JACK O’ WRAITHS:  BELLS BEYOND THE SHORE, by Phil Emery, Audio by the author and pending artwork by Andrea Alemanno       It was a bright, saltfresh sort’ve afternoon when Jack made his way into the little costal town. No one greeted him with word or smile, but perhaps that was the way with […]

THE WAILING KEEP, by Tim Hanlon, artwork by Miguel Santos Foscari the Gate-Keep swung from the straw pallet in the corner of his room and stood. Naked, he limped to the door and opened it to the tumult around the Merchant Baldovinetti’s compound. Riders crashed through the gates and shouts crested the high walls. Foscari, scratching […]

THE PHYSICIAN’S TALE, by Jonathan Duckworth, artwork by Gary McClusky   ONE   JORGOS Jorgos of Kandreva could barely move his fingers, partly from the unseasonable cold, partly from fear. The tropadoro’s lute was an onerous weight in his trembling arms. The three Blighted looked down on him, pallid faces split with horrid grins, eyes […]

THE SCEPTER OF ARAM NAZHAR, by Dariel R. A. Quiogue, artwork by Simon Walpole There is nothing like a beautiful day at sea to assuage an old man’s misery. I sat on my usual perch at the prow, watching the dolphins gamboling in our bow wave and basking in the welcome heat of the sun, […]

CITY OF DREADFUL LIGHT, by James Enge, artwork by Miguel Santos “I will tell you a secret. There is a wisdom lies beyond the moon, and it is because of this that the stars are glad and admirable.” “That appears to me to be nonsense.” —Cabell, Domnei   Morlock knew a drunk when he saw […]