The last thing my sister Elspeth tells me is what she and Terric had done did not, technically, qualify, and so probably she would be fine. When places like this say “virgin,” it’s really more along the lines of, like, how young they are.It’s supposed to be only virgins who can face dragons. Maybe you’ve heard…
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Tyler James Russell
Tyler James Russell is the author of When Fire Splits the Sky (2022), a novel, and To Drown a Man (2022), a poetry collection, both from Unsolicited Press. He works as an educator and lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Cat, and their children. His writing has been nominated for the Rhysling and Best of the Net, and has appeared or is forthcoming in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Janus Literary, and the NonBinary Review, among others.
Daniel Reneau
Daniel Reneau is a Denver-based illustrator skilled in digital and traditional mediums, and specializes in horror, fantasy, science fiction, and comic book illustration. He is the co-creator of the graphic novel Zombiraq, a winner of the 2013 L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Award, and a graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Learn more at danielbdemented.carbonmade.com.
