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Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense

Vol. 2 No. 2 (Fall 2019)

Christine Lucas, William Huggins, Marie Brennan, Adrian Simmons, Ville Meriläinen, Jennifer Povey, Spencer E. Hart, Ken McGrath, Rebecca DeVendra, Hal Y. Zhang

Ages 12–18

128 pages · Released Sep 2, 2019

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Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense parent’s guide: what’s inside

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This is an anthology of short science fiction and fantasy stories targeting adult readers. Several stories explicitly reference combat, bloodshed, and conflict, though without graphic detail evident in the synopses. The collection emphasizes adventure, mystery, and world-building rather than graphic content. Without access to the full text, confidence is limited, but the magazine's target audience and story descriptions suggest content appropriate for older teens interested in speculative fiction.

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A Little Human Ingenuity By WILLIAM HUGGINS The Rake, the last great champion of the Game--a bloodsport recreating mankind's battles against alien foes--is given an opportunity to face those old foes once again! The Burning Fish By JIM BREYFOGLE Seeking out the Burning Fish for a client, Mangos and Kat instead find a s... A Little Human Ingenuity By WILLIAM HUGGINS The Rake, the last great champion of the Game--a bloodsport recreating mankind's battles against alien foes--is given an opportunity to face those old foes once again! The Burning Fish By JIM BREYFOGLE Seeking out the Burning Fish for a client, Mangos and Kat instead find a strange cult of folk devoted to a simple life--who would kill before giving up their secrets! For I Have Felt a Fire in the Head By ADRIAN SIMMONS Irish prince Maenach MacScannal faces the hordes of the Danes on the bloody fields of mag sé liathdaimh, armed with his faith and his blade, Takes-The-Hand! La Molejera By MARIE BRENNAN An anthropologist seeks to solve the mystery of Chalchihuitlan's "grinding woman." What's her significance? What is it that she grinds? For what does she wait?! Pale Moon's Bride By VILLE MERILÄINEN Her parents have been driven to madness, and her siblings are dead by their own hand--what unearthly curse has afflicted Amanda Corrine Dubois' family?! Pawn to the Queen By CHRISTINE LUCAS At his mentor's dying request, the High Priest of Anubis must right a dreadful wrong--recover and return the canopic jars of Queen Tetisheri to end a curse! People of Fire By JENNIFER R. POVEY A sinkhole swallows a research expedition in Siberia, and only one woman survives! Beneath the earth's crust, in halls of fire, Peri finds a lost civilization! Blue-Like-The-Sky By SPENCER E. HART Slayer-Of-Wolf's hunting party is alarmed when a mysterious fire falls from the sky--stranger still is the mysterious blue woman he finds where the fire has landed! Doomsday Shard By KEN MCGRATH Serenity Deadline has been hired to jack the Doomsday Shard, a deadly piece of hardware that could end the world--but she's not the only woman after it! Titan By REBECCA DEVENDRA The colonists of Titan have been a fierce and independent lot since breaking away from Earth--some with a grudge might even resort to murder to stay independent! The Handover of the Scepter of Greatest Regret By HAL Y. ZHANG The war and killing is finally over, and all that's left is the ceremony to commemorate the peace--except the alien ambassador has died just before showtime!

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ISBN 9781949313239 · Cirsova Publishing

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