Believe my words, I tried the settled path — You, my wife of raven hair to make the night jealous, Our daughter and two sons all with matching sapphire eyes, Books to comfort restlessness with distant knowledge — But my young feet would never give me rest! Every wind carried scents of amber music With […]

The dead and dying surrounded him as Prince Inarus stalked the battlefield beneath a setting sun. Ruddy light gleamed on shattered helms, broken lances and pools of congealing gore. Carrion birds descended shrieking like ghouls upon mounds of the slain, whilst beneath the blood-soaked ground other less wholesome creatures stirred and crawled out to feast […]

Update! Big news: we’ve accepted our first short story. We think you’ll love it! While we’ve got more good stuff in the pipeline, two fiction and two poetry slots remain to be filled for HFQ’s first issue. A big thanks to the hundreds of writers who’ve submitted from around the world — keep the submissions […]

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