The Portrait of the Bold Captain, by Deborah L. Davitt, artwork by Karolína Wellartová     Every portrait is a lesson in what the portrayed wishes you to see take this one hanging here, the bold and doughty captain his falcon on his shoulder, a sword at one hip, a book hanging from a baldric […]

May has arrived and with it Heroic Fantasy Quarterly issue #56, and oh we’ve got such sights to show you!  We bring you three stories, two poems, with art and The Bard returning to do audio.  We’ve got news on our first-ever comic, and news on both our upcoming kickstarter and our first-ever S&S writing […]

We are happy to present Gary McClusky’s take on Robert E. Howard’s first published story “Spear and Fang”.  Originally published in Weird Tales in 1925.  We make no secret of our love of prehistory so we had no saving throw!         Pages 3-4 June 11, 2023       Page 5, July […]

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 […]

EVERYDAY SOMETHING TRIES TO KILL ME, by Todd Honeycutt, artwork by Andrea Alemanno   Timo had left the Queen’s court three weeks ago, too long for such a simple errand. “Bring me a giant’s eye,” the magician had requested. “The left one, of course, is preferable.” As if the side of anything mattered. Two days […]