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Bruised-Eye Dusk by Jonathan Louis Duckworth. Autumn Still Has Its Migrations by Scott McNee.

I knew my people’s stories. I knew why we were Godless, though I had lived most of my life in a city with a patron goddess and felt only a shadow of the dread my father had. I knew the power the Godless were imbued with from childhood, to detect the parasite that had destroyed our gods.

I was admitted into the ranks of the witches, but I have never truly belonged, not even when my body started changing. The only place I am sure I belong to is in my lover's arms in the clearing where we can watch the stars and get lost in each other, our names falling from our lips into each other's ears while the night pretends not to hear.

Ed Perryer is a concept artist and illustrator for video games and for pleasure. He studied animation at university and worked in motion graphics before switching to concept art. Alongside creating full fantasy scenes, he has completed a graphic novel. He is a fantasy and sci-fi buff, creating different worlds from the macro to the micro. He believes it always a worthwhile philosophical exercise to imagine the human sensibilities in alien environments and situations. He tries to induce a feel and emotion from every scene, as this is how we connect with not only art but fantasy stories as well....

“Of course I do, Father,” Kamu said. He slid his fingers over the skin of his djembe and could feel the tingle of magic at their tips. He slapped the drum, beginning the beat of the Planter’s Chant. The other drummers followed. Soon, the chords of Akachi’s kora eased into the rhythm, and Kamu could feel the village’s funta magic expanding across the fields.