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Black Gate Magazine
Volume 1, #5
Spring, 2003
    208 pages, $9.95
    On Sale February 2003
    Edited by John O'Neill
    Published by New Epoch Press
    Cover Art by Chris Pepper
        Illustrating "Two-Skins"
        by Shawn L. Johnson
    Buy this issue - only $9.95 plus shipping & handling!
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"The Mourning Trees"
"There's A Hole in October"
"Barbarian Instinct"
"Two-Skins"
"Tumithak of the Corridors"
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Fiction
"The Mourning Trees"
        by Peadar Ó Guilín
       The deadly mourning trees were a remnant
of a sorcerous war, and now one clutched Moya’s only son.
"Stand at Llieva"
        by Joseph A. McCullough V
       In which Stevan the Targeter must defend his
island stronghold against the mages of the Orient - or die.
"There’s a Hole in October"
        by Todd McAulty
       Pierre was just trying to do a little business
across the border... until a snowy Ontario highway and group of
very lost children forced a drastic change of plan.
"The Dead Man..."
        by S.C. Smith
       The Dead Man awoke on the shores of the Styx,
only to find Hell ain’t what it used to be.
"Law and Justice,"
        by Michael H. Payne
       Leopard must defend an innocent before the
animal court, even as the deadly Blood Jaguar watches hungrily from the sidelines...
"La Desterrada"
        by Jennifer Busick
       It’s a dangerous thing, to be a Fire Magus
at sea -- and far more so when the ancient art is forbidden to your sex.
"North"
        by Brian A. Hopkins
       Joey is blind, cold, and lost in the the forest...
until he hears the wolves of the sea.
"Barbarian Instinct"
        by Don Bassingthwaite
       The men chasing Cacia are brutal and
relentless... but it was the deadly secret of the ruins that would ultimately decide her fate.
"Two-Skins"
        by Shawn L. Johnson
       Ranu is a brave and very resourceful young man.
But he’ll need to be more than that to survive the Emperor’s gladitorial games...
Fantasy Classic
"Tumithak of the Corridors"
        by Charles R. Tanner
        Untold ages ago man was driven underground
by the invading Shelks, there to live like rats in the endless corridors... until the coming of Tumithak. A classic
from the Golden Age of Fantasy!
Articles
Editorial
        by John O'Neill
Review Features
The Comics Cauldron
        by Claude Lalumière
Book Reviews
        by Lisa DuMond, Jeffrey Ford, Victoria Strauss and Sue Granquist.
Gaming
Fantasy Game Reviews
        by Don Bassingthwaite, Jennifer Brozek, Howard Andrew Jones, and Michael Thibault
Comics
Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint
        by Jolly Blackburn, Steve Johansson, and John O'Neill
Interior Art
        by Chris Pepper, Bernie Mireault, Denis Rodier, Greg Faillace,
Chuck Lukacs, and Gregory Price.
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