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...
THE SCEPTER OF ARAM NAZHAR, by Dariel R. A. Quiogue, artwork by Simon Walpole There is nothing like a beautiful day at sea to assuage an old man’s misery. I sat on my usual perch at the prow, watching the...
THE LATEST ATTEMPT, by Devan Barlow, artwork by Miguel Santos One vial of tears gathered from the milliner in the town’s least-haunted shop I must have my memories back, please let this be...
THE ELDER’S LULLABY, by Ngô Bình Anh Khoa, artwork by Andrea Alamanno The Elder sits inside her home, Crouched on her creaking chair– Her figure like a vulture’s, which Roosts by the fire...
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...
CITY OF DREADFUL LIGHT, by James Enge, artwork by Miguel Santos “I will tell you a secret. There is a wisdom lies beyond the moon, and it is because of this that the stars are glad and admirable.” “That...
DISCORDANT FACTIONS, by Howard Andrew Jones (Excerpted from Book 3 of The Chronicles of Hanuvar, Shadow of the Smoking Mountain, coming from Baen October 2024) When their walls were breached at last, the...
DEATH UPON THE TURQUOISE ROAD: A TALE OF THE AZAlTÁN, by Gregory Mele, pending artwork by Justin Pfeil Tehanuwak, the Land of Obsidian and Bronze, is a sweeping vista of ancient city-states in misty...
AND ALL THE DEVILS FOLLOW, by Jennifer Crow, art by Gary McClusky A queen defeated, robes in tatters, crown crushed under the conqueror’s boot, stands with clasped hands before the altar...
ENCOUNTER AT MONS, by Ann K. Schwader, art by Caterina Gerbasi (Belgium, 1914) They’ll tell you angels came, or Arthur rode from Avalon to turn the German tide at our beleaguered...