Saber-slain soldiers strewn across the land, soil soaked with blood. Sandal-strapped and slash-scarred savages, spooked by specters, slice through spiders and serpents. Sin and sleaze sizzle under the sun while stargazers seek salvation in the night sky. Above it all–the
S-WORD
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ART
- BLACK ORB by Graham Barey
- HERCULES – A SWORD’S DREAM by Owen Zaleski
- STIGMA by Elwy Malin
FICTION
- ALL THE DRAGONS ARE NUDE WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO SLEEP by Cesar Felipe
- AMONG THE SWINE WITCH by GROZNY
- BLADES AND PUPPETS’ THREADS by Vin
- THE CITY AND ALL HER UGLY FESTIVITIES by Xavier Garcia
- THE CRUSHING HELL by Hawādo Robāto, translated by Dawson Alexander Wohler
- CYCLOPEAN SERENADE by Pilate
- FEALTY by Tyler Peterson
- HUNGDAI AND THE SWORD by AJ B-C
- PLOT AND POISON: A GUIDEBOOK TO DROW (CW: ARACHNOPHOBIA) by Rudy Johnson
- THE RITE by Alex Kies
- THE SACRIFICE by John Biron
- SIR COWARD AND HIS CHANCE WHORE WITCH by Glahn
- A TALE TO PASS THE TIME by Arbogast
- THE TEMPLE OF THE BAT by Detective Wolfman
- THE WHETSTONE by Eric Williams
POETRY
- “KÓRYOS” – “URHEIMAT” by Jan E. Mehmedović
- “SONG 42” by C. Sandbatch
- THREE POEMS by Noam Hessler
- “YOUR HEART’S A BLOCK OF LAPIS LAZULI HIDDEN IN SNOW” by J.L. Moultrie
artwork by Robert Voyvodic