SWARM TIME ON MARUZAR, by Dariel R. A. Quiogue   Of the seven who had attempted to escape the mines of Sommathar through the fabled Ancients’ Way, only Lakann came out to see Maruzar’s gold-banded night sky again. He breathed the chill air and suppressed a shiver. Free.  But cold, hungry, and so tired, body […]

THE RIDER IN DARKNESS, by Phil Emery, with audio by the author     Clouds shamble ‘cross the death-pale morn, Mist writhes about the plain, Brooding low in ravening dawn Portending kingdom’s bane…   #   The knight slumped ‘gainst his palfrey’s spine Riding the forest way, And moon and star made argentine His shattered […]

HUGIN AND MUNIN AND ODIN’S EYE, by Colleen Anderson, with audio by the author     Ravens always follow their whims independent thinkers given to hijinks wayward flights to their fancy   Hugin and Munin were Odin’s eyes though he only gave up one for knowledge   Hugin flew straight over fields reaching far searching […]

Life has intruded on the schedules of the HFQ editorial staff and we’ve struggled, burning the midnight illuminated candles, threading the catacombs for the proper funerary cerements to grind into the finest inks to transcribe tales and poems of a singular vintage.  We emerge from the depths and into the blinding light of August with […]

CROWN OF AZT’NYR, by Mike Adamson, with art by Miguel Santos   Each Age shall know its hero. When times demand, unbeknownst to the man or woman whose stout heart shall be chosen, valour shall be demanded, and answered in full. When night would do battle with day, a mighty hand shall be raised in […]