THE GIFT OF THE EONS, by Steve Dilks, artwork by Miguel Santos   For three days and nights they had hunted him, the great savage beast-men that haunted the inner forests of Nakawa. Through mighty trees thick with vines, under vast canopies of leafy darkness they loped, their hairy hands gripping war clubs and flint […]

RETURN TO THE TOWER, by Harry Piper, Audio by The Bard   I was born in his shadow, in a sense, though I suppose we all were; the sorcerer’s great tower of silvered glass threw its shade across our valley, across our village and across every man, woman and child who lived there. The name […]

DRAGON BAIT, by Ray Daley, Art by Karolína Wellartová       In hindsight, I should have realised it was going to happen, sooner rather than later. If I had been able to come to that conclusion, I could have been raking it in, hand over fist. Of course, it took a knight to notice. […]

THE GREAT HUNT, by Francesco Meriano, art by Miguel Santos 1.  A Field in England We were traveling across Yorkshire, on a Midsummer’s Eve like many that had graced the thirteen centuries since the birth of our Lord. I led our old donkey Bess across the worn gravel path, spurring her gently through the warmth […]

RAKSHASA IN A POT, by Prashanth Srivatsa, artwork by Miguel Santos Blademaster Savithri was nine months pregnant when she arrived in the agraharam, under strict orders to deal with the rakshasa hiding in the mountains. The villagers, largely a docile, god-fearing lot, gathered with their mouths open, breaths stuck in their throats, and welcoming garlands […]