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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...
KAMAZOTZ
KAMAZOTZ, by Greg Mele, artwork by Justin Pfeil I. Bronze helm glittering in the new day glow of the risen sun, the man plunged from atop the truncated tower’s sloping walls like a spear hurled by an...THEN, STARS
THEN, STARS, by Michael Meyerhofer, Art by Simon Walpole I know nobody cares about a squire’s dying words, but Eli Ben-Sodr insists it matters, and he’ll write down whatever I say just as I...A FISTFUL OF SPELLS
A FISTFUL OF SPELLS, A Spellslinger Story, by Zach Chapman, artwork by Ben Terdik I threw the two Striga bodies on Sheriff Hickman’s desk, knocking over a dozen half-empty potion bottles. Glass...SWORDS
SWORDS, by Colleen Anderson Torn from the earth with hard edged tools biting into its mother’s belly hammered, chiseled, pulverized until it no longer recalls its long slumber A sword...THE LAST TALE
The Last Tale, by Jennifer Crow The last tale you told ended in a forest: dark, foreboding, full of shadows and hungry beasts. The scent of pine, the crunch of dead oak leaves beneath your feet,...THE SONG OF BLACK MOUNTAIN
THE SONG OF BLACK MOUNTAIN, by Darrell Schweitzer, artwork by Gary McCluskey I will make the song of the Black Mountain. Hear how it begins: It was because dragons still lingered above the peak of the...Heroic Fantasy Quarterly–Q40
June 2, 2019 update! We are happy to bring you a mid-issue update from the always-awesome Darrell Scwheitzer, “The Song of Blue Mountain”! There is trouble at Black Mountain, dragon trouble, and...A STONE’S THROW
A STONE’S THROW, by Howard Andrew Jones, with artwork by Karolína Wellartová, and audio by Karen Bovenmyer Hanuvar pointed the sword at the assassin’s throat. “Lie down.” Light...DEMONS FROM THE DEEP
DEMONS FROM THE DEEP, by Adrian Cole, with artwork by Miguel Santos. It is a time of great change on the continent of Atlantis, following the fall of Karkora, the Pallid One and the triumph of...