Winter is in full swing here at our rocky stronghold, and we’ve gathered tales and poems to get through the remaining long months until spring. We bring you two magnificent tales and three outstanding poems, plus artwork and maps!...
Fall has finally arrived, bringing a break in the relentless summer heat, and the release of issue #62. We tromp through the fallen leaves bearing three stories, two poems, art and audio! Get a fire lit to ward off the growing long...
**9/14/24 update– We’ve uploaded page 12 of Gary McClusky’s comic “Spear and Fang” based on the Robert E. Howard story of the same name. Check it out here!** Summer is in full swing in our neck of the...
A remarkable milestone—issue #60! For this special occasion we bring you works by the S&S scions James Enge, Howard Andrew Jones, and up-and-comer Gregory Mele. We bring you poetry from award winners Jennifer Crow and Ann...
The long gloomy days of winter getting you down? Eager to get out and back to adventure? Our offerings will lift your spirits and enflame your blood! We’ve got three original stories and a fantastic poem. Drag your chair to the fire...
THE IRON SERPENT, by H R Laurence ‘You’ve fought bravely, fellow,’ said the corsair chief. A string of shrivelled human ears dangled from his neck and the shaft of his bloody hatchet...
DOORWAYS, by Jennifer Crow, art by Simon Walpole Touch the wood, rough with age and peeling paint. Sun has poured its afternoon heat into the grain, the brass knocker hot enough to sear flesh....
HFQ senior editor Adrian Simmons has been filling in the edge of the wilderness hexmap and the encounter locations in the urban settings. From such dangerous locales we have brough you the best S&S...
DRAGON TEARS PART 2, by Caleb Williams, Artwork by Gary McClusky Larohd du Masiim was a scribe of Varushe trained from his youth in calligraphy and blood magic, now an exile after his affair with princess...
ISLE OF THE THOUSAND-EYED STRANGLER, by Dariel R. A. Quiogue Set in a fantastical version of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, the Perfumed Isles are home to prince-turned-reiver, Pandara, who...
THE THRID WAY, by Darrell Schweitzer So we rode, by magic, across the wide ocean as if over a dusty plain, into the burning lands, into the country of sunset near the world’s edge; we rode, the...
THE WITCH AWAKENS, by Julie Shiel Rain lost its sound that day and the churning Autumn skies fell silent as I stood gazing into the dark facing that sulfurous breeze. The harvest feast was upon...
SELAPHESNE, by Kevin Sandefur, with artwork by Simon Walpole The proud banners tremble and drift as they fall, Like a tapestry tumbling soft from the wall, But there aren’t any guards left to answer...
HAMELIN IN THE DISTANCE, by Maria Schrater, with audio by the writer My fiddle will not tune right, and my bow is prone to breaking I am a poor musician whom all melody has forsaken I used to...