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S.E.’s comments from the Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" group.

ending soon! write fast

There is a "Whetstone S&S Tavern" Discord S&S group worth considering participating in.
It is great for networking. Jason Ray Carney and Chuck Clark are editors.
It was originally set up to help garner writers submitting to the online S&S magazine:
https://whetstonemag.blogspot.com/



Recall our own group settings (below)....they are similar to ours (which follow):
group type: This is a public group. Anyone can join and invite others to join.
rules: Be civil and leave your inner savage.

To join you'll need to be invited. One of the moderators provided this link that may work:
https://discord.gg/u4BhsxXf
(holler if it doesn't and someone can get a new one)

If you join, please introduce yourself and behave courtesourly.
Those who are "arse holes" tend to be removed.

I pinged his messaging system.

With intern#331, I scried the future by reading the bones in the Skull’s scat (recall, we clean out his chamber pot). Noting the arrangement of osseous matter, extended ligaments, and larvae-ridden marrow, it seems likely that (1) the remains are from intern#127 and...
(2) The KS will offer a special issue not available in print through any other channel. (It will be available in PDF elsewhere, but the print version will only be available through this KS.)

...People who have already subscribed can extend their subscriptions via the KS. Click here to be notified:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

lol, Nice certification.

Blending art with prose is awesome. Helps world building. Fun working with other media artists too.

The Oct 2021 Kickstarter will fund issue #7 of Tales from the Magician's Skull... and subscriptions beyond, including new cover art by Sanjulian and Ken Kelly, plus many stories to astound and delight!

Get notified on launch! Click here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

John, used asbestos gauntlets+2 with some disrepair would useful.... you wouldn't believe the toxic sludge Grave Lindberg found in the Skull's chamber pot.

Wishing you the best Stan! Getting that far is an honor.

thanks guys. I'm ready to clean the Skull's chamber pot with enthusiasm

Tales from the Magician's Skull #6 is available now in PDF< Print, and eBook formats.
https://goodman-games.com/store/produ...



Description
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Return in Tales From The Magician’s Skull #6!

Behold! I have fashioned a magazine like those from fabled days of yore. It overflows with thrilling adventures. There are swords, and there is sorcery. There are dark deeds and daring rescues. There are lands where heroes fear to tread. Dare you imagine it? Picture this as well — maps to wondrous and terrible places. Electrifying art for every tale. Guides to bring the terrors within to your own game table. All I lack are a few paltry shekels. Grant them to me, and I shall fling open a new portal to a world of ancient wonders! Join me, mortal dogs! Together we shall storm the gates of Valhalla!

Tales From The Magician’s Skull is a magazine of all-new swords & sorcery fiction. Issue #6 features cover art by Doug Kovacs of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser as we launch our new series of stories set in Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar! Licensed by Leiber’s estate, these new stories and novellas faithfully expand upon the legendary tales of Lankhmar’s most famous duo.

NOW WITH ePUB! Starting with issue #6, Tales From the Magician’s Skull will also be available in ePub format. It will be included with a print purchase of the latest issue, or available as a stand-alone item.

Let’s look at the table of contents!

STORIES
Calicask’s Woman by John Hocking

A TALE OF THE KING’S BLADE • “I can’t hold them back for long,” gasped the apprentice. His face had gone pallid and sweat dripped from his chin. “Stand by the opening and try to take them one at a time. Perhaps we can… where are you going?!”

The Feathered Shroud by Howard Andrew Jones

A TALE OF HANUVAR • The water behind the soldier erupted, and Hanuvar lunged past him to jam the pitchfork at a shovel-shaped reptilian head. The tines bit deep, and the dark water reddened.

Guilty Creatures by Nathan Long

A TALE OF FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER • In the circle, Mouser stared cross-eyed at the tip of Kalphin’s blade, knowing death was coming to him at last.

