AFTER THE BATTLE, by Devan Barlow   After the battle forgive, or don’t it’s really up to you   Stare at the scuttling scurrying life remaining on the sand watch hermit crabs replace shells that witnessed conflict   Consider what if anything you might shed   Step into the surf until it’s up to your […]

THE KING’S BLADE, by Aidan Redwing, art by Lilith Graves I am your blade bloodied and broken. I am your word harsh and unspoken. I am your angel of mercy, your hand outstretched. Spilling all in your name I am a bloodstained wretch. I am your servant blessed and unholy. Making kings into gods I […]

As the spring rains bring forth flowers, so does Heroic Fantasy Quarterly bring forth the best adventure fiction and poetry!  We’ve got four stories, two poems, with artwork and audio for your enjoyment.  Behold! Fiction Contents Daughter of Kart-Hadasht, by Rebecca Buchannan.   In the later days of the Punic wars, a ferocious princess is out […]

DAUGHTER OF KART-HADASHT, by Rebecca Buchanan, audio by Karen Menzel   Romans are liars. They say that my father, the greatest of generals, the most brilliant of minds, the fiercest of hearts, faltered at his end. They say that he drank until his feet were unsteady, falling from the highest window of Bithynia’s capital. They […]

THE UNDEFEATED, by Thomas J. Griffin, artwork by Miguel Santos   Calithor groaned as the bugles sounded throughout the camp. Why must war always be conducted at first light? Why not mid-morning, after a hearty meal and some light stretching? It took everything in him to roll off his cot and get dressed. He was […]