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Black Gate Magazine
Volume 1, #5
Spring, 2003

    208 pages, $9.95
    On Sale February 2003
    Edited by John O'Neill
    Published by New Epoch Press
    Cover Art by Chris Pepper
        Illustrating "Two-Skins"
        by Shawn L. Johnson


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"The Mourning Trees"



"There's A Hole in October"



"Barbarian Instinct"



"Two-Skins"



"Tumithak of the Corridors"
Fiction

"The Mourning Trees"
        by Peadar Ó Guilín

       The deadly mourning trees were a remnant of a sorcerous war, and now one clutched Moya’s only son.

"Stand at Llieva"
        by Joseph A. McCullough V

       In which Stevan the Targeter must defend his island stronghold against the mages of the Orient - or die.

"There’s a Hole in October"
        by Todd McAulty

       Pierre was just trying to do a little business across the border... until a snowy Ontario highway and group of very lost children forced a drastic change of plan.

"The Dead Man..."
        by S.C. Smith

       The Dead Man awoke on the shores of the Styx, only to find Hell ain’t what it used to be.

"Law and Justice,"
        by Michael H. Payne

       Leopard must defend an innocent before the animal court, even as the deadly Blood Jaguar watches hungrily from the sidelines...

"La Desterrada"
        by Jennifer Busick

       It’s a dangerous thing, to be a Fire Magus at sea -- and far more so when the ancient art is forbidden to your sex.

"North"
        by Brian A. Hopkins

       Joey is blind, cold, and lost in the the forest... until he hears the wolves of the sea.

"Barbarian Instinct"
        by Don Bassingthwaite

       The men chasing Cacia are brutal and relentless... but it was the deadly secret of the ruins that would ultimately decide her fate.

"Two-Skins"
        by Shawn L. Johnson

       Ranu is a brave and very resourceful young man. But he’ll need to be more than that to survive the Emperor’s gladitorial games...


Fantasy Classic


"Tumithak of the Corridors"
        by Charles R. Tanner
        Untold ages ago man was driven underground by the invading Shelks, there to live like rats in the endless corridors... until the coming of Tumithak. A classic from the Golden Age of Fantasy!



Articles

Editorial
        by John O'Neill


Review Features


The Comics Cauldron
        by Claude Lalumière

Book Reviews
        by Lisa DuMond, Jeffrey Ford, Victoria Strauss and Sue Granquist.


Gaming


Fantasy Game Reviews
        by Don Bassingthwaite, Jennifer Brozek, Howard Andrew Jones, and Michael Thibault


Comics


Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint
        by Jolly Blackburn, Steve Johansson, and John O'Neill


Interior Art


        by Chris Pepper, Bernie Mireault, Denis Rodier, Greg Faillace, Chuck Lukacs, and Gregory Price.



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