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 BLADE’S BARGAIN, by Robert Luke Wilkins, with audio by The Bard Savander and the First Blades screamed out from the line of date-palms and swept into the oasis on camel-back, past the...
PAGAN FIRES, by Rev. Joe Kelly, artwork by Karolína Wellartová 1 The peaceful still of the mire burst apart with the pounding splashes of panic-winged feet. Small furry animals scrambled for...
THE UNBITTEN FRUIT, written and read by Oliver Smith In the desert’s empty heart, it whispered, “I am the wind who wore smooth the tomb. Yet, still fair Aždaja, whom you loved and who loved thee, came...
THE GOBBLER RAID, by Aidan Redwing, pending artwork by Simon Walpole Pit-pat, pit-pat fall the raindrops from a grey moonless sky. Clink-clank, clink-clank from the mine shaft, the Gobblers creep...
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...
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...
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...
JACK O’ WRAITHS, by Phil Emery, with audio by the author, artwork by Karolína Wellartová Jack stretched out beneath the afternoon sun and chewed a stem of wheat and drifted back to Nell’s...
THE DEMON FESMAN, by Lynn Rushlau Exhilaration buzzed through Reigh’s limbs as she crossed the Convoco’s threshold for the first time. Demon Speakers in every shade of orange...