Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense: Issue #15 / Summer 2023

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 Dalgre
By RICHARD RUBIN
On his way to sell his services to the Earl Ryker, Burke Fletcher, the mercenary marooned on …