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from the Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" group.
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David wrote: "I just join Kickstarter at the $36.00 level and was hoping you knew what the digital editions will be?"Hi David. The first five issues came in PDF and Paperback.
With #6, they started offering PDF, ePub (not Mobi), and Paperback.
The electronic versions are typically available for download a few weeks before paperbacks arrive.
Your selection of "The Skull decrees that you shall receive five digital copies of his most glorious sword and sorcery magazine, which includes four regular issues plus the legendary Special Issue."...
....the default for this refers to:
Issue #7, slated for 2022
Issue #8, slated for 2022
Special Issue, slated for 2022 [available for Print only thru KS, but available electronically "forever"]
Issue #9 (most likely in 2023)
Issue #10 (most likely in 2023)
The Skull is trying to increase the frequency of publication, originally at 2 issues per year. It is tough to read how 2023 will go, but "He" (the Skull) seems to be hoping to push for 3+ issues per year (if possible).
Now, it may be possible to cash in your 5 credits for 5 past issues....but to confirm that, I will have to bug the Skull and get back to you.....
Weirdbook Annual 2022...will be Vampires....submit in JanuaryFrom Douglas Draa's Facebook post:
"Here's some quick news.
The theme for the 2022 WEIRDBOOK Annual will be Vampires!
Submissions will be open for the entire month of January 2022.
Story length will be limited to 10K words correction. Update.
Stories can be longer than 10K!!!
I'm leaving this up to you all.
Longer stories are greatly preferred.
So 10K-12K is the ideal length
No reprints.
The issue length will be limited to 70K words.
This'll be tough, but I'll only be accepting 3 poems.
No Flash Fiction.
As usual, Email submissions to..
weirdaether@t-online.de
I'll be updating the Weirdbook website this weekend.
Rates will be one cent per word and 2 print copies for fiction and one for poetry."
Website to be updated soon:
http://weirdbook-magazine.com/submiss...
@Joy....yes. lol. That was a gem.
Hail, Mortal Dogs. The Skull has an update that will impact your lives. With one stretch goal down, He (yes, that is capitalized) interviews Warhammer veteran Nathan Long about his issue #6 Lankhmar pastiche (Leiber's Fafrhd & Gray Mouser). Listen in while you check out the campaign:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
Congrats Stan! That's fantastic!
Didier Normand painted the Special Issue (he did the covers for a lot of Rogue Blades anthologies).The other two are by Ken Kelly and Sanjulián (Manuel Pérez Clemente)
Jason M wrote: "Seth, will you be keeping tabs on when this book can actually be ordered?"I'll do my best. Of course, I welcome the entire community to help spread the word about any release. There are far too many books/releases to be keeping track of.
Swords and axes together!
Ends in about 2 weeks. About Nov 18th
Link to the Kickstarter for "More Tales From The Magician's Skull"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
Pledge to the Skull! The Kickstarter is live! Extend your subscription or get just a few issues...up to 9 more! The Special issue depends on our involvement. Every 200 backers yields another story in that.
Link to 30min overview of all the details:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/11944964...
David. A. Riley:
I can now announce that Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 3 will be published by the end of this week as a paperback and ebook (kindle).
Contents 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
The covers and interior artwork are again by Jim Pitts.
The book is 270 pages and will cost £11.99 (£2.99 kindle).
"Kickstarter Preview: More Tales From The Magician’s Skull10:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday, November 2
Join Joseph Goodman and Howard Andrew Jones as they preview the impending More Tales From The Magician’s Skull Kickstarter!
Get a sneak peek at the pledge levels, hear about the new issues, and get all the inside scoop before the Kickstarter goes live!"
BLOG POST: https://goodman-games.com/tftms/2021/...
TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/goodmangamesoff...
S.E. wrote: "Oliver wrote: "I speak with a host from the popular sword & sorcery podcast Rogues in the House, Matt John, about the genre, gatekeeping vs helping the S&S scene thrive, the trials of buying books ..."BTW, term "earthier sort of fantasy" (a subtitle for this group, was taken from a quote from Fritz Lieber: "
It strikes me (and something might be made of this) that Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser are at the opposite extreme from the heroes of Tolkien. My stuff is at least as equally fantastic as his, but it is an earthier sort of fantasy.."
Oliver wrote: "I speak with a host from the popular sword & sorcery podcast Rogues in the House, Matt John, about the genre, gatekeeping vs helping the S&S scene thrive, the trials of buying books online when you..."Oliver.....nice conversation. My only reply is a question, inspired by Monty Python and Matt John's annoyances, where there ever "Knights who said Squee" in S&S?
Blurb :Description
A celebration of the life and work of Karl Edward Wagner. Featuring Randy Broecker, Ramsey Campbell, Dave Carson, Adrian Cole, Lee Brown Coye, David Drake, Les Edwards, Stephen Jones, S.T. Joshi, Nancy Kilpatrick, Allen Koszowski, Justin Marriott, John F. Mayer, Kim Newman, Jim Pitts, Tina Rath, Stuart David Schiff, David J. Schow, Andrew Smith, David A. Sutton, Karl Edward Wagner and many others.
Uk Link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phantasmagor...
Us Link
https://www.amazon.com/Phantasmagoria...
From Flinch Books Facebook pageANNOUNCEMENT:
This November, Flinch Books unleashes an all new pulp fiction anthology on an unsuspecting world, their first fantastic foray into the realm of Sword & Sorcery!
BLOOD ON THE BLADE boasts of ten tales of slashing swords and sinister sorcery brought to you by master pulp scribes Cliff Biggers, Adrian Cole, Anne Marie Lutz, Paul McNamee, James A. Moore, Dave Ritzlin, Charles R Rutledge, Frank Schildiner, Steven L. Shrewsbury, and James Ray Tuck Jr. It’s a feast of fantasy you won’t soon forget!
Conceived and edited by Jim Beard and John Bruening. Cover by Mark Wheatley.
The Skull speaks! His ritual to bring more S&S and higher frequencies draws very near. Listen, mortal dogs to his latest transmission. His video is on the TftMS blog:
https://goodman-games.com/tftms/2021/...
Clint wrote: "@Seth, that isn’t the sort of essay I was hoping for. I was considering tracking down the single volumes, but it seems I am nearly as well off with what I have."BTW, I also own The Enchantress of Venus, and it also has illustrations by StarTwo.
It comes with a foreword by Jeffro Johnson. It is two pages and kindly tracks how Brackett made Mars popular and broke thru a male-dominated environment. It's ok but not deep enough to offer you the joy of learning something new.
Clint wrote: "@Seth, I posted this question to your review of QotMC, but will post here for the group:Did the single volume edition you read have an introduction and were the illustrations by StarTwo?"
Actually, it's good you ping me. I never see the notification about comments to my reviews....so I usually miss them.
Anyway, here is my reply (posted there too :)):
Queen of the Martian Catacombs has a 1.5page Foreword by Nathan Housley, which is so short it essentially reminds the reader that Brackett had a huge role writing The Empire Strikes Back...and started writing /N'Chaka-Stark-Mars in 1949.
Illustrations by StarTwo. A bit cartoony/childish for my preference, but I enjoy having any art.
....
So, you didn't miss much from this introduction (if that is the same you were hunting for, as per your review) .... and the art is indeed a bit goofy.
[Name Redacted] wrote: "This book has been my chosen October read since 2013. It has 31 chapters (not counting the prologue) so I start on October 1st and then enjoy a bite-sized bit of dark delight every day of the month..."Wow. I had never heard of it... and now it seems to have a cult following.
I love the ritual of chapter/day. Cool.
