THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS, by Rev. Joe Kelly   The bare back room of the manor house was pungent with old dust, sweat, tobacco smoke, the sour reek of spilled ale. Sir Lawrence, his eyes glittering with greed in the flicker of the single lamp, awaited Conor Dubh O’Brien at the far end of […]

HUNTRESS OF THE HIGH TRAILS, by Robert Rhodes, pending artwork by Karolína Wellartová The shadow from Valeriya’s arrow, staked into the dirt of the trail, at last reached the coin she’d placed behind it. Enough time had passed. She shook her head. Matviy was late. Above her overlook on the Imperial Ridge’s eastern slope, the […]

THE HEAD OF SPURIUS HALFHEART, by H.R. Laurence, pending art by Caterina Gerbasi     “Yorris,” said Todric. “Is that not Spurius Halfheart the sellsword?” “He is also a horse-thief, and an indifferent pander of second-rate – oh,” said Yorris, following his companion’s gesture to the public gibbet which loomed like an iron bramble over […]

THE DYING LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS, by Dennis Conrad, art by Andrea Alamanno The globe-eyed thing screams and a thousand knives pierce the Crusader’s brain. He grits his teeth and tries to grunt through the agony. Tears flow down grime-caked cheeks and he wonders dimly if this thing’s psychic scream is turning his brain to […]

MELKART AND THE MONKEY MEN, by Mark Mellon, artwork by Miguel Santos   Paltibaal straightened up after milking a goat. Outside the pen, he saw a hunter. The old farmer shielded his eyes with a palm to better see him in the bright sunlight as he strode up the trail. He was big, armed with […]