DRAGON TEARS PART 2, by Caleb Williams, Artwork by Gary McClusky Larohd du Masiim was a scribe of Varushe trained from his youth in calligraphy and blood magic, now an exile after his affair with princess Yadira is discovered. With knowledge that few possess, he wields the power of Alma, Goddess of all creation, to […]

ISLE OF THE THOUSAND-EYED STRANGLER, by Dariel R. A. Quiogue   Set in a fantastical version of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, the Perfumed Isles are home to prince-turned-reiver, Pandara, who has set himself the task of vengeance against the might of the Wulongan Empire for ravaging his homeland of Zambail. But […]

THE THRID WAY, by Darrell Schweitzer   So we rode, by magic, across the wide ocean as if over a dusty plain, into the burning lands, into the country of sunset near the world’s edge; we rode, the two of us, Mazantes, greatest of all heroes, and I, his follower, as close behind him as […]

DUEL, by R. M. Gulaya, artwork by Lilith Graves       This was a magnificent place to spill blood. The clearing here was not a natural thing, but rather a scar, blasted out of the thick pine forest by magical fires of war some fifty years ago. Kael marveled at the scene, so familiar […]

DRAGON TEARS, by Caleb Williams, pending artwork by Simon Walpole   An elbow struck my side and woke me from an alchemical slumber. My limbs were bound to the mast of some ragged naval vessel. A boy held tight to the rigging. “Sorry. Captain orders.” Across the sea, royal ships from Alma’Riha shot fireworks across […]