THE SILVER LIGHT OF FOREVER, by Mike Adamson   Gareth waited with the same nervous impatience he had experienced before the Harvest every year. The green vestments of the duke fluttered softly about his chain mail and leather, and the worn grip of his sword was a comfort at his side, but the dread import […]

DRAGON’S HOARD, by Dawn Vogel   I come from a lineage of hoarders, hoarders of things both immense and dainty, gold, gems, other riches, treasures, and more, heaped into piles upon which they roost.   As for me, I hoard an esoteric love of knowledge, my wealth in tomes and scrolls, books and papers, and […]

Happy November!  With the cruel summer behind us, and the welcoming cool of the fall and the cold of winter on the way, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly is here to help you thread the transitions.   We bring you three stories, one poem, with art and audio. Fiction Weights and Measures, by Benjamin C. Kinney with art […]

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES by Benjamin C. Kinney     The East Wind blew in across the harbor and cut through Agnella’s fur-trimmed cloak. She faced the squall and loosened her cloak. This was no mortal wind, and all the more pathetic for it. She would let no bitter local god drag her into its games […]

THE DIAMOND STARS by Robert Zoltan, with audio by Timothy Menzel   A cool breeze caressed the stars of Plemora shimmering in night’s black blanket over the dreaming city of Merth. All but the most desperate revelers were tucked snugly in their beds. Only the most greed-driven merchants still blinked sleepy eyes to count coins […]