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Novel The Gold Exigency (Part 2 of 4) By MICHAEL TIERNEY Conrock and the others track the Black Star Reavers to the base of the mysterious Five-Thousand Fingered Hand in the hunt for the abducted Philean women! Novelettes Curse of the Iron Moon By FRANK SAWIELIJEW A woman with a strange artifact seeks answers in the mysterious Iron Fortress! But even with the help of her guide, will she escape the cultists who pursue her?! Across the Poison Sea By ADRIAN COLE On Earth to complete his training, Arrul Voruum learns of the discovery of an artifact of immeasurable worth and power from the days when the empire fell! The Red Queen of Ustari By SHUYA NANAHARA While searching for an artifact in a treacherous cliffside crypt, Marche the Fleet, heir to the Waning Moon, encounters a most unlikely—and dangerous—adversary! Terror-Trap of the Jintra By JOHN GRADOVILLE Treasure hunter and xeno-trapper Ransome Quartermain has found a deadly planet with a vast trove of advanced alien technology! But his team’s not the first! Short Stories An Affair of Honor By WILL LOWRY Lothair av Drevdagen, a young dispossessed nobleman from a line of duelists, has challenged Carlo Alberti di Braviagni for the hand of his sweetheart Alvana! Meat on the Bone By TIA JA’NAE Family restaurants in Chicago have been forcibly run out and replaced by high-tech eateries! Can former restauranteur Ike strike a blow for his old BBQ joint?! Olvir’s Dream By C.D. CRABTREE Olvir is granted a miraculous dream, in which a goddess offers him favor for a quest! Can he fulfill the lovely Felyikki’s request and defeat a cunning wizard? The Machine of Fear By HAROLD R. THOMPSON A cult in Rajoon has harnessed the lethal powers of a fear-inducing machine! Can bookish Corps of Exploration officer, Captain Anchor Brown, stop the cultists?! The Ruins of the