S.E.’s Comments (group member since Nov 01, 2012)

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

Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon is a focus, but he inspired/edited that rather than contribute. Anyway, any of his work is fair game too.

Focus on KEW's Kane, but other Wagner works are fair game.

Welcome Forest!

According to DMRbooks (three cheers for D.M.Ritzlin)... Jason Ray Carney will be editing a new Pulp Hero Press anthology called Savage Scrolls that will have some of these stories.

https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2020/8...

@Joe, I'm curious about your take on Harrow the Ninth

June 2020 had a new Sword & Sorcery e-zine emerge.

https://whetstonemag.blogspot.com/

Issue one online as a PDF


WHETSTONE is an amateur magazine that seeks to discover, inspire, and publish emerging authors who are enthusiastic about the tradition of “pulp sword and sorcery.” Writers in this tradition include (but are not limited to) the following: Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, David C. Smith, and many more. “Pulp sword and sorcery” emphasizes active protagonists, supernatural menaces, and preindustrial (mostly ancient and medieval) settings. Some “pulp sword and sorcery” straddles the line between historical and fantasy fiction; at Whetstone, however, we emphatically prefer “secondary world settings,” other worlds liberated from the necessity of historical accuracy.

About the editor: Dr. Jason Ray Carney is a lecturer in the Department of English of Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. He is the co-editor of the academic journal The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies and the area chair of the "Pulp Studies" section of the Popular Culture Association. He serves as the Academic Coordinator for the Robert E. Howard Foundation.

Contents:
Editor’s Note -- Jason Ray Carney 4
The Wizard’s Demise -- Géza A. G. Reilly 5
Queslavalaka -- J.B. Toner 10
The Temple of Vanas -- Kieran Judge 16
As Repellent As I -- Chase A. Folmar 22
Undying Thirst for Vengeance -- D.M. Ritzlin 29
Kauahoa and the Tattooed Bandit -- Patrick S. Baker 35
A Thousand Words for Death -- Pedro Iniguez 42
Totem and Stone -- Chuck Clark 48
The Price -- Steve Shaw 55
The Stranger’s Payment -- Nidheesh Samant 60

FYI: I posted a version of my epic Review of Tales of Attluma combined with the Oron series guide on Blackgate... have a look and share if you are willing.

https://www.blackgate.com/2020/08/04/...

https://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/

Howard Andrew Jones fans check out this new Dabir and Asim tale...illustrated by his son.

Lots of interesting tales, many with audio.

Contents



Heroic Fantasy Quarterly–Q45

Summer has hit in full force, as has the weighty hammer of HISTORY!   The Covid-19 pandemic still grips the U.S., as has a long season of good trouble of civil unrest; the cult of Set anti-maskers...

ASSAILING THE GARDEN OF PLEASURE

ASSAILING THE GARDEN OF PLEASURE, by Daniel Ausema, audio by Karen Bovenmeyer ASSAILING THE GARDEN OF PLEASURE To reach the master’s pleasure garden, adepts must follow the path precisely. Where...

FOX HUNT

FOX HUNT, by Rebecca Buchanan, art by Simon Walpole It was a truth universally acknowledged among foxkin that humans were silly creatures. They built their dens of wood, rather than taking advantage...

INSTRUMENT OF VENGEANCE

INSTRUMENT OF VENGEANCE, by Howard Andrew Jones, artwork by Darian Jones “You would not think her extraordinary, to see her,” the musician told us. “She has few ornamentations.”...

APPLES OF THE GODS

APPLES OF THE GODS, by Jane Dougherty I walk through the orchard, taking the path between the plum trees and the blueberry bushes, touching the cloudberries and the bright clusters of hazel nuts. I...

OWAIN THE RED AT CASTELL DOLBADARN

OWAIN THE RED AT CASTELL DOLBADARN, by Nicole Rain Sellers, audio by Karen Bovenmeyer, art by Simon Walpole OWAIN THE RED AT CASTELL DOLBADARN North Wales, 1275 AD The infant moon swells...

Heroic Fantasy Quarterly–Q44

While we at HFQ enjoy the cooler months, the 2019-2020 winter has been long and dark and cold, and we are glad that spring has finally sprung.  Not only were the elements harsh, but we, along with...

HEART OF VENGEANCE

HEART OF VENGEANCE, A Tale of Azatlán, by Gregory D. Mele, artwork by Justin Pfeil, audio by Karen Bovenmeyer Jaakhár was in flames, the ancient palace-complex engulfed in a red, vengeful glow...

