Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense: Issue #13 / Winter 2022

Sister Winter
By JOHN DAKER
On a cold night, Martin is confronted by a strange aetherial being calling itself Sister Winter! There are dangerous men looking for her, and she needs Martin’s help!

Lights
By LOU NORMANN
On an isolated stretch of highway in the middle of nowhere, Jack sees a car pulled over, wrecked… then another, riddled with bullets and a police car behind it!

Pick Trick
By TROY RISER
Tony DeLuca hates playing a hick, but witness protection was better than his old boss finding out he was a rat! Who else knows where the Feds have stashed him?!

Wishing Well
By MICHAEL WIESENBERG
Throw in a penny, and your wish could come true… Johnny Gibson wishes for his true love’s hand, but one day a suave interloper begins edging in on his best girl!

The Nighthawk
By MICHAEL GALLAGHER
The triad has been forcing Dane to use his mental powers to pick winning bets, but he’s on his last leg and the mob is betting big! His life depends on these last picks!

House Odds
By KEN LIZZI
A private investigator is hired to look into an Indian casino which may not be on the level… Could there be more going on at the Long Tail than just dirty dealers?!

Moon Magic and the Art of Fencing Doubtful Jewels
By TAIS TENG
A fence buys an amulet of dubious origins from a traveler hasty to be rid of it! Not only is the amulet cursed, it is the vessel of a godling planning to drain the oceans!

The Gold of Palladias
By JOHN GRADOVILLE
Captain Robert Forrestall leads an expedition for a lost city fabled to hold legendary wealth and treasures! An amulet in a tomb holds the key to lost Palladias!

Take the Sword
By MICHAEL RAY
The battle is over and dead litter the field… While a squire seeks to tend to his fallen knight, he hears a strange voice calling out to him from among the corpses!

Thunder in the North
By JIM BREYFOGLE
The ashes in Alness still smoulder under Rhygir and his mercenaries… Mangos must go alone to the north to deliver a message to…