January 25, 2004

Foreword

"Chitter."

"Then where is it?"

Mank shrugged. "Chitter," he suggested.

"Calendars don't just grow legs and walk away," Excrucior said. "Well, not unless there's some new code I don't know about." He rummaged under a teetering pile of papers and frowned. "Go to another god's office and find out the date, will you?"

Mank scurried away. Excrucior sighed and continued scouring the untidy mounds of paper in his office. He'd got Elnissa's Special Edition Swimsuit Calendar delivered under cover of darkness only - how long ago was it now? Ah - there it was. He pulled it from underneath a bookcase and began to leaf through the pages.

"Chitter!" Mank said, scurrying back into the office.

Excrucior snapped the calendar shut. "Watch your mouth," he warned. "I'm just trying to find out where we are in the year, not staring."

"Chitter," Mank said with a shrug.

"So, what date is it? I can't work it out in here."

Mank stifled a snigger and whistled. Three other imps dragged a calendar in from the corridor. "Chitter!"

"Next year's calendar?" Excrucior demanded. "But that means..."

"Chitter."

"But I have Christmas-themed articles..."

"Chitter."

"Well, you're probably right. They won't notice..."

Welcome to the latest edition of the Medievia Mudslinger! We've got ... things for you to read.

"Chitter!"

"I did *not* fall asleep for two months!"

Fiction

• Cammy continues the adventures of Theo the Baby Dragon with "Twice Upon a Time" and "Thrice Upon a Time". The stunning conclusion to this series will arrive next issue.
• Krage brings out the Christmas spirit with "Christmas in the Spiderwode".
• Antrix sees Medievia through the eyes of a Private Eye in "The Case of the Missing Tiara".

Factual

• Aivanther gives us his opinions of inspiration in "Wanted, One Muse".
• The latest issue of the Writer's Guide deals with common errors and some Mudslinger standards.

Verse and song

• Zakes regales us with a specially themed song, the tune of which should be obvious, in "Moxon the Ruby Dragon."

Features

• Scoop reports from the front lines once more, searching out danger and falling victim to it.

Enjoy!

The Mudslinger Staff

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