Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature - Issue 10
ONeill, John (editor)
Publisher: New Epoch Press, March, 2007
ISBN: Issue 10
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Fiction:
Soldiers of a Dying God by Harry James Connolly
They were the work of ages... and it was the Royal Engineer’s duty to destroy them forever.
A Book of Silences by James Enge
In which Morlock the Maker finds a wizard who lingered and a book with the most fatal of conclusions.
Reflections by Martha Wells
All Giliead & Ilias wanted was the wizard. But something in the forest wanted them…
Welcome to the Underworld by Iain Rowan
Dao-Shi sought only the swiftest exit from the city. Instead he found a ship of fools, and a raft full of pirates.
The Naturalist: Going to Applewash by Mark Sumner
It’s not easy being a naturalist in the wild. Especially when the specimens start tracking you.
A Covenant in Mud by Greg Story
Judy found the perfect plot of land... except for the mud people who visited at night.
Skyspider by David Dubord
A threat from beyond sends an unlikely hero after the wisdom of the grandmother spider.
Before the Wind by Edward Carmien
Kris’s craft was smashed, and there was nowhere to turn but the old crafter, who delivered more than she could've imagined.
Awakening by Judith Berman
Amidst dark necromancy, haunted ruins, centuries-spanning intrigue, a secret oracle, and unquiet dead... an unlikely heroine awakens. An unusual sequel to the author's "The Poison Well" (Black Gate 7)
Sight of Vengeance by Howard Andrews Jones
Thus came the slayer of men and taker of sight; could Dabir and Asim stop it before it killed again?
Features - The Big Little SF Magazines of the 1970s by Rich Horton
Editorial - Bug-Eyed Wonder by John O'Neill
Letters - From Our Readers
Back Issues - A list of rare (but miraculously still available) back issues of Black Gate
Next Issue - More from Martha Wells, Mark Sumner, James Enge, Iain Rowan, and many others. What have you done to be so lucky?
Review Features:
Book Reviews:
Bear Daughter by Judith Berman
Dragon Avenger: Book Two of the Age of Fire by E.E. Knight
Every Inch A King by Harry Turtledove
Bran Mak Morn: The Last King by Robert E. Howard
Adrift on the Haunted Seas: The Best Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson by William Hope Hodgson
Hook House and Other Horrors by Sherry Decker
Can’t Catch Me, And Other Twice Told Tales by Michael Cadnum
Firebirds Rising by Sharyn November
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Reviews by Charlene Brusso, Sabrina Dechene, Lisa DuMond, Sue Granquist, Rich Horton, Howard Andrew Jones, Jackson Kuhl, & Todd Ruthman
Fantasy Game Reviews:
Dungeon Crawl Classics from Goodman Games
#3: The Wizard’s Tower
#23: The Sunken Ziggurat
#34: Cage of Delirium
The Iron Kingdoms from Privateer Press
Iron Kingdoms Character Guide
Iron Kingdoms World Guide
Warmachine: Prime
Hordes
Agon from John Harper (Lulu)
Serenity Role-Playing Game from Margaret Weis Productions
Out in the Black
Monsters’ Lairs Vol. 1: Goblins’ Caves from The Forge Studios
Bits of Darkness: Dungeons from Tabletop Adventures
Bits of Darkness: Caverns from Tabletop Adventures
Legends of the Ancient World: The Island of Lost Spells from George Dew - Dark City Games
Reviews by Howard Andrew Jones, Andrew Zimmerman Jones, Patrick Ross, and Todd McAulty
Comics: Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint by Jolly Blackburn, John O'Neill, and Steve Johansson