Jason Ray Carney’s Reviews > Old Moon Quarterly, Volume 7: A Magazine of Dark Fantasy and Sword and Sorcery > Status Update

"Bleed Me in the Water" by Hailey Piper was a strange, unexpected story. It is an interesting grimdark fantasy about a revenge story interlaced with mythology.

"The Last Gift" by Jason Mills is really emotional. I may have wiped away a tear. 😵‍💫

"Footnotes on 'Only Forever,' the Grey Witche's Last Poem," by Calie Voorhis was very artful and evocative.

Finished "The Torrent of Souls" by H.R. Laurence. This is a entertaining and atmospheric story about a warrior who has to plunder an ancient sorcerer's tomb. It is traditional sword and sorcery with several artful passages. Some of the imagery, like the ghost river, was very vivid.

Finished "Stolen by Moonlight, Betrothed by Sun." This wasn't for me. A magical sword reminisces about its "life," it's relationship with a renowned warrior, Elisabeth. It is an intriguing experiment, a fantasy story told from the perspective of a weapon. But how do you identify with the emotional interiority of a blade?

Finished "The Ember-Eyed" by James Enge. It's pretty good, gonzo cosmic like a 1970s prog rock album cover.