Winter is in full swing here at our rocky stronghold, and we’ve gathered tales and poems to get through the remaining long months until spring. We bring you two magnificent tales and three outstanding poems, plus artwork and maps!...
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...
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 just about...
HEART OF VENGEANCE, A Tale of Azatlán, by Gregory D. Mele, artwork by Justin Pfeil, audio by Karen Bovenmyer Jaakhár was in flames, the ancient palace-complex engulfed in a red, vengeful glow that gleamed...
THE WHISPERING HEALER, by Larisa Walk “What you want at this hour?” Anisia squinted at the man on her doorstep. He held a small bundle in his arms. The light from her oil lamp trembled in yellow...
DO NOT FEAR, FOR THE WORK WILL BE PURE, by Michael Johnstone, artwork by Karolína Wellartová, audio by Karen Bovenmyer. For all that his Rat Quarter Cycle conferred upon him deserved esteem in Elsidor,...
FORD, by Mary Soon Lee, artwork by Gary McCluskey Rain, wind, water, mud– men and horses slowed so that the two-day journey took three days, though they set out before...
THE DEMON IN THE JAR, by Cullen Groves, artwork by Miguel Santos Under the watchful old eyes of the Carian wizard Hydáspes Onto the black ship of Draba a single amphora they loaded, Painted with sigils...
The holidays are over and it is time to get down to business. The business of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly issue #43! We’ve got three stories, two poems, and art and audio for you. Check it out! Fiction...
LOW TIDE, by Conor DiViesti, Artwork by Carol Wellart It was the last week of the low tide and the foreman was waiting for him. Horace limped back to camp alone, dragging the empty crab net behind him as...
FIVE DAYS TO DRAGONHAUL, by Evan Marcroft, art by Miguel Santos, Audio by Karen Bovenmyer The day before I was to begin my journey north, I rode the train down to the Needles Quarter to purchase new...