1. HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY–ISSUE 11
The winter solstice has come and gone, and to beat back the long nights we present the 11th issue of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly! Here’s what we’ve got for you:
Fiction Contents
GOOSE AND CRADLE, by David Austin
One last game and...
2. HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY–ISSUE 10
Welcome to Heroic Fantasy Quarterly Issue 10! Though demands of day-jobs and family duties have kept our backs to the wall, we’re happy to present another full issue. On to it:
Fiction Contents
QUEEN OF THE DESERT, by Alex Marshall
THE...
3. HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY — ISSUE 9
Summer has arrived in Oklahoma, borne upon merciless winds, hammering storms, and a solar fury unleashed way too soon. And yet we’ve ventured forth into the dizzying heat and found stories and poems that shimmer like mirages just...
4. HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY — ISSUE 8
The second quarter of 2011 has arrived, and with it comes Heroic Fantasy Quarterly Issue 8! We bear remarkable tales, delights, and news. And we exuberate in our labors! Two short stories, three poems, and our first ever novella:
Fiction...
HEROIC FANTASY QUARTERLY–ISSUE 11
The winter solstice has come and gone, and to beat back the long nights we present the 11th issue of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly! Here’s what we’ve got for you:
Fiction Contents
GOOSE AND CRADLE, by...
THE GOOSE AND CRADLE
THE GOOSE AND CRADLE, by David Austin:
Fewer and fewer people were stopping by the Goose and Cradle. Everyone that had anyone was at home holding them close, waiting for the walls to crumble.
Mirsare...
THE PRINCESS TRAP
THE PRINCESS TRAP, by Peter Darbyshire:
Saleema was an orphaned sheepherder until her seventeenth year, when a talking dragon landed in the mountain meadow one summer day and ate all her sheep. Then Saleema...
WILL SWORDS RISE UP
WILL SWORDS RISE UP, by J.R. Sparlin:
Will swords rise up
from the mists of time?
Swords, knives, helms
tossed into
watery depths –
at the end of the world
will they be reforged?
Mist rising in wisps,...
THE NORWEGIAN FARMER
THE NORWEGIAN FARMER, by Rob Mancebo:
Down from the wilds of the mountains they ravaged,
lawless men in a rough, screaming horde.
In from his fields Sven Carlson came, and took up his shield, spear,
and...
EVERYWHERE THE SERPENT SLAIN
EVERYWHERE THE SERPENT SLAIN, by James Frederick William Rowe:
The thunderous passage of heroic feet
Has crushed under heel
The skulls of serpents
The hills were once alive
With their slithering
But no...
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. 