Fantastique Unfettered

My fantasy story "Every Mother's Child" appears in Fantastique Unfettered's second issue.

“So what do you think?” I asked when I had finished.
“If you’re right, it’s no wonder people don’t last long down here. Every mother’s child has to show how they feel sometimes—and Astet’s Mercy, in a place like this, I imagine you must feel a lot.”
Some people, facing death, do get emotional. But not most swordsellers. I was surprised at Rathin.
“Not me.” I turned on my side. “But then, I’m no mother’s child.”