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...
SPATHA STERCAE, by James Frederick William Rowe Many thousands of years ago in deep antiquity, yet still after the age of the Gods, a giant came down from the Frima mountains to visit oppression upon...
THE PERSUADERS we rise just after the heat of day has pressed life flat our deliberations inflating the indrawn breath of evening a cool murmur across the skies robes of scarlet, pale amethyst, robust...
WENCH, by Scott Hutchison Nary a man doesn’t review the merchandise upon entering, wary eyes scanning tables and corners and me. They stride or stroll or slink in the door smelling of earth and blood,...
Spring is well underway, which in our part of the world means torrential rains, hail and the occasional tornado. Lively times, indeed! Also lively? HFQ # 28! We’ve got the final installments of “Crazy Snake...
CRAZY SNAKE AND THE TRIBUTE FOR PACHACAMAC- PART II, by Eric Atkisson After a high seas chase by mercenaries of Nicaragua’s usurper president, William Walker, Crazy Snake and his loyal horse Aahtaqui...
CURSE OF BEAUTY, by Marlena Frank *-* She knew she was beautiful. In fact, she found it painfully obvious. Catharine owned no mirrors and her windows had no glass. There was not a scrap of reflective metal in...
BROTHERHOOD OF THE BOOK, by M.R. Timson Page One, Chapter One, Volume 986 The year has turned, and the first page of a new volume has come again. And as the solar lamp rose over the spine of the world...
THE SIEGE, THE GUMS, AND THE BLUE- Part II, by Adrian Simmons By a whim of fate, young Izydor escaped the tide of the invading Kimar army, only to find himself pressed into service as a soldier of the...
INHERITANCE, by Mary Soon Lee High above, the dragon watched the king and his young son approach through deepening snow. Flew down when they drew close. Her laughter boomed from the rocks like an anvil...