FIFTEEN THINGS TO MAKE A SOLDIER MISERABLE, by Aidan Redwing, artwork by Miguel Santos     A shortage of pipe weed.   Rotating to the frontline.   Being informed by your commanding officer that you will not receive relief.   A long march over rugged terrain to a secure position.   Arriving only to find […]

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 […]

THE RIDER IN DARKNESS, by Phil Emery, with audio by the author     Clouds shamble ‘cross the death-pale morn, Mist writhes about the plain, Brooding low in ravening dawn Portending kingdom’s bane…   #   The knight slumped ‘gainst his palfrey’s spine Riding the forest way, And moon and star made argentine His shattered […]

HUGIN AND MUNIN AND ODIN’S EYE, by Colleen Anderson, with audio by the author     Ravens always follow their whims independent thinkers given to hijinks wayward flights to their fancy   Hugin and Munin were Odin’s eyes though he only gave up one for knowledge   Hugin flew straight over fields reaching far searching […]

THE SINGING HARP, by Colleen Anderson, with audio by the author. Once the greatest musical implement passed from gods to Taliesen strings each representing the harmony of the spheres singing a melody that drew angels near   Taliesen passed on to Avalon as mystical bards ever do the harp fell into the hands of giants […]