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Editorial My Usual Annoying Complaints
An article by Fraser Ronald
Yup. that's sums it up about right.

Fiction A Foul Business By Any Name
A short story by Terry D. Scheerer
Bodkin and Smudge, the great dragon hunters, find that dragons aren't the only things producing excrement, and there are a variety of passages through which excrement can pass. While they didn't die, they have run afoul of the other of life's certainties.

Fiction Death By A Salesman
A short story by Christian R. Bonawandt
You may not likely vacuum cleaner salesmen and encyclopaedia salesmen, but count your blessings--there are worse salesmen you might meet.

Fiction Time After Time
A short story by Jack Pescatello.
Time travel: said to be impossible, an unattainable dream. Yeah, well, those people never owned a cat.

Fiction Never Enough Said
A short story by M. Jones
She didn't understand him or the pleading in his eyes. She saw an opponent, an adversary. She never really heard his words.

Fiction The Land Yet Unwritten
A short story by Robert Williams
Who would not offer up whatever was asked to save his home, to save his people? Who would not make that deal?

Serial Fiction The Burr Conspiracy
Serial fiction by CJ Burch
The fifth chapter of this alternate history tale. A wolf in sheep's clothing might be hard to discern, but what of a Wolf in Wolf's clothing?

Review Black Hawk Down
A movie review by Fraser Ronald
It ain't speculative in that sense of the word, but if you are playing d20 Modern, you won't find a better inspiration for a modern military campaign. And, heck, it was just a damn fine movie to boot.

Review Messenger
A movie review by Fraser Ronald
Luc Besson's re-interpretation of the young woman who helped save the French nation and later became a Saint. You know who I'm talking about!

Review The Duke of Uranium Review
A book review by Fraser Ronald
Your eighteen, you've just graduated school and your girlfriend gets kidnapped. Now, if your uncles weren't part of an interplanetary cabal, this might pose a significant problem. Trust me, this is all in good fun!

Review Those Who Walk In Darkness Review
A book review by Fraser Ronald
It's about meta-humans, cops and prejudice. It's about a place we all know even if we haven't been there. This isn't a comic book. There's nothing two-dimensional or four-colour about it.

Review Dragondoom Review
A book review by Fraser Ronald
If you aren't interested in reading me dump on this particular book, move along. Long story short: bad.

Review The Left Hand of Destiny Review
A book review by Fraser Ronald
A review of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by by J. G. Hertzler and Jeffrey Lang.

Review Amazing Journeys Magazine Review
A magazine review by Fraser Ronald
A review of the first issue of Journey Publications new fantasy and science fiction magazine, Amazing Journeys.

The Gamers' Table Mechanics Of Melee, Part Two
An article by Jeanry Chandler
Some further thoughts on the place of realism and--specifically--realistic combat in role-playing games.

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