THE NECROMANCER, by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa     The sun was lost in arrows pouring down As raucous cannons boomed incessantly, Barbaric cries would far and wide resound Amid the field drowned in a blazing sea. Fast rained hell-fires, rose repellent smoke; Fierce roars like savage thunders rent the air; Strained voices, joined in […]

Happy May, June, and July! HFQ issue #36 is here to bring you adventure all through the summer.  And what adventure we have for you!  Three stories, three poems, and three new pieces of artwork. && Fiction Contents More Blood than Bone , by Erin Wagner. Magic carved in tooth and bone is the weapon […]

MORE BLOOD THAN BONE, by E.K. Wagner   Haukfin, classification unknown:   This sea-faring creature is of gigantic proportions, easily matching the length and girth of the Ngimbian ships which stalk the haukfin in its lair. Found to live hundreds of miles off-shore any civilized isle, the haukfin inhabits the coldest depths of the water. […]

THE LADY AND THE DWARF, by  Rebecca Brinker Once, in a forest, there lived not seven but one dwarf. He was a hard industrious man who had an affinity for the earth and a talent for finding ore. It did not matter what kind of ore: copper, silver, gold, the Dwarf could find it all, […]

CANVAS TEARS, by Steve Rodgers   As the smells of roasting human flesh weaved through the Grand Suuk market, Amis began to entertain new doubts about his strategy. From atop an auction platform, the idea of defeating a weather-invoking madman in his own city suddenly seemed a half-step away from lunacy. What foul mead had […]