Black Gate Magazine Issue #8 Summer, 2005     208 pages, $9.95     On Sale July, 2005     Edited by John O'Neill     Published by New Epoch Press     Cover Art by Kenn Brown     Interior Art by Chuck Lukacs, Bernie Mireault,         and Denis Rodier     Buy this issue - only $9.95 plus shipping & handling!

"The Turning of the Tiles" "Turn Up This Crooked Way" "The Carrion Call" "Mortal Star" "The Nursemaid's Suitor"

Fiction "The Turning of the Tiles"         by Iain Rowan         Dao-shi, the wily exorcist of “Looking for Goats, Finding Monkeys,” returns in an epic tale of ghosts, assassins, and treachery in ancient China. "Turn Up This Crooked Way"         by James Enge         In which Morlock the Maker, legendary wizard and artificer, follows the trail of a thief into the dreaded winterwood. "Heat Waves"         by Sherry Decker         The shadows whispered to Rachel. And sometimes it was hard not to listen. "The Carrion Call"         by Paul Finch         Eadric and his sister meant only to bring their father home. But the thing that stalked them through the woods had other plans. "Winter's Touch"         by Justin Stanchfield         They found the youth face down by the stream. Narda took a chance bringing him home... for the riders followed soon enough. "Mortal Star"         by Aaron Bradford Starr         Anakira led her desperate people across the plains, pursued by hordes of mindless monsters... and something far worse. "Fat Jack and the Spider Clown"         by Jay Lake         Fat Jack and the Spider Clown went to see the burning of the king. But they couldn’t stay for the party afterwards. "The Nursemaid’s Suitor"         by Charles Coleman Finlay         Lord Gruethrist set his castle aflame just to cover his son’s escape, and Yvon intended to see him to safety. Whatever the cost. Features Double Time: The History of Ace Doubles         by Rich Horton A Conversation with Charlaine Harris         An interview with Sue Granquist Departments Editorial: A Line Painted 'Round the World         by John O'Neill Letters         From Our Readers Back Issues         A List of rare (but miraculously still available) back issues of Black Gate Next Issue         It's hard to wait. But force yourself. Review Features Book Reviews     Lords of Swords, edited by Daniel E. Blackston     The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, by Robert E. Howard     Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris     Dead Beat: A Novel of the Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher     Diary, by Chuck Palahniuk, narrated by Martha Plimpton (audiobook)     Bad Men, by John Connolly     Strange Cargo, by Jeffrey E. Barlough     The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon     The Family Trade, by Charles Stross     The Bad Place, by Dean Koontz     The Ancient Legacy, by Mitchell Graham         by Thomas F. Cunningham, Lisa DuMond, Sue Granquist, Jackson Kuhl, and Todd McAulty Gaming Fantasy Game Reviews     Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne, Guardians of Order     Valnir's Bane: A Black Hearts novel, Nathan Long, Black Library     The City of Towers: The Dreaming Dark, Book I, Keith Baker, Wizards of the Coast     Dungeons & Dragons: Races of Destiny, Wizards of the Coast     Blue Rose, Green Ronin Publishing     All Wound Up, Twilight Creations         by Don Bassingthwaite, Howard Andrew Jones, Todd McAulty, and Michael Thibault Comics Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint         by Jolly Blackburn, John O'Neill, and Steve Johansson