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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...
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**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...
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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...
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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...
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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...POTRAIT OF THE BOLD CAPTAIN
The Portrait of the Bold Captain, by Deborah L. Davitt, artwork by Karolína Wellartová Every portrait is a lesson in what the portrayed wishes you to see take this one hanging here, the bold and...Heroic Fantasy Quarterly–Q56
May has arrived and with it Heroic Fantasy Quarterly issue #56, and oh we’ve got such sights to show you! We bring you three stories, two poems, with art and The Bard returning to do audio. We’ve got news...RED-AUTMN SEEKS HIS FATHER’S BONES
RED-AUTMN SEEKS HIS FATHER’S BONES, By Jonathan Olfert, art by Miguel Santos At forty winters, Red-Autumn climbed into the forbidden tomb with an old man’s carefulness, clumsy in the dark....THE BLADE’S BARGAIN
THE BLADE’S BARGAIN, by Robert Luke Wilkins, with audio by The Bard Savander and the First Blades screamed out from the line of date-palms and swept into the oasis on camel-back, past the...PAGAN FIRES
PAGAN FIRES, by Rev. Joe Kelly, artwork by Karolína Wellartová 1 The peaceful still of the mire burst apart with the pounding splashes of panic-winged feet. Small furry animals scrambled for...THE UNBITTEN FRUIT
THE UNBITTEN FRUIT, written and read by Oliver Smith In the desert’s empty heart, it whispered, “I am the wind who wore smooth the tomb. Yet, still fair Aždaja, whom you loved and who loved thee, came...THE GOBBLER RAID
THE GOBBLER RAID, by Aidan Redwing, pending artwork by Simon Walpole Pit-pat, pit-pat fall the raindrops from a grey moonless sky. Clink-clank, clink-clank from the mine shaft, the Gobblers creep...SPEAR AND FANG # 1-13
We are happy to present Gary McClusky’s take on Robert E. Howard’s first published story “Spear and Fang”. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1925. We make no secret of our love of prehistory so we had...Heroic Fantasy Quarterly–Q55
February, named after the Roman festival of purification ‘Februa’. Have we finally purified ourselves of the year 2020? Let’s hope so! We here at Heroic Fantasy Quarterly are attempting to purify...