIVERANCE OF BENRIMMON, by Stephen Coney, art by Simon Walpole This is the account of the deeds of Benrimmon, that my name be not forgotten, nor the great deliverance I wrought. It was the eighth year of Benadad, great king of the Well-Watered Land, when the gods set their mark upon me, Benrimmon, […]
FORTUNE, by Scott T. Hutchison, art by Miguel Santos Revered Old Ones tossed bones to read the ominous certainty of futures and dark change; the man regards signs in the rawness and rarity of his circumstances. A long life, in the modest, remote village of Utterby–that’s never known war. Not in his time. […]
SCAPEGOAT, by Byrn Hammond I stuck a finger in his eye, The human I first took to eat. I hummed to him a lullaby And nibbled on his hands and feet. ** They live by music, in the hall. Glad hymns celebratory Of every creature, great and small, But they have forgotten me. […]