February, named after the Roman festival of purification ‘Februa’.  Have we finally purified ourselves of the year 2020?  Let’s hope so!   We here at Heroic Fantasy Quarterly are attempting to purify ourselves of being over three weeks late in our issue updates—which may sound a bit hypocritical being that this issue is two weeks late—but […]

Yes, yes, the issue is late.  In our defense, there was outdoor adventuring, and the World Fantasy Convention, and a case of Covid-19, and a case of food poisoning.  Plus, our wizard was pulled into a chasm by a demon of the first age, and our pony abandoned us and we’ve had to carry all […]

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 […]

As we stand on the edge of summer, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly brings you a full issue of adventure and action, with four stories, three poems, art and audio (with more on the way)! Fiction Contents Carpe Caput, by Evan Dicken with artwork by Pen Anders, and audio by Karen Menzel.  Nastazo Balicosta, warrior/wlwyer  of the […]

After the alarmingly warm week of Christmas, winter has now descended upon us!  Trapped indoors we’ve dug deep into the creative minds of the world to produce issue #51—we bring three stories and three poems, with artwork aplenty.   Fiction Contents The Great Hunt, by : Francesco Meriano, with artwork by Miguel Santos.  Brother Daervel […]