Here are the featured Fantasy Stories for February 2008. A short teaser follows the heading. Click on the title to read the whole story.

Odan the Scribe, Chapter 13, Fragments by Daniel Olarnick

“Rider coming through “shouted the watchman at the northern tower of the stronghold that had become the gateway for the Black Dragon Inn.

The rider, Brian Judd, was well known to the guard, a former lieutenant of the Red Cavalry, he had ridden alongside Captain Karl Strange throughout the Great Orc Uprising, commanding the left-flank of the Stallion Patrol.

Death and the Minstrel by Tala Bar

Finbar was very ill. This time, he thought, he's not going to get out of it. In the past two years he had been frequently sick, mainly had stomach aches sometimes accompanied with fever. As time went by it became worse, and he was going through attacks which, with their passing, left him feeling worn out, lifeless, with no energy to do anything.

Tales of the Halfling, Chapter 2: Striking Distance by Gabe Morales

To acquire the means to avenge his daughter, Vohl must face the Guardian of the Blade. But can a man defeat a creature that can't be killed?

Poor Zorulas, Part Two by Brendan Davis

Silani and Zorulas exited the Sea Cow, and walked into the port city Polenza: Capital of the Shay Islands. Two weeks had passed since the free Cities of Vilag were invaded by Lahmia. All of the mainland Cities had fallen to Lahmian forces. Word spread that many of the City Fathers, and much of military, fled to the Isles. Silani managed to contact the exiled leadership through one of his four remaining vessels, and arrange for a meeting at the Polenza Forum.