1. HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY–ISSUE 16
Ah, April. Finally, finally perhaps the damn cold and snow will relent! Hey — we talked about March Madness and NCAA basketball and cerebral awakenings this time last year, so why not talk about the weather this year? Yep, HFQ...
2. HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY–ISSUE 15
2012 draws to a close, and 2013 starts! It was a good year for SF/F fans, with John Carter, Brave, and The Hobbit, and four issues of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. And we keep the trend going with three great new stories and two poems.
Fiction...
3. HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY–ISSUE 14
Fall is here and with it comes Heroic Fantasy Quarterly Issue 14! If cooler weather, football, and the renewed availability of Octoberfest beers aren’t enough to lift your spirits, surely three free tales and a couple of poems...
4. HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY–ISSUE 13
Even as the rumble of the Oklahoma City Thunder fades, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly keeps the adrenaline going with Issue 13. This is our three-year anniversary issue — an eternity on the internet! Coincidentally, tales by two of...
HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY–ISSUE 16
Ah, April. Finally, finally perhaps the damn cold and snow will relent! Hey — we talked about March Madness and NCAA basketball and cerebral awakenings this time last year, so why not talk about...
LORD OF THE TATTERED BANNER
LORD OF THE TATTERED BANNER, by Kristopher Reisz:
By the time they took Orsten Keep, the pretender had already escaped over the mountains with half her army. After the battle, the smell of blood and smoke...
NICOR
NICOR, by Matthew Quinn:
Crows cawed in the distance. The Danes sitting in the longship began muttering ominously. Geiri Jorgenson, a dark-haired beardless boy of thirteen summers, leaned forward to listen.
“Is...
THE LION AND THE THORN TREE
THE LION AND THE THORN TREE, by J.S. Bangs:
My husband’s voice came through the door of our house in the night. It was a ghost voice, muddled with the baying of wild dogs, and so I knew he was dead....
DIANA’S JUSTICE
DIANA’S JUSTICE, by Adele Gardner:
The maiden hies off to the woods:
On a moon-pale steed she rides,
Decked out in doublet, hose of black,
A sword all by her side.
She goes to meet her own true love
With...
THE TEETH OF ST. AEDH
Saint Aedh and the Teeth of Sliabh Scoilt: An Epic of the Ancient Irish
How did Aedh Mac Carthin fight and win such glory to stretch from Ireland to Rome? It will be told.
There were sad days at Armagh...
BARBARIAN
BARBARIAN, by Wade German:
A smoke-laced sky is banner to our mirth
And sends our god red incense to inhale:
The sickly reek of sweat and blood-drenched earth
From savage tides of slaughter — spilled...
About Us
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly is an ezine dedicated to publishing short works of heroic fantasy. More than that, through both prose and poetry we hope to hearken an older age of storytelling – an age when a story well told enthralled audiences. Traits of great oral storytelling survive the ages to influence treasures of literature, the pulps, radio plays, late-night game sessions, and now Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. 