FOX HUNT, by Rebecca Buchanan, art by Simon Walpole It was a truth universally acknowledged among foxkin that humans were silly creatures. They built their dens of wood, rather than taking advantage of nice, natural holes in the ground. They had no fur of their own, and so they had to keep sheep and goats […]

INSTRUMENT OF VENGEANCE, by Howard Andrew Jones, artwork by Darian Jones “You would not think her extraordinary, to see her,” the musician told us. “She has few ornamentations.” His hand rose, fluttering. “My father once added small pearls along her bridge, but these I removed. For a lovely woman needs no extra ornament. Only a […]

APPLES OF THE GODS, by Jane Dougherty I walk through the orchard, taking the path between the plum trees and the blueberry bushes, touching the cloudberries and the bright clusters of hazel nuts. I let my wanderings take me to the pear trees, and then the apple trees, the most precious of all. In the […]

HEART OF VENGEANCE, A Tale of Azatlán, by Gregory D. Mele, artwork by Justin Pfeil, audio by Karen Bovenmyer Jaakhár was in flames, the ancient palace-complex engulfed in a red, vengeful glow that gleamed evilly in the blackness of night. Helomon Twelve-Vulture, now Lord of the Red Flower Clan, reined in his foaming, winded horse, […]

THE WHISPERING HEALER, by Larisa Walk “What you want at this hour?” Anisia squinted at the man on her doorstep. He held a small bundle in his arms. The light from her oil lamp trembled in yellow blotches on his fish belly-white, too-smooth face. Newborn babes didn’t have skin that unmarred. Yet his eyes seemed […]