Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense: Issue #17 / Winter 2023

Moonlight Over Sussex
By DANIEL J. MINUCCI
Nick’s crew were a solid heist team, but their successes have caught the attention of the Czar! Now they’re being taken out one-by-one by the Czar’s unstoppable goon!

Commander
By RICHARD MARTIN
The CSS Albemarle blocks the approach to Plymouth via the Roanoke! Can Lt. Cushing’s crew pull off a daring night mission to sink the Confederate Ironclad?!

Ithuriel’s Spear
By JOSEPH W. KNOWLES
A boy has vanished, completely without a trace! The only clue that Marshal Clive Moultrie has is a medicine man who has newly arrived in a nearby pueblo village!

Incident in Burma, 1942
By MARK ARVID WHITE
A British Indian unit is holed up in a temple, hoping to evade Japanese patrols! But are the strange nightmares plaguing the men worse than their foes in the jungle?

That Hideous Brain
By JEFFERY SCOTT SIMS
Sterk Fontaine specializes in acquisition of certain occult artifacts… But Frampton Derosch, who seeks the Eye of Xenophor, may be his most dangerous client yet!

Rising Shadows
By ADAM S. FURMAN
John Knox is on the trail of a particularly nasty demon! Following it leads him somewhere rather unexpected, however… to the Reverend of a megachurch!

Red Queen’s Race
By PAUL LUCAS
Rab is running out of time! His Financial Seconds are ticking away until his body is reclaimed! Can his high-powered Brain OS and cybernetic personal assistant Alice get him through the day, or will high costs and rising prices cost Rab his life?!


The Gold Exigency
(Part 4 of 4)
By MICHAEL TIERNEY
The God Father is dead! Conrock and company are in the fight for their lives on Philea as pirates and Black Star Reavers close in on them… Can they save the Phileans from extermination in the name of the Artomique’s monetary policy?!


The Redemption of Alness
By JIM BREYFOGLE
On the verge of victory over Rhygir, Kat’s army has been destroyed by Fedai reinforcements! Rhygir has barely enough troops to hold Alness, but Kat is mis…