Fall has finally arrived, bringing a break in the relentless summer heat, and the release of issue #62. We tromp through the fallen leaves bearing three stories, two poems, art and audio! Get a fire lit to ward off the growing long...
**9/14/24 update– We’ve uploaded page 12 of Gary McClusky’s comic “Spear and Fang” based on the Robert E. Howard story of the same name. Check it out here!** Summer is in full swing in our neck of the...
A remarkable milestone—issue #60! For this special occasion we bring you works by the S&S scions James Enge, Howard Andrew Jones, and up-and-comer Gregory Mele. We bring you poetry from award winners Jennifer Crow and Ann...
The long gloomy days of winter getting you down? Eager to get out and back to adventure? Our offerings will lift your spirits and enflame your blood! We’ve got three original stories and a fantastic poem. Drag your chair to the fire...
HFQ senior editor Adrian Simmons has been filling in the edge of the wilderness hexmap and the encounter locations in the urban settings. From such dangerous locales we have brough you the best S&S fiction and poetry—well worth the...
Fall has finally arrived, bringing a break in the relentless summer heat, and the release of issue #62. We tromp through the fallen leaves bearing three stories, two poems, art and audio! Get a fire lit to...
ASU AND THE DEMON WOLF, by Daniel Gedge, Arwork by Miguel Santos It was the second time Asu killed the same wolf that he began to suspect foul magic. The beast feigned to the right before...
SUFFER THE WITCH, by Joe Kelly, Artwork by Karolína Wellartová His brother’s blood and brains splashed across the floor as he fell, the short-bladed hacking sword clattering away from the nerveless hand...
JACK O’ WRAITHS: BELLS BEYOND THE SHORE, by Phil Emery, Audio by the author and pending artwork by Andrea Alemanno It was a bright, saltfresh sort’ve afternoon when Jack made his...
A CURSE TO ARCHERY, by Aidan Redwing I am but a weapon in the hands of tyranny No choice but to march To the orders they decree Does the target blame the arrow Or the hand that plucked the string? Does the...
HOMEWARD, by Scott T. Hutchison, pending Audio by Karen Menzel We muscle against wayward powers raging against us, pull our oars–this time into a soul-stealing quiet of vapors. Navigation is something...
**9/14/24 update– We’ve uploaded page 12 of Gary McClusky’s comic “Spear and Fang” based on the Robert E. Howard story of the same name. Check it out here!** Summer is in full...
THE WAILING KEEP, by Tim Hanlon, artwork by Miguel Santos Foscari the Gate-Keep swung from the straw pallet in the corner of his room and stood. Naked, he limped to the door and opened it to the tumult around...
THE PHYSICIAN’S TALE, by Jonathan Duckworth, artwork by Gary McClusky ONE JORGOS Jorgos of Kandreva could barely move his fingers, partly from the unseasonable cold, partly from fear. The...