Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense Issue #17 / Winter 2023

Moonlight Over SussexBy DANIEL J. MINUCCINick’s crew were a solid heist team, but their successes have caught the attention of the Czar! Now they’re being taken out one-by-one by the Czar’s unstoppable goon!CommanderBy RICHARD MARTINThe CSS Albemarle blocks the approach to Plymouth via the Roanoke! Can Lt. Cushing’s crew pull off a daring night mission to sink the Confederate Ironclad?!Ithuriel’s SpearBy JOSEPH W. KNOWLESA boy has vanished, completely without a trace! The only clue that Marshal Clive Moultrie has is a medicine man who has newly arrived in a nearby pueblo village!Incident in Burma, 1942By MARK ARVID WHITEA British Indian unit is holed up in a temple, hoping to evade Japanese patrols! But are the strange nightmares plaguing the men worse than their foes in the jungle?That Hideous BrainBy JEFFERY SCOTT SIMSSterk Fontaine specializes in acquisition of certain occult artifacts… But Frampton Derosch, who seeks the Eye of Xenophor, may be his most dangerous client yet!Rising ShadowsBy ADAM S. FURMANJohn Knox is on the trail of a particularly nasty demon! Following it leads him somewhere rather unexpected, however… to the Reverend of a megachurch!Red Queen’s RaceBy PAUL LUCASRab is running out of time! His Financial Seconds are ticking away until his body is reclaimed! Can his high-powered Brain OS and cybernetic personal assistant Alice get him through the day, or will high costs and rising prices cost Rab his life?!The Gold Exigency(Part 4 of 4)By MICHAEL TIERNEYThe God Father is dead! Conrock and company are in the fight for their lives on Philea as pirates and Black Star Reavers close in on them… Can they save the Phileans from extermination in the name of the Artomique’s monetary policy?!The Redemption of AlnessBy JIM BREYFOGLEOn the verge of victory over Rhygir, Kat’s army has been destroyed by Fedai reinforcements! Rhygir has barely enough troops to hold Alness, but Kat is missing! The saga of the Mongoose and Meerkat concludes in this final chapter!