Official Lineup for Sword & Scandal

As promised in my announcement post earlier this week, here is the lineup of stories for Sword & Scandal, which includes “He Who Sows”. At the moment, this appears to be the order the stories will appear in the anthology, but the arrangement could be subject to change as we near the release date.

Table of Contents:

“The Gateway of Pleasure” by Jim Lee. A knight and a lady from warring kingdoms have an erotic encounter in the feudal land of what is today Vietnam in this dramatic historical fiction story.“Shaven Beards” by Ross Baxter. A man and a woman sellsword learn more than they wanted to know about the secret lives of dwarves in this bawdy comedy.“The Snow Princess” by Pip Pinkerton. A magical princess teaches her special friend Annie new uses for ice in this porn parody of Frozen.“Vermina’s Creature” by Bitter Karella. A malevolent sorceress keeps a manservant as a pet in this gothic comedy where nothing is as it seems.“The Baron with a Thousand Cats” by Gary Every. A groom must save his bride from suffering prima notte with a grotesque baron in this bawdy retelling of a classical Italian folk tale.“Windblades” by C. L. Werner. A comfort woman summons killer demon weasels in a most uncomfortable way in this samurai horror story.“Flesh and Ink” by Rebecca Buchanan. A female assassin’s tattoos hold a deadly power in this sensuous epic fantasy.“Confessions of a Wicked Harpastum Player” by J. Manfred Weichsel and Alexander Joyner. A sadistic inquisitor accuses a female Harpastum player of witchcraft and sapphism in this tortuous tale.“Kai-zur the Godless” by David Carter. A warrior becomes a lover only to learn that love is war in this sword & sorcery story.“Abduction from the Seraglio” by David J. West. A sellsword gets himself into several awkward situations after being hired to abduct a woman from a harem in this adventure comedy.“The Harem of Al’Azeri” by Jasiah Witkofsky. A gentleman out for a night on the town has a serious mishap in a brothel in this pulp tale inspired by the world of 1,001 Arabian Nights.And finally “He Who Sows”

The first and last slots in an anthology or collection often go to the stories editors feel are the best or leave the most lasting impression, so it’s a real honor that “He Who Sows” gets to round out Sword & Scandal.