Announcement: Twist of Wire, by James Comer
QSFer James Comer has a new free story posted at PlanetaryStories.com: The monk Charthat was locked in a burning jail- and the trouble outside was worse! As the city of Gunkashar fell into madness, he had to find his partner. If he lived that long. Excerpt hree men crouched in a prison cell. The cell was dug-and-walled in a sunken courtyard. Ironwood bars were cemented into the floor and ceiling. A bar closed the cell, its handle beyond reach. Locked? How to get out? thought Charthat. Where was his partner? He could saw through the lignum vitae with true-steel; he … Read more