Submissions open for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 5 at midnight tonight
Submissions open for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 5 at midnight tonight until midnight on the 31st October.

Payment is £25 per story regardless of length plus one contributor's copy of the paperback. The book will be published as a paperback and ebook. If a hardcover version is published we will pay an additional £25. Please send your submissions as attachments (doc or docx) headed "Submission - Swords & Sorceries 5" to:
paralleluniversepublications@gmx.co.uk
You can send in more than one submission, but we will not accept more than one story per writer. Please only send one story at a time.
Although we prefer original stories we are prepared to consider reprints. Just let us know where and when it was previously published.
You can send in simultaneous submissions, but let us know if your story is accepted elsewhere as soon as you can.
There is no limit on the size of submissions.
There is no need to tell me anything about yourself because the only thing that matters is the story.
All rejections and acceptances will be sent out by email by the end of the first week in November. Please don't enquire about your submission before then.
And good luck!
In the past we have received a number of stories that may be fantasy but are not swords and sorcery. If you are unsure what the swords and sorcery genre is, why not get a better idea by checking out volumes 1 - 4:
Also check our dedicated facebook group: Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy The contents of Volume One are:THE MIRROR OF TORJAN SUL - Steve LinesTHE HORROR FROM THE STARS - Steve DilksTROLLS ARE DIFFERENT - Susan Murrie MacdonaldCHAIN OF COMMAND - Geoff HartDISRUPTION OF DESTINY - Gerri LeenTHE CITY OF SILENCE - Eric Ian SteeleRED - Chadwick GintherTHE RECONSTRUCTED GOD - Adrian ColeThe cover and all the interior artwork is by Jim Pitts. amazon.co.uk

The contents of Volume 2 are:
The Essence of Dust by Mike Chinn
Highjacking the Lord of Light by Tais Teng
Out in the Wildlands by Martin Owton
Zale and Zedril by Susan Murrie Macdonald
The Amulet and the Shadow by Steve Dilks
Antediluvia: Seasons of the World by Andrew Darlington
A Thousand Words for Death by Pedro Iniguez
Stone Snake by Dev Agarwal
Seven Thrones by Phil Emery
The Eater of Gods by Adrian Cole
Illustrations by Jim Pitts.

The contents of Volume 3 are: Sorcerous Vengeance by Lorenzo D. Lopez Seal Snatchers of Jorsaleem by Tais Teng When the Gods Send You Rats by Chadwick Ginther Mother's Bones by Carson Ray In the Lair of the Snake-Witch by Darin Hlavaz The Rains of Barofonn by Mike Chinn Wardark by Craig Herbertson The Foliage by Rab Foster In the Lair of the Moonmen by Jon Hansen Sailing on the Thieves' Tide by Adrian Cole Illustrations by Jim Pitts.

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 4 contains eleven tales:
In the Iron Woods by Dev Agarwal
My People Were Fair and Wore Stars in Their Hair by Andrew Darlington
At Sea by Geoff Hart
The Flesh of Man by Frank Sawielijew
City at the Mouth of Chaos by Adrian Cole
In the Belly of the Beast by Edward Ahern
The Tracks of the Pi Nereske by Wendy Nikel
Slaves of the Monolith by Paul D. Batteiger
The Green Wood by David Dubrow
Demonic by Phil Emery
The Whips of Malmac by H. R. Laurence