Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense Issue #26 / Spring 2026

The Sapphire TalismanBy RICHARD RUBINBurke Fletcher finds himself part of a losing battle… His airship wrecked in the wastes, he stumbles upon a ruined well that sends him to Rigel IV’s ancient past!Deep-RootedBy KEN LIZZIBadulf the German pursues a comrade-turned-foe to Britannia, seeking a stolen memento ring, but he finds more than he bargained for on the night of Samhain!Book of a Thousand DreamsBy Harold R. ThompsonAdventurer Anchor Brown sets off in search of a missing colleague, chasing rumors that he had discovered a lost book of fairy tales with magical powers!Skirt, Snake, and EggsBy WILLIAM DRELLMickey Vance was looking forward to some R&R on a quiet station, but a mysterious death tied to a drug-smuggling operation leads to a rather strange alliance!Automaton AnonBy W.E. WERTENBERGERJoe, a human from earth stranded on the strange world of Druun, has been hired to retrieve a missing automaton, held by the notorious Blood Stump gang!Infinite AlleyBy JD COWANDana, protégé of Galactic Enforcer Ronan Renfield, is on her first solo mission… where she seems to have gotten trapped in some kind of infinite loop!Frozen in TimeBy JIM BREYFOGLEBob’s father is haunted by his brother who disappeared when they were both children… What secret does the town’s abandoned theater and old movie lot hold?To Scale the Devil Haunted SkyBy MISHA BURNETTWith earth besieged by a hollow planetoid filled with hostile aliens, America’s last chance is an experimental rocket plane outfitted with stolen alien technology!A Bottle of ChambertinBy MARK MELLONA collector of Napoleonic memorabilia acquires a bottle from the Emperor’s private stock… Sealed within is an imp who claims to have been his personal advisor!Tongue of AshBy JOSEPH W. KNOWLESAn earthquake precedes a series of strange occurrences, inexplicable deaths, and the appearance of an antediluvian artifact that Sheriff Moultrie struggles to solve!Voodoo Man’s CurseBy MICHAEL TIERNEYWilliam Lee’s master, a general in the Revolutionary War, has mysteriously died! Lee goes to the last man who saw him before he fell ill, seeking justice for the curse!A Necklace of Ghûl ClawsBy TAIS TENGOn the eve of a fight to rid the lock of a kraken, Omar meets an exotic ghûl-hunting girl from the Eternal Caravan… Her affections prove more than he bargained for!Tango With SamuraiBy RODICA BRETINKayla Blackmoon’s whereabouts unknown, her mentor Lorena leads an assault on the headquarters of the Karghan, hoping to find the missing young psychic!Corpse Ala CartBy TEEL JAMES GLENNWhen a dying Elf falls from the sky and onto Jack Silence’s dinner table, the Ghostmaker gets served up an intrigue of murder and blackmail amongst fey!In Massachusetts’ Woodlands, Find Ye RomeBy Matthew Pungitore Read more