RULES FOR A MAGIC SWORD, by Mary Soon Lee, art by Simon Walpole Maintain a proper appearance: no rust, no cracks, no notches. No unauthorized engravings, no costume jewelry, no dye jobs. When wielded by the rightful, slay enemies without question. (Drinking the blood and soul of the enemy is permitted.) All law-abiding members of […]

MERCY AND THE MERCENARY, by A.J. Dalton     Silent hisses of sellsword! assail him as he takes his measure from the tankard and watches them through hooded lids, though none dares look in his direction save the newly arrived holy man Are you proud, my forbidding fellow, of what you have done? Pride does nothing to […]