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| Welcome to Ricasso Press, a small press publisher of speculative fiction. We begin our journey with two exciting anthologies - Black Dragon, White Dragon and Magic & Mechanica - and a third collection, the start of the Magistria shared world series, Magistria: The Realm of the Sorcerer. 2011 will also see another anthology of original work - Through Blood and Iron - showcasing heroic fantasy and sword & sorcery in all its action-packed glory. Thanks for stopping by. |
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"I found you four most worthy to someday
wear my mantle as the mightiest
Deathmaster."
Bilthalis cringed. The Master's words brought
back his days as a slave, helping his parents in
the back-breaking palm-heart harvest. Ghosts
of the blisters that the ungainly palm-axes had
raised on his hands haunted him...As he did
whenever he remembered his childhood,
Bilthalis silently swore that, when he gained
enough power, he would free his family.
Bring Me Three Severed Heads
by Lawrence Barker
wear my mantle as the mightiest
Deathmaster."
Bilthalis cringed. The Master's words brought
back his days as a slave, helping his parents in
the back-breaking palm-heart harvest. Ghosts
of the blisters that the ungainly palm-axes had
raised on his hands haunted him...As he did
whenever he remembered his childhood,
Bilthalis silently swore that, when he gained
enough power, he would free his family.
Bring Me Three Severed Heads
by Lawrence Barker
Twilight fell. With the purple-gray veil of
darkness, a mantle of silence muffled the
countryside. Not a single cow lowed in her
field, nor goat bleated in his pen. It was a
silence of waiting and dread.
Through the hush, Li T'ien heard the clash of
Nian's claws as it slithered over the rocks
that bordered their village. The dragon
shrilled its sinister cry, hooting and
bellowing into the night.
Li T'ien and the Dragon Nian
by Eugie Foster
darkness, a mantle of silence muffled the
countryside. Not a single cow lowed in her
field, nor goat bleated in his pen. It was a
silence of waiting and dread.
Through the hush, Li T'ien heard the clash of
Nian's claws as it slithered over the rocks
that bordered their village. The dragon
shrilled its sinister cry, hooting and
bellowing into the night.
Li T'ien and the Dragon Nian
by Eugie Foster
I heard Master Rossi roar in protest, the
crash of a door flung aside and boots
pounding up the stairs. They had breached
our sanctuary. Then–glass shattering on
stone, dishes clanging against walls, the
clamor of destruction. The awful ruckus went
on interminably, and I felt every sound as a
whip-lash.
The cacophony ceased, or at least diminished,
and I braced myself for some new horror. I
strained my ears, and heard boots tripping
up the stairs again. Then voices, right below
me, and Bartolini’s snarled command to
stove in the trapdoor.
Rossi's Inquisition
by Jens Rushing
crash of a door flung aside and boots
pounding up the stairs. They had breached
our sanctuary. Then–glass shattering on
stone, dishes clanging against walls, the
clamor of destruction. The awful ruckus went
on interminably, and I felt every sound as a
whip-lash.
The cacophony ceased, or at least diminished,
and I braced myself for some new horror. I
strained my ears, and heard boots tripping
up the stairs again. Then voices, right below
me, and Bartolini’s snarled command to
stove in the trapdoor.
Rossi's Inquisition
by Jens Rushing
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