THE UNDEFEATED, by Thomas J. Griffin, artwork by Miguel Santos   Calithor groaned as the bugles sounded throughout the camp. Why must war always be conducted at first light? Why not mid-morning, after a hearty meal and some light stretching? It took everything in him to roll off his cot and get dressed. He was […]

THE WITCH OF THE WORLD’S END by Darrell Schweitzer, art by Andrea Alemanno   The Witch of the World’s End dwelt alone in a tower of glass, at the Earth’s uttermost rim. For attendants, she had only spirits, figures of light that flickered like flame. Whirling columns of dust came and went as she bade […]

A KNOWLEDGE SHARPER THAN FLINT- Part 1, by Adrian Simmons, pending art by Miguel Santos  1.  A Shaman Amok in Dreamtime The chieftain of the scout-birds circled over Selu’s head, black wings glinting in the sun.  She turned and dove, passing over him so close he could touch her. “He’s here!  He’s here!”  Her beak, […]

THE FOUNTAIN OF HATTEOS, A TALE OF THE AZALTÁN, by Greg Mele,  Art by Justin Pfiel, Map by Simon Walpole   Having found neither the Turquoise Road nor the mercurial Chakumi to his liking, Sarrumos decides to return to the Kôrete city-states. He finds employment as a watch-captain in Tlawalko, a coastal city to the […]

THE DELIVERANCE OF BENRIMMON, by Stephen Coney, art by Simon Walpole and Karolína Wellartová   This is the account of the deeds of Benrimmon, that my name be not forgotten, nor the great deliverance I wrought.  It was the eighth year of Benadad, great king of the Well-Watered Land, when the gods set their mark […]