Edie blinked stinging sweat out of her eyes. It didn’t help much—it was just too damn hot in Virginia. Her fingers were slippery, but she tried not to think too [...]
Issue: December 2008
Strange and Wonderful: An Interview with Judith Tarr
Judith Tarr is well known for her historical and high fantasy, as well as historical fiction and romantic historical fantasy. In addition to her own name, she writes as Caitlin [...]
The Court of the Litterfey
Tristan shuddered. A breeze should never whisper his name like that.
His sister skipped ahead of him, nearly across the overbridge. A story below, cars whooshed underneath, their bonnets shining in [...]
The Grief Toucan
When they died, a toucan landed on his shoulder. He shook it off.
It was the type of bird that appeared in ads for ale, assuring you that the dark stuff [...]
Remnants
Ewan stared at the water in the sink as it swirled down the plug in the opposite direction from his sink at home in London. He dried his face with [...]
The Watchers out of Time, by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
Contributing Editor Romie Stott looks into a new release in Ballantine Books’ ongoing series of H.P. Lovecraft anthologies, and discovers a different Old God than the cover suggests.