THE FOUNTAIN OF HATTEOS, A TALE OF THE AZALTÁN, by Greg Mele,  Art by Justin Pfiel, 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 […]

THE DELIVERANCE OF BENRIMMON, by Stephen Coney, art by Simon Walpole and Karolína Wellartová   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 […]

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 Bryn 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. […]

UNDER THE ICICLES, by Devan Barlow, artwork by Simon Walpole   I wait underneath the icicles encrusting the roof’s edge, catching droplets in an old goblet I found in the back of the cellar where a mouse made a nest, dragged in a length of pale green ribbon   As the icicles die, my hands […]