Wednesday 6 November 2024
Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 - update
Friday 1 November 2024
Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9
The Submissions Period for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 has now closed
We will annouce when the next submissions period opens both here and online.
Tuesday 1 October 2024
Submissions now open for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9
THE SUBMISSIONS PERIOD FOR VOLUME 9
paralleluniversepublications@gmx.co.uk
Please send only one submission - the one you consider the best fit for us.
Although we like original stories we will also consider reprints. Just let us know where and when it was previously published.
You can send in simultaneous submissions, but let us know if your story is accepted elsewhere as soon as you possibly can. Bear in mind you will only have to wait a maximum of one month and a week in which to receive a decision from us.
There is no limit on the size of submissions.
There
is absolutely no need to tell us anything about yourself because the
only thing that matters is the story. Everything else is irrelevant.
All rejections and acceptances will be sent by email by the end of the first week in November. Please don't enquire about your submission before then.
And good luck!
In the past we have received a number of stories that may be fantasy but are not swords and sorcery. If you are unsure what swords and sorcery is, you could get a better idea by checking out volumes 1 - 8. Saying that, swords and sorcery is a broad genre and we are more than willing to consider stories that stretch its limits, as we have in the past.
The contents of Volume One are:
THE MIRROR OF TORJAN SUL - Steve Lines
THE HORROR FROM THE STARS - Steve Dilks
TROLLS ARE DIFFERENT - Susan Murrie Macdonald
CHAIN OF COMMAND - Geoff Hart
DISRUPTION OF DESTINY - Gerri Leen
THE CITY OF SILENCE - Eric Ian Steele
RED - Chadwick Ginther
THE RECONSTRUCTED GOD - Adrian Cole
The cover and all the interior artwork is by Jim Pitts.
The contents of Volume 2 are:
The Essence of Dust by Mike Chinn
Highjacking the Lord of Light by Tais Teng
Out in the Wildlands by Martin Owton
Zale and Zedril by Susan Murrie Macdonald
The Amulet and the Shadow by Steve Dilks
Antediluvia: Seasons of the World by Andrew Darlington
A Thousand Words for Death by Pedro Iniguez
Stone Snake by Dev Agarwal
Seven Thrones by Phil Emery
The Eater of Gods by Adrian Cole
Illustrations by Jim Pitts.
Swords & Sorceries: Tales of
Heroic Fantasy Volume 4 contains
eleven tales:
In the Iron Woods by Dev Agarwal
My People Were Fair and Wore Stars in Their Hair by Andrew Darlington
At Sea by Geoff Hart
The Flesh of Man by Frank Sawielijew
City at the Mouth of Chaos by Adrian Cole
In the Belly of the Beast by Edward Ahern
The Tracks of the Pi Nereske by Wendy Nikel
Slaves of the Monolith by Paul D. Batteiger
The Green Wood by David Dubrow
Demonic by Phil Emery
The Whips of Malmac by H. R. Laurence
Swords & Sorceries: Tales of
Heroic Fantasy Volume 5 contains
eleven tales:
The contents are:
The Rotted Land by Charles Gramlich
Skulls for Silver by Harry Elliott
For the Light by Gustavo Bondoni
People of the Lake by Lorenzo D. Lopez
Free Diving for Leviathan Eggs by Tais Teng
The Black Well by Darin Hlavaz
Degg and the Undead by Susan Murrie Macdonald
The Mistress of the Marsh by David Dubrow
Silver and Gold by Earl W. Parrish
Bridge of Sorrows by Dev Agarwal
Prisoners of Devil Dog City by Adrian Cole
Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 8 is available as a paperback and kindle eBook.
Thursday 26 September 2024
Kickstarter Project - Anthologies of the Damned
I have an interest in this kickstarter project as I have a 8000 word sword and sorcery yarn in Anthology of the Damned - Necromoirrium called The Demon from Another World.
I have been struck by the sheer enthusuasm and energy of those behind this project and wish them well.
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Adrian Cole - Weirdbook, Phantasmagoria magazine and the Elak of Atlantis Trilogy
Not only is the current issue of Weirdbook an Adrian Cole Special, but the next issue of Phantasmagoria magazine will have an article about Adrian Cole's Elak of Atlantis Trilogy by David A. Riley, plus all three collections of Elak books by Adrian will be reviewed. These will appear together with a plethora of illustrations from the books by Jim Pitts.
Monday 2 September 2024
Childe Rolande by Samantha Lee
One of our most original books: Childe Rolande by veteran horror and fantasy author Samantha Lee.
Sunday 1 September 2024
Thursday 29 August 2024
Weirdbook Adrian Cole Special
Thursday 22 August 2024
Essayan's Terrible Machineries of War accepted for publication
My ninth story accepted this year for publication is Essayan's Terrible Machineries of War, a sword and sorcery story. This will be published in January next year.
This features in a minor role my recurring character Nadrain the Storyteller.
More details later.