Swords and Sorcery October Issue Arrives
The October issue of the long-running online mag is here, featuring three new stories: “The Fulminous” by E. G. Condé, “Where Are You Roaming?” by Joshua Hiles, and “Death Rides the North Wind” by Robert Mamone.
DMR Announces New S&S Anthology Series
DMR announced an anthology series, Die By the Sword, dedicated to new sword & sorcery fiction. They’re currently accepting open submissions, so check out their guidelines and take your shot!
Conan Continues in Comics Under Titan
Titan Comics, an offshoot of the same company producing the new licensed novels, will publish a new comic series starting in July 2023. The creative team at launch is writer Jim Zub and artist Roberto De La Torre. Titan also intends to continue the omnibus collections started under Marvel.
Artist Ned Dameron Dead at 79
Dameron died on October 20th of ALS. Among many other things, he was known for his work on Donald A. Grant’s editions of Robert E. Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as for Dungeons & Dragons.
DMR Spotlights Harry Piper and Chuck Clark
DMR Books continues their indie author spotlight series with another writer from their recent Samhain Sorceries collection, Harry Piper, and Chuck E. Clark of the mighty Whetstone zine.
Authors Talk Game Mastering
Baen hosted a casual online discussion of tabletop GMing among a handful of their authors, including S&S stalwart Howard Andrew Jones.
Dorward on SIWAN
Over on So I’m Writing a Novel, Oliver Brackenbury interviews Scott Dorward about the relationship between weird fiction and S&S.
Preorders Open for the Swords & Chaos RPG
If you missed the Kickstarter, you can now preorder the S&S-themed tabletop RPG Swords & Chaos directly from Backerkit.
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