Heroic Fantasy Quarterly–Q39

Winter is in full swing and Heroic Fantasy Quarterly has tales and poems to warm your blood-

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-on these dark nights. We bring you four stories, two poems, artwork, and audio!  Drink deep from this cup we set before you;

 

Fiction Contents

Servant of the Black Wind, by Gregory D. Mele.  Sipan, High-Priest of Xokolatl, the Lord of Death, finds his temple invaded by an unlikely confederation. Looking for an alternate history Meso-American fantasy that throws plenty of curveballs?  This is the story for you!  With artwork by Miguel Santos.

Tymass by Ring-Light, by Mike Adamson. Sword and Planet action!  Ex-Guardsman Derros is back in the great city of Tymass.  Intrigues are hatched and scores are settled beneath the Rings of Malovar in this outstanding tale.

The Merit of One Gold Piece, by Dave D’Alessio. John Lack-Linen, bedraggled and world-weary undertakes a most dangerous journey to the Underworld.  Classic S&S adventure!

The Gatekeeper, by Marlane Quade Cook. Are you still swooning from Unseen Warrior in issue #38?  Well, Marlane is back with this lyrical tale of a fateful encounter in nameless ruins.  With artwork and audio by the author.

 

Poetry Contents

Bardic Dreams, by Debbie Guzzi. Tales of tale-tellers and their strange powers.

A Sea-Monstrous Hǎi Guài Attacks Ching Shih’s Pirate Ship, by Kendall Evans. Evans is back with another tale of the Pirate Queen Ching Shih—this time her sorcery and martial prowess are put to the test against a fearsome monster from the depths.

 

Artwork

Issue #39 features “Ruins by Firelight”, by Jereme Peabody

Jereme is a software engineer in the DC area and is also a freelance concept artist working mostly on video games and books.  He started his artistic career dabbling with sculpting, pencils, and even still-life oil painting.  As tablets became available, he crossed over from traditional art to digital by first digitally painting still-lifes, then through experimentation and practice, transitioned to landscapes and fantasy.

Miguel Santos returns to our electronic pages with his illustration for the story “Servant of the Black Wind”. His illustrations at HFQ can be found in  “Spatha Stercae“,  “Dragon in Amber”, “The Great Bear God“, and “The Vault of Sowdek.  He has several illustrations in the HFQ Best-of Volume 2, as well.

Simon Walpole returns with artwork for “What Clev Yun Would Want to Tell”. Simon is a freelance illustrator who works primarily in pencil, pen and watercolours and whose work can be seen at his website Hand-drawn Heroes.   Simon also has multiple works in our Best-of Volume 2, “Crazy Snake and the Demons of Ometepe” from issue #34, “The Lady and the Dwarf” in issue #36, and “What Clev Yun Would Tell You” in issue #37.

Additional artwork in this issue is provided by Marlane Quade Cook.

 

Goings On

David Farney: David Farney is a mighty pillar that holds the great edifice of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly high into the heavens.

Adrian Simmons: Adrian has continued his reviews of the November, 1969 SF/F magazines, turning a critical eye to the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction  and Galileo .  He has fiction coming out in 2019 at Helios Quarterly and Circova Magazine.  He eschews Nanowrimo, but embraced no-shave November, which has led to unfortunate facial hair choices in January.

James Rowe:

Arien Skiba: Arien, the youngest of the HFQ editors, is down with the twitter.  Follow her writing progress at @TheDragonVet.

 

Tales From Around the Fire!

In issue #39 is our first issue to get a boost from our Patreon campaign. Like the results? Want to see more of it? Back us!

Want to amass the best of the best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly to your literary hoard?  Check out our Best-of Anthologies one and two!

We have heard good news from the Riddermaark regarding Skelos Magazine—it is gonna be back in action in 2019!

Have you bought your copy of Rogues of Merth?  Get on it!  Want a sample?  Check out The Blue Lamp in issue #26.  Need third party confirmation?  Got you covered!

“Colorful and exciting…Dareon and Blue are interesting and involving people…the more involved stories show an imaginative force and a real belief in the core of the characters’ motivations that compel the reader’s interest.”  — Rich Horton, Editor of The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy (Prime Books)

 

 

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