Mysterious events surrounding artifacts from an ancient war have begun taking place in the Kingdom of Volerum. The King and Queen have vanished, and their Royal Mage has been killed. Now as the heir to the throne prepares for her coronation suspicions turn to a member of kingdom’s magical order as a dark force rises over the Kingdom of . . .
Amy is carving a name for herself as a world class snoop. Want dirt on the governor’s daughter? Amy’s got it covered. Information on the Duke’s enemies? Fees apply. Facts on the Stronghold Assassins? Well, no. You’ll have to hire a hero for that. Unfortunately, investigating the Stronghold is exactly what the handsome Invoker Bernard wants her to do. . . .
The New Bedlam Project follows the adventures of numerous and sundry characters found in the past, present and future of one messed up little town. Originally started as a companion piece to the Courting Morpheus anthology, the webzine has taken on a life of its own. We publish several short stories and a selection of poetry in each quarterly . . .
Danny was a typical teenager—until the ghost of her dead grandfather crashed her thirteenth birthday party to give her one very special gift: his legacy, the ability to travel into books. Now, Danny leads a triple life. An 18-year-old high school dropout who works at the local bookstore . . . A young wood elf attending university in a living . . .
Brian grew up knowing one thing about his father: that he hated him. Abandoned before he was even born, Brian resents his mother’s nostalgic yearning for the man that disappeared from her life. But what Brian believes he knows is about to be thrown into chaos when he learns that his father’s disappearance was caused by his death—a violent . . .
Evonalé has never cared for tales of loathsome tyrants, seduced maids, and prophesied saviors. In the world of Aleyi, prophecies always come true. Evonalé herself is supposed to somehow free her grandmother’s enslaved queendom. But she’s merely a child, and her father is the powerful fire mage who subjugates the realm. Evonalé has therefore fled home, her two half-siblings, . . .
When twelve-year-old Alysia Morales chose to become a Sentinel of the mythical bird Suzaku, she was taken away from her family and friends by Avalon Tech Enterprises and turned into Oryn Zentharis’ personal bodyguard. Unlike her parents, Alysia was born without mana, the energy source of magic. That was until one day, she suffered a concussion that awakened her . . .
Corian stood up to the emperor, and now he’s paying for it. He must fight in an arena where the primary weapon is magic. Getting magic powers might seem like a good thing, but there’s two problems. First, the fighters’ powers aren’t proper magic. They’re designed to work only in the arena, so there’s no chance of using these powers . . .
Morgan Silver lives in the City of Night, but she is terrified of the dark. Sandy Banks lives in the City of Light, but her skin burns too easily in the sunshine. The two teenagers live in a city like no city in our world; a city divided, where magic is the controlling force and Sorcerers clash with Witches for . . .
The pixies are forced from their home, by the wicked witch and the ghouls and spectres who follow her. After a long journey, they arrive in our world, and they make a new home in a garden belonging to the story’s narrator. Life as a refugee is not always easy, though. The pixies are desperately in need of a . . .
On the whole, Uninvoked works well.
The story revolves around a person with no magic abilities in a world where many people, possibly most, can do some kind of magic.
Uninvoked feels like it’s still near the beginning of the story as [more . . .]
The New Bedlam Project is a web zine with multiple authors writing around the same fictional location of New Bedlam. Varying between shorter flash fiction and poetry and longer short stories, every person is free to develop a dark story about the history of this cursed town. Jodi Lee’s entry in the issue, Through New Bedlam, helps to explain more [more . . .]