KN Magazine: Short Stories
The Final Portrait
As a military junta closes in, a young painter races to finish a portrait that may do more than capture a face—it may capture a soul. The Final Portrait is a tense, magical-realist political thriller about art as resistance, the legacy of grief, and the deadly power hidden in a pair of painted eyes.
A Matter of Time
When Madison stops in a nearly abandoned town to repair her grandfather’s antique watch, she discovers a chilling truth: Horary Crossing isn’t just forgotten—it’s unstuck in time. As the past awakens around her and a long-dead killer returns, Madison must fight to survive a night that has already happened… and is happening again.
Practical Arcanology
When arcanologist Oro is sent to excavate an ancient temple buried beneath a city’s future housing development, he expects bureaucracy and boredom—not an artifact that could wipe out everyone in Brimgarth. With only a sarcastic mercenary, a nimble lockpicker, and his own humble earth-magic, Oro must outwit a rising tide of eldritch power.
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