Heroic Fantasy Quarterly Q–60

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 Schwader.   We guild these lilies with artwork from our talented cadre of international talent.  The summer is off to a great start!

 

Fiction Contents

City of Dreadful Light, by James Enge.  Morlock is joined in his travels by a mysterious stranger and together they plumb the horrid mysteries of the city of Ememu.

Discordant Factions, by Howard Andrew Jones.  An early-access look at a tale from the upcoming book Shadow of the Smoking Mountain.  Continuing his mission to free the remnants of his people and regain their looted heritage, Hanuvar infiltrates a fringe Dervan esoteric cult.  But he is not the only one eyeing the cult’s treasures or hoping to profit from their occult lore.  A remarkable tale of intrigue and derring-do!

Death Upon the Turqiose Road, by Gregory Mele.   Having recuperated from the events of “The Path of Two Entwined”, Sarrumos returns to the ‘civilized’ lands of the Naakali Empire, where the need for coin leads him to join an expedition to a fabled ruined city.  Adventure and horror abound in this tale of societies scrabbling at the edge of empire.

 

Poetry Contents

And All the Devils Follow, by Jennifer Crow.  Hell hath no fury like a queen scorned.

Encounter At Mons, by Ann K. Schwader.  Wars attract the attention of powerful entities, even trench warfare.

 

Ongoing Graphic Adventure Spear and Fang!

We’ve uploaded page 11 of Gary McClusky’s interpretation of Robert E. Howard’s first published story “Spear and Fang”.  We’ll be updating once a month until the tale is told!  Want early access?  Support us on Patreon and you’ll get it!

 

 

Artwork

It has been a long 15-year journey to get to issue #60 and Jereme Peabody’s “The Long Ride Home” absolutely fit the bill!

Jereme is a software engineer in the DC area and is also a freelance concept artist working mostly on video games and books.  He started his artistic career dabbling with sculpting, pencils, and even still-life oil painting.  As tablets became available, he crossed over from traditional art to digital by first digitally painting still-lifes, then through experimentation and practice, transitioned to landscapes and fantasy.

 

Goings On

John R. Fultz’ new book Times Never Change is out.  Get it here!

 

Our S&S ezine is going to take a momentary sci-fi departure to say that former HFQ editor William Ledbetter’s book Level Seven is out in audio.  Check it out!

 

 

We are also closing in on getting Best-of 4 wrapped up.  Test print is printing even as I write this.