A Fly in Amber

Welcome to the July 2008 Issue

Featured Artwork: Rorschach

Featured Fiction: The Wordwitch

She was silent when the knights dragged her in. Her head sagged, a waterfall of charcoal hair rippling to cover her face. Her emerald gown was torn at the bodice and skirt, and I could see skin, ivory and pink.

Sharp, metallic footsteps reverberated from the stone walls and steel doors. I repressed a wince. Instead, I smoothed my red tunic with a hand gloved in mail.

Knights were a rarity on my wing. I tended to a higher class of prisoners, those whose influential relatives did not want their punishment to involve filth and other such unpleasantness. While they were an arrogant lot they did not lean toward violence and I had never met one who required two knights to keep them under control.

“My lords.” I bowed. “Such a pretty present to bring me.” (more…)