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Glamr: Damir Salkkovic - Aided by a cunning mercenary and a mysterious seer, a young warrior seeks revenge against the outlaw who destroyed his village. But the hunt leads to a devastating revelation about himself, forcing him to decide what it means to be human.<br/><br/>The Great Beast of Kalthesk: Andrew Milbourne - A terrible beast has made its lair atop the mountain of Kalthesk and placed a horrible curse upon the city of Derora. No man has seen the monster and lived, save for the lecherous priests who worship it. Now Derora must sacrifice its daughters to sate the monster’s hunger and stave off its wrath. Eager for fresh adventure, the mighty barbarian Thelreif resolves to slay the creature and rescue the innocent maidens…only to discover that things are not as they appear, and the Great Beast of Kalthesk is closer than anyone dared imagine.<br/><br/>Ashes for the Hollow King: Rod A. White - Ashes for the Hollow King is a dark fantasy horror tale of cursed sovereignty and inescapable legacy, following Kevaran, the last Reaver tasked with ending a king who will not stay dead. Each night, the burned monarch rises, not in rage but in grim inevitability, drawing Kevaran into a confrontation that shatters his understanding of death, power, and purpose.<br/><br/>The Voice of the River: Rab Foster - Halym believes he’s found peace as a ferryman in a bucolic river valley after a long and bloody career as a soldier. “Why,” he muses, “would trouble come here?” But one day trouble arrives in a particularly evil form and, to thwart it, he needs not only to rediscover his old, soldiering skills but to enlist the help of the most sinister inhabitant of the river.<br/><br/>The Rot Eater: Chris W. McGuinness - In a small, out of the way village, a young prepares to become an apprentice to the Rot Eater, a mysterious old man who can see the future and talk to the dead using a strange, disgusting ritual.<br/><br/>The Cup Runneth Wehrza: John Gorman - Maps, Magic, and Mayhem.<br