Black Gate Magazine Issue #7 Fall, 2004     208 pages, $9.95     On Sale November 29, 2004     Edited by John O'Neill     Published by New Epoch Press     Cover Art by Terri Lindsey     Interior Art by Leif Jones, Bernie Mireault,         Chris Pepper, and Denis Rodier     Buy this issue - only $9.95 plus shipping & handling!

"The Poison Well" "Amnesty" "Luck of the Gods" "Point of the Knife" "Leather Doll"

Fiction "The Poison Well"         by Judith Berman         Manvayar’s old master had been a secret necromancer... but did that mean he could ferret out the truth behind a new rash of sorcerous killings? "Amnesty"         by Todd McAulty         They said the first 10,000 souls to reach the Mounds of Eternity would be granted Amnesty, and entry to the Kingdom of God. But Hell does not yield up its own so easily. "Luck of the Gods"         by Holly Phillips         Onyx was a trover, an expert at ridding the rich of curses... for a price. "Point of the Knife"         A Kingdoms of Kalamar Tale         by Don Bassingthwaite         In which Imperial Agent Narika finds even her considerable fighting skills may be inadequate against a treacherous alchemist and a deadly interdimensional trap.... "Leather Doll"         by Mark Sumner         The whistling didn’t sound like any of the creatures Meyer had tangled with before. But there were more deadly things in the redgrass.... Black Gate Fantasy Classic "Tumithak of the Towers of Fire"         by Charles R. Tanner         In the third installment of the thrilling saga, Tumithak leads his growing band of followers in an audacious attack on the shelk city of Kaymak... only to discover a secret that may forever change humanity’s destiny. A never-before reprinted classic from the early pulp era! Feature Article An Appreciation of Planet Stories         by Rich Horton Departments Editorial: Adventures of a Nuclear Teen         by John O'Neill Letters         From Our Readers Review Features The Comics Cauldron         by Claude Lalumičre Book Reviews         by Lisa DuMond and Charlene Brusso Gaming Fantasy Game Reviews         by Don Bassingthwaite, Jennifer Brozek, Howard Andrew Jones, Dave Webb, and Michael Thibault Comics Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint         by Jolly Blackburn, John O'Neill, and Steve Johansson