I am pleased to announce that Crimson Quill Quarterly #6 is now available as a paperback and eBook.
The latest issue contains the first of a two part story by me called Lies and Treachery, which details a further adventure of my on the run mercenaries led by Horbeck, who first appeared in The Demon from Another World last year in Anthology of the Damned: Necromoirrium.
From this issue's description on amazon:
"Heart of the Depths by Ethan Sabatella: In this Stone Age Slasher,
five youths break the rules of their tribe and stay out in the
wilderness after nightfall. The superstitions of their people prove all
too real as a terrible darkness creeps out from the Earth and stalks
them one-by-one.
The Saga of the Stew by Randall Madden: Trolls
have ravaged the mountainside around Ravian, and all but the hardiest
have fled. Yet two brave souls travel toward the danger, in search of an
ancient book near the mountaintop. Damica, the aging singer, finds
an unlikely ally in Morgho the swordsman. Together they move for Ravian
itself—the very source of the troll attacks—so that Damica might
complete the most important ritual of his long life.
The Forbidden Land by Mike Adamson: In an ancient land, legend warns of the dire fruits of trespass. Not for nothing does taboo
keep the tribes away from the northern woods, as Jareth the Hunter and
Sho’nee the Beautiful discover when the girl flees the warrior to whom
she is promised...into the embodiment of all mortal terror.
Lies
and Treachery (Part 1 of 2) by David A. Riley: After having escaped
death in the Great Desert as they fled from their pursuers, Horbeck and
his fellow mercenaries are hoping for some time to recover in the small,
stockaded town they reach beyond the desert’s edge, little realizing
they will be betrayed and forced to grapple with creatures of appalling
evil, some demonic and some human.
Dark Secrets Entombed by J.
VanZile: Balthen Verdugo wants to hunt monsters and make money. If he
can gain a bit of notoriety and fame along the way then all the better. A
rich purse leads Balthen to a town with a beast who has been killing by
night and hiding in a graveyard by day. When Balthen learns the beast
may be linked to the town and its people in ways he wouldn’t have
expected, he must decide what he values more; truth and justice or his
business.
Choir of the Mad Anatomist by Logan D. Whitney: Wayward
rogues Indryk and Cor find themselves embroiled in the aftermath of one
man’s musical obsession…and another’s greed.
Snowblind by
Shephard W. McIlveen: Onyx the Tigerheart stumbles upon a bizarre murder
scene when he finds four men half-buried in the snow, each with their
eyes burned out through the backs of their skulls. As he examines the
bodies, he is set upon by a small order of armored men each dressed in a
uniform matching the corpses at his feet. To clear his name and show
good faith, Onyx agrees to aid the men on the search for the real
killer, but how long will it take for the hunters to become the hunted?"
