Audio Fiction
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A Skirt of Many Colors
from Issue #37 (Feb. 25, 2010)
The pond was a bathing pool, long ago. You can still see pictures in stone, under the water and scum.
To Slay with a Thousand Kisses
from Issue #36 (Feb. 11, 2010)
Her tongue was a grave-worm tunneling into me, befouling me.
Shatterach Gates
from Issue #35 (Jan. 28, 2010)
It roars, shuddering the stone, and I imagine three thousand corpse voices in shrieking harmony.
In the Age of Iron and Ashes
from Issue #33 (Dec. 31, 2009)
When she spoke, her voice stopped him, as surely as a knife drawn across his throat.
The Manufactory
from Issue #30 (Nov. 19, 2009)
We figured we’d get rich once corpses became rare and valuable resources again.
The Woman and the Mountain
from Issue #29 (Nov. 5, 2009)
The mountain was listening very closely, watching the wind blow faint tendrils of her hair, catching the warmth of her breath.
Great, Golden Wings
from Issue #28 (Oct. 22, 2009)
Lady Percivalia sat motionless for as long as she could so that she could savor the thrill.
Six Seeds
from Issue #27 (Oct. 8, 2009)
Dollies were the chore of my life: winding them, mending gears, and keeping good care of their pricier parts which pleasured the men.
The Pirate Captain's Daughter
from Issue #27 (Oct. 8, 2009)
Pirates of the highest tier raided poetry itself.
Of Shifting Skin and Certainty
from Issue #26 (Sep. 24, 2009)
“If it was the last skin you wore,” he said, “would you take it?”
The Alchemist's Feather
from Issue #25 (Sep. 10, 2009)
I wake to find another finger gone.
Father's Kill
from Issue #24 (Aug. 27, 2009)
I lock both Father and the night away.
The Prince's Shadow
from Issue #22 (Jul. 30, 2009)
My hands were reading the elaborate carvings on the fireplace when I heard two halting footsteps behind me.
Blighted Heart
from Issue #22 (Jul. 30, 2009)
His eyes, shining yellow in the night, were the ones I remembered from the day I had lost my heart.
Walking Out
from Issue #21 (Jul. 16, 2009)
For a second or two Creeper just strained against our hold, pale eyes locked and empty on the horizon.
The Bone House
from Issue #20 (Jul. 2, 2009)
I clambered to my feet and embraced my father, sobbing my sorrow and regret against his shoulder.
The Mansion of Bones
from Issue #19 (Jun. 18, 2009)
I know it was wrong of me to savor the look of fear on Kenji's face, but some temptations are not to be resisted.
Haxan
from Issue #13 (Mar. 26, 2009)
Her words got me to thinking about my past. What there was to remember.
System, Magic, Spirit
from Issue #17 (May. 21, 2009)
There's nothing better than low-ranking, fad-following royalty for extinguishing any last desire to even bother fighting for one's life against other wizards in the Ring.
The Sacrifice Pit
from Issue #16 (May. 7, 2009)
She was beautiful. But it was forbidden, in the eyes of the Tetharan.
Driftwood
from Issue #14 (Apr. 9, 2009)
She would probably die before her world did.
Unrest
from Issue #12 (Mar. 12, 2009)
We are borne up by fate like leaves on the wind, and sometimes carried home.
Preservation
from Issue #11 (Feb. 26, 2009)
I thought at first my hands would shake. But when I reach to make the incisions, they are calm.
Hangman
from Issue #10 (Feb. 12, 2009)
I'd had a name, a long time ago. But no one but me remembered it.
Of Thinking Being and Beast
from Issue #9 (Jan. 29, 2009)
Boreas crushed the keys in his palm to silence them.
The God-Death of Halla
from Issue #5 (Dec. 4, 2008)
Once a child of the holy rich; now the pawn of a priest?
Dragon's-Eyes
from Issue #9 (Jan. 29, 2009)
He thought of a man strapped to a table, whispering his secret.
Sand-Skin Man
from Issue #7 (Jan. 1, 2009)
I remember seeing a patch of sun-scorched grass become a lion watching me with amber eyes.
Precious Meat
from Issue #5 (Dec. 4, 2008)
I am Boon. I lead my pack.
The Last Devil
from Issue #4 (Nov. 20, 2008)
Would this querulous magician's insinuations distract my master from slaying our vile prey?
Kingspeaker
from Issue #3 (Nov. 6, 2008)
She is the voice of the king, until he cannot speak for himself.
Sun Magic, Earth Magic
from Issue #1 (Oct. 9, 2008)
If her venerated sorcery fails, how can she save the boy trapped deep in the cave?
Architectural Constants
from Issue #2 (Oct. 23, 2008)
A city, a librarian, a sentinel, and a silhouette.
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