Tales From The Magician's Skull #6
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Behold! I have fashioned a magazine like those from fabled days of yore. It overflows with thrilling adventures. There are swords¸ and there is sorcery. There are dark deeds and daring rescues. There are lands where heroes fear to tread. Dare you imagine it? Picture this as well - maps to wondrous and terrible places. Electrifying art for every tale. Guides to bring the terrors within to your own game table. All I lack are a few paltry shekels. Grant them to me¸ and I shall fling open a new portal to a world of ancient wonders! Join me¸ mortal dogs! Together we shall storm the gates of Valhalla!
Tales From The Magician's Skull is a magazine of all-new swords & sorcery fiction. Issue #6 features cover art by Doug Kovacs of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser as we launch our new series of stories set in Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar! Licensed by Leiber's estate¸ these new stories and novellas faithfully expand upon the legendary tales of Lankhmar's most famous duo.
Let's look at the table of contents!
STORIES
Calicask's Woman by John Hocking
A TALE OF THE KING'S BLADE - "I can't hold them back for long¸” gasped the apprentice. His face had gone pallid and sweat dripped from his chin. "Stand by the opening and try to take them one at a time. Perhaps we can... where are you going?!”
The Feathered Shroud by Howard Andrew Jones
A TALE OF HANUVAR - The water behind the soldier erupted¸ and Hanuvar lunged past him to jam the pitchfork at a shovel-shaped reptilian head. The tines bit deep¸ and the dark water reddened.
Guilty Creatures by Nathan Long
A TALE OF FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER - In the circle¸ Mouser stared cross-eyed at the tip of Kalphin's blade¸ knowing death was coming to him at last.
Shadows of a Forgotten Queen by Greg Mele
I've seen a maiden's veins opened as she is led through the fields¸ watering the new crops with her life's blood in honor of Majawl¸ Our Lady of Maize¸ and lit my own father's funeral pyre. But what manner of man owned books made of human flesh?
Cold in Blood by James Enge
A STORY OF MORLOCK AMBROSIUS - She moved with a lithe¸ muscular dancer's grace as she walked around him to enter the room. Her hair was a waterfall of starless night. Her eyes were the stars¸ shining with tears. Morlock had seen a more beautiful woman¸ but not recently.
Isle of Fog by Violette Malan
Dhulyn judged from the way his mouth moved now that he was screaming. That was easy to fix¸ she thought¸ as she brought her sword up and sent the head bouncing and rolling across the tiled floor.
ARTICLES
A Profile of Fritz Leiber by Michael Curtis
Leiber replied¸ "I feel more certain than ever [that this field] should be called the sword-and-sorcery story.” And thus a sub-genre¸ while not quite newly born¸ received a name for the first time...
The Monster Pit by Terry Olson
Enter the monster pit! Down here in the pit¸ we provide tabletop RPG fans with playable DCC RPG game statistics for the creatures in this issue of Tales From The Magician's Skull .
The Skull Speaks by The Skull Himself
GMG4505¸ $8.00
Behold! I have fashioned a magazine like those from fabled days of yore. It overflows with thrilling adventures. There are swords¸ and there is sorcery. There are dark deeds and daring rescues. There are lands where heroes fear to tread. Dare you imagine it? Picture this as well - maps to wondrous and terrible places. Electrifying art for every tale. Guides to bring the terrors within to your own game table. All I lack are a few paltry shekels. Grant them to me¸ and I shall fling open a new portal to a world of ancient wonders! Join me¸ mortal dogs! Together we shall storm the gates of Valhalla!
Tales From The Magician's Skull is a magazine of all-new swords & sorcery fiction. Issue #6 features cover art by Doug Kovacs of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser as we launch our new series of stories set in Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar! Licensed by Leiber's estate¸ these new stories and novellas faithfully expand upon the legendary tales of Lankhmar's most famous duo.
Let's look at the table of contents!
STORIES
Calicask's Woman by John Hocking
A TALE OF THE KING'S BLADE • "I can't hold them back for long¸” gasped the apprentice. His face had gone pallid and sweat dripped from his chin. "Stand by the opening and try to take them one at a time. Perhaps we can... where are you going?!”
The Feathered Shroud by Howard Andrew Jones
A TALE OF HANUVAR • The water behind the soldier erupted¸ and Hanuvar lunged past him to jam the pitchfork at a shovel-shaped reptilian head. The tines bit deep¸ and the dark water reddened.
Guilty Creatures by Nathan Long
A TALE OF FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER • In the circle¸ Mouser stared cross-eyed at the tip of Kalphin's blade¸ knowing death was coming to him at last.
Shadows of a Forgotten Queen by Greg Mele
I've seen a maiden's veins opened as she is led through the fields¸ watering the new crops with her life's blood in honor of Majawl¸ Our Lady of Maize¸ and lit my own father's funeral pyre. But what manner of man owned books made of human flesh?
Cold in Blood by James Enge
A STORY OF MORLOCK AMBROSIUS • She moved with a lithe¸ muscular dancer's grace as she walked around him to enter the room. Her hair was a waterfall of starless night. Her eyes were the stars¸ shining with tears. Morlock had seen a more beautiful woman¸ but not recently.
Isle of Fog by Violette Malan
Dhulyn judged from the way his mouth moved now that he was screaming. That was easy to fix¸ she thought¸ as she brought her sword up and sent the head bouncing and rolling across the tiled floor.
ARTICLES
A Profile of Fritz Leiber by Michael Curtis
Leiber replied¸ "I feel more certain than ever [that this field] should be called the sword-and-sorcery story.” And thus a sub-genre¸ while not quite newly born¸ received a name for the first time...
The Monster Pit by Terry Olson
Enter the monster pit! Down here in the pit¸ we provide tabletop RPG fans with playable DCC RPG game statistics for the creatures in this issue of Tales From The Magician's Skull.
The Skull Speaks by The Skull Himself
GMG4505¸ $8.00