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INVINCIBLE Part Five: Ritual
Lee beheld Zhang with eyes aflame, and when he spoke he struggled to keep the anger leaking from his voice. “Ensign Zhang, you dueled a martial artist on the street, killing him. This provoked his friends, who attacked you, forcing you to kill them all. Is that correct?” “It was an assassination attempt. Mojian Han…
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INVINCIBLE Part Four: Beat the Grass to Scare the Snake
Zhang spent the rest of the night cleaning up. After retrieving his weapons, Zhang inspected his chest. The armor had absorbed the brunt of the blow, leaving only a painful bruise. He grabbed a bottle of medicinal oil from his ring and rubbed the oil into the bruise. The battered muscle warmed up rapidly; a…
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INVINCIBLE Part Three: The Destroyer of Evil
Zhang marched overland, timing himself to arrive at the forest after dark. When he arrived, he donned his suit of black paper armor and drew his crossbow. Short of an enemy army, he was ready for anything. Suchen Temple lay at the summit of a steep hill. It was an intimidating climb for most people.…
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The Whisper Campaign Against SFF Author Jon Del Arroz
Jon Del Arroz, a Dragon Award nominated science fiction and fantasy author, is facing a whisper campaign of blackballing, harassment, threats and ostracism. His crime: exposing the institutional sexism of the SFF short fiction field. On 8 September, Del Arroz published a blog post highlighting the rampant misandry within the premier SFF magazines. He discovered…
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INVINCIBLE Part Two: Sujiang
The Shenwujun labored through most of the night, picking through the remains of the rebel camp. In the fullness of time, the internal troops regrouped and returned, but by then there was nothing more for them to do. The Shenwujun made camp upriver of the rebel camp, and bedded down for the few hours to…
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INVINCIBLE Part One: Blood and Fire
Zhang Tianyou hated working with internal troops. The Shenwujun did all the hard work, while they claimed all the glory. Shenwujun like him. Zhang lowered to a knee, steadying himself against a hardy tree. By the light of the crescent moon, he saw the rebel encampment, two li away, situated by a burbling river. Defended…