Shadows of a Forgotten Queen by Greg Mele

I’ve seen a maiden’s veins opened as she is led through the fields, watering the new crops with her life’s blood in honor of Majawl, Our Lady of Maize, and lit my own father’s funeral pyre. But what manner of man owned books made of human flesh?

Cold in Blood by James Enge

A STORY OF MORLOCK AMBROSIUS • She moved with a lithe, muscular dancer’s grace as she walked around him to enter the room. Her hair was a waterfall of starless night. Her eyes were the stars, shining with tears. Morlock had seen a more beautiful woman, but not recently.

Isle of Fog by Violette Malan

Dhulyn judged from the way his mouth moved now that he was screaming. That was easy to fix, she thought, as she brought her sword up and sent the head bouncing and rolling across the tiled floor.

ARTICLES
A Profile of Fritz Leiber by Michael Curtis

Leiber replied, “I feel more certain than ever [that this field] should be called the sword-and-sorcery story.” And thus a sub-genre, while not quite newly born, received a name for the first time…

The Monster Pit by Terry Olson

Enter the monster pit! Down here in the pit, we provide tabletop RPG fans with playable DCC RPG game statistics for the creatures in this issue of Tales From The Magician’s Skull.

The Skull Speaks by The Skull Himself

Edited by: Howard Andrew Jones
Cover Illustration: Doug Kovacs

softcover + PDF + ePub format

As per this serious announcement from the Skull, a new Publicity Thrall has been found, an intern named Grave Lindberg, Jr.

https://goodman-games.com/tftms/2021/...

This area prepares us to share/discuss an expected increase in Tales content. The likely demise of intern #331 indicates this folder may be short lived... and/or taken over by another intern.

Sword & Sorcery in the Sat. Evening Post. Includes a great 30min Black Angel movie from the 1980's (that inspired Excalibur movie)

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2...

Blurb from a 2015 Entertainment Weekly post on the same movie:
https://ew.com/article/2015/06/05/bla...
"Here’s the backstory: 35 years ago, Roger Christian, the Oscar-winning set decorator for Star Wars, made a short film about a medieval knight facing down a wraith-like foe to free a literal damsel in distress. Black Angel had the seal of approval from George Lucas, who hand-selected the short to play before The Empire Strikes Back overseas, where movies still had opening acts."

thx for sharing that Richard

Richard wrote: "Far Away and Never
Me too! "

Just ordered mine. Group read?

Preorder links are up...check out the release notes from DMR:
https://dmrbooks.com/far-away-never

Also, consider the Nov-Dec groupreads...poll options updated:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Okay, had to add a DMR book to next options for Nov-Dec
Check out the release: https://dmrbooks.com/far-away-never

And go look at the poll:)
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/8...

C.A. wrote: "Coming soon. The Lion Knight saga
Book 2: The Tree of Despair

https://www.fantastictalesfromterrafi.... I'll post here when it's up. It will be free for a limited 5..."

Nice art. Did you do all that too?

S&S Graphic Novel fans rejoice....Pat Mills's Sláine: Dragontamer is out.

The official blurb:

Sláine, now exceptionally illustrated by Leonardo Manco, embarks on a brand new adventure in this fantastical sword and sorcery saga.

Albion suffers under the tyrannical reign of the Emperor Brutus and his Trojan army. Also bolstering his power are the dragons he has at his disposal, using them to spread terror across the land. Celtic warrior Sláine is leading a rebellion against the occupiers, taking the fight all the way to New Troy - and discovering the secrets that lie in Brutus's dungeons…

All currently-reading folks.... consider your current and next-to-bat TBR books.... then think about writing-in those S&S options into the poll for the group-read topics for Nov-Dec.

Maybe others want to synchronize reading with you.

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/8...

The Sword & Sorcery group on Goodreads is polling for the group topics for Nov-Dec. Usually, the top two choices get highlighted for the duration. Join in....vote..read!

Write-in the S&S you plan to read! Vote for ones you want to read for the end of 2021.

Keep in mind, Jan-Feb 2022 will be our annual Anthology/Magazine read.

LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...