1. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly&...

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...

2. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly&...

**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...

3. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly ...

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...

4. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly&...

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...

5. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly&...

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...

DRAGONS

DRAGONS, by Anna Remennik, Art by Karolína Wellartová   taxonomy: The smaller land-bound drakes have vestigial wings and are not true-breed dragons. And the serpents of seas and lakes are amphibious,...

FENRIR

FENRIR, by Adam Stemple, Artwork by Miguel Santos   Let the moon slide down your throat, nephew. Pale light and cold stone, it is the last thing you will taste before me. And I am no savory morsel, no...

Heroic Fantasy Quarterly–Q52

As we stand on the edge of summer, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly brings you a full issue of adventure and action, with four stories, three poems, art and audio (with more on the way)! Fiction Contents Carpe Caput,...

CARPE CAPUT

CARPE CAPUT, by Evan Dicken, with artwork by Pen Anders, Audio by Karen Menzel, Music by Kevin MacLeod     Nastazo Balicosta was thinking of dinner when his client tried to strangle him. This...

THE GIFT OF THE EONS

THE GIFT OF THE EONS, by Steve Dilks, artwork by Miguel Santos   For three days and nights they had hunted him, the great savage beast-men that haunted the inner forests of Nakawa. Through mighty trees...

RETURN TO THE TOWER

RETURN TO THE TOWER, by Harry Piper, Audio by The Bard   I was born in his shadow, in a sense, though I suppose we all were; the sorcerer’s great tower of silvered glass threw its shade across our...

DRAGON BAIT

DRAGON BAIT, by Ray Daley, Art by Karolína Wellartová       In hindsight, I should have realised it was going to happen, sooner rather than later. If I had been able to come to that conclusion,...

ARABELLA AND THE KRAKEN KING

ARABELLA AND THE KRAKEN KING, by Gretchen Tessmer, Art by Andrea Alemanno     the captain’s widow is mad with grief her dress stained in saltwater spray her skin glowing blue-violet in...

THE LAST KING OF MERCIA

THE LAST KING OF MERCIA,  by David Barber, Artwork by Miguel Santos   The old king is dying. Around the death bed his brood of sons wait their chance to seize the crown. The Witan divided. Words spoke in...

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