Aug 3rd, copied from a public comment from author Steven Dilk's facebook:

"Update: FLASHING SWORDS! # 6.
A deal has been struck between the publisher and the writers.
Bob McLain, who runs Pulp Hero Press, e-mailed us all this morning with an outline to pay all parties involved for their work. While FLASHING SWORDS! # 6 has been pulled for good and editor Robert M. Price effectively fired, Bob has offered a placement in a new anthology to be published at a later date. All those that want to withdraw their stories have been offered a kill fee for their time. Bob admitted mistakes were made and has done his best to find a resolution."

Nice commentary from Brian Murphy, a Pulp Hero Press author:
https://thesilverkey.blogspot.com/202...

Brian Murphy notes, quite rightly, that the introduction would have been a fine opportunity to honor Lin Carter's contributions.... which echoes Joy's comments above.

@Clint, was on Facebook yesterday...need to avoid that for a day. But I admit to checking in on occasion. Most of the comment(s) in the groups I follow have been turned off.

@Joy, nice counterpoint.

CA, impressive. Congrats.

Helen's Daimones
Free audio codes available now! First come first serve...35 codes for US listeners.
Link for codes

Narrated by the hauntingly beautiful Kathy Bell Denton
"... a post-apocalyptic sort of fantasy world where the 'good' guys are undead necromancers and hybrid monsters, the remaining humans must make difficult choices to ensure that there's a future for any of them." - Bob Milne Beauty in Ruins

"Helen is one of the stranger heroes to feature in swords & sorcery. Is she delusional, mad, gifted? I was never quite sure — she is only a little girl — but I was never able to take my eyes off her. With a cast as strange as this novel has, Helen remains the focus throughout. Even when she’s off stage, the question of what she is doing always seems to rise to the fore." - Fletcher Vredenburgh from Black Gate

Charles wrote: "Goes to show how good feelings can turn to bad in the turn of a page"

Contributor Adrian Cole chimed in another FB group (Sword and Sorcery and fantasy Forum) to say the Pulp Hero Press is delisting now and has hopes to re-release. Lots of work for a small press to go thru to cover up this debacle.

I'll preface this by a note that this forum is not a place to stir up extra drama.

I was about to help spread the word about Flashing Swords #6, since Robert Price (editor) and Pulp Hero Press were reviving the Sword & Sorcery series this month.

However, several authors and friends appear in this...or were going to....but the book will likely be pulled just as it begins to be released.

So this is the nutty story:

In short, the editor wrote a controversial, irrelevant political rant as an introduction. So many authors are pulling their stories from this version. I suspect that Pulp Hero Press may find a way to release it again.

So...do not expect it to be released in 2020. Or rather, expect the release to be a mess.

I learned about this madness via Black Gate editor John O'Neill's Facebook page. He pointed folks to a BleedingCool website that explains more: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/autho...

Feel welcome to read that link, which includes a snapshot of the weird introduction...but to reiterate, there is no need to bring any drama here. We can collectively sigh that a promising anthology has been derailed for a bizarre reason.

Nice review Clint. Thanks for sharing.

Cripes, the Goodreads Interface and I are wrestling, and I am losing.

Once a day I am allowed to send a broadcast email, and in trying to incorporate the link to the new poll .... it fired prematurely. Whatever.
So that'll look like spam.

Also, the "widget" for embedding the Poll HTML has worked poorly for years now...but it would have been nice to write something.

So I'll just work with archaic HTML code to provide a link here:
Link to Sept-Oct Gropread Topic Poll

Please have a look and vote for the following groupread.
Thanks to L.D., Stan, Joe, Clint, Steve, Briam, Joy, etc....for the ideas (taken from various discussions)

Cripes, the Goodreads Interface and I are wrestling, and I am losing.

Once a day I am allowed to send a broadcast email, and in trying to incorporate the link to the new poll .... it fired prematurely. Whatever.
So that'll look like spam.

Also, the "widget" for embedding the Poll HTML has worked poorly for years now...but it would have been nice to write something.

So I'll just work with archaic HTML code to provide a link here:
Link to Sept-Oct Gropread Topic Poll

Please have a look and vote for the following groupread.
Thanks to L.D., Stan, Joe, Clint, Steve, Briam, Joy, etc....for the ideas (taken from various discussions)

hey LD, I can add those to the list. This thread was for ideas for an earlier groupread, but Ill keep track

I have Tanith Lee in my TBR pile too..... and Jason Ray Carney's Rakefire (Pulp Hero Press)