THE BOOK OF RUINS, by Jennifer Crow   Some ruins are not meant for rebuilding: jumbled stones with crumbling corners, a slope of gravel that once bore the face of god, the lake of unknown depth from which a lone bell

THE CAVE OF GLOWING SKULLS, by Gary Every     A small stream exits the cave at the mouth tumbling and cascading down the cliff before plopping onto the sand and seeping softly into the sea. The climb is rugged but not dangerous. One can easily walk a half mile inside the mountain, then the […]

August has arrived and with it comes Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #41. We bring tales of adventure and action, from mythic history to the American West to remote islands of South America, and our poetry delves into the story that often lurks behind the story.  Dig in!   Fiction Contents Kamazotz , by Greg Mele, with […]

KAMAZOTZ, by Greg Mele, artwork by Justin Pfeil   I. Bronze helm glittering in the new day glow of the risen sun, the man plunged from atop the truncated tower’s sloping walls like a spear hurled by an angry giant, narrowly missing rocky slopes of the low crag upon which it stood. He hit the […]

THEN, STARS, by Michael Meyerhofer, Art by Simon Walpole   I know nobody cares about a squire’s dying words, but Eli Ben-Sodr insists it matters, and he’ll write down whatever I say just as I say it, so I guess I’ll humor him. Gods know he’s been kind to me, even though he could have […]