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The Weeping Oni by Gordon Linzner

The Weeping Oni by Gordon Linzner

The oni blocked Mizumo’s path, looming larger than the strongest samurai, wearing a tiger-skin loin cloth.  Muscles rippled under sky-blue skin.  Three horns protruded from its forehead.  Three-fingered hands covered its face.  Elbows rested on knees wider than the length of the monk’s wakizashi blade. Mizumo fingered the sword’s pommel beneath his robes.  The oniRead more about The Weeping Oni by Gordon Linzner[…]

The Book of Elevated Things by Stephen Kotowych

The Book of Elevated Things by Stephen Kotowych

“Speak your third wish, mortal, and let me die.” The voice of the djinn was a mountain falling over. David had picked this spot deep in the forest, a hundred miles from anywhere, so they wouldn’t be overheard. The ancient, wood-bound book cradled under his arm had been right about that, too. “Ah, ah, ah—”Read more about The Book of Elevated Things by Stephen Kotowych[…]