Black Gate Magazine Issue #6 Fall, 2003     208 pages, $9.95     On Sale October 15, 2003     Edited by John O'Neill     Published by New Epoch Press     Cover Art by Todd Lockwood     Interior Art by Bernie Mireault, Chris Pepper,         and Denis Rodier     Buy this issue - only $9.95 plus shipping & handling!

"Looking for Goats, Finding Monkeys" "The Flowers on the Harp" "The Grand Tour" "Portal" "Tumithak in Shawm"

Fiction "Looking For Goats, Finding Monkeys"         by Iain Rowan        A tale of gold, ghosts and gullibility in Ancient China. ""The Flowers on the Harp"         by Anne Sheldon        In which King Herken receives far more than he bargained for in the gift of the slave girl Griah, last living child of the conquered Mage King. "The Grand Tour"         by Kevin N. Haw        It is true what they say... you get what you pay for, especially on those cheap package tours. "Miller’s Wife"         by Mark W. Tiedemann        Egan was on the run from personal demons... and ran into some of a very different sort. "Rocks Under Water"         by Karen Jordan Allen        They lurk just under the surface, silent, invisible... and deadly. "Portal"         by Rick Norwood        In a world where deadly portals to other worlds are easily made, Ian learns that fortune indeed favors the bold. Fantasy Classic "Tumithak in Shawm"         by Charles R. Tanner         In the sequel to “Tumithak of the Corridors," Tumithak leads his brave band of followers to the surface... there to challenge the alien shelks for the first time in millennia. A classic from the early pulp era! Feature Article The Sword in the Mirror: A Century of Sword & Sorcery         by Howard Andrew Jones Departments Editorial: Secret Blindness         by John O'Neill Letters         From Our Readers Review Features The Comics Cauldron         by Claude Lalumière Book Reviews         by Lisa DuMond, Don Bassingthwaite, Sue Granquist, and Howard Andrew Jones. Gaming Fantasy Game Reviews         by Don Bassingthwaite, Jennifer Brozek, Howard Andrew Jones, Dave Webb, and Michael Thibault Comics Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint         by Jolly Blackburn, John O'Neill, and Steve Johansson