Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12 is now available as a paperback and kindle eBook

 

Swords & Sorceries; Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12 is now available as a paperback and kindle eBook.

 

The stories are:

Wall Master to the Late Emperor by Henry Helbog

Twilight’s Four by Phil Emery

Noose and the Fae’s Gifts by Jaap Boekestein

Coldwell: A Stranger Tale by Jay Litwicki

The Altar of Self by Henry Ikechukwu

The Cold Maiden’s Aid by Eli Freysson

Raid on Knorrtuft by J. Benjamin Sanders Jr

Atonement for a Shattered Eye by Frank Sawielijew

Vampires in Moratt by David A. Riley

Where Dwell the Forgotten Men by Jeffery A. Sergent

The Stone Knights by Adrian Cole 

 

The book is 307 pages long.

 

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Kindle eBook version of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12 now available

 

The kindle eBook version of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12 is now available. The print version should be available soon.

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Gung-Ho Geeks have posted a lengthy, irrevent, frequently funny but also in-depth review of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12

 

Gung-Ho Geeks have posted a lengthy, irreverent, frequently funny but also in-depth review of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12, which is to be published at the start of May as a paperback and kindle eBook. 

As a side note, Gundrol Ghonardial, the main character in my story in Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12, "Vampires in Moratt", appears in just one other story: "Mask of a Mad God" in my collection from Tule Fog Press Welgar the Cursed. 

 

Part of the first online review of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12 by Gung-ho Geeks

 

Here's a small taster of the irreverent review by Gung-Ho Geeks of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12, (due to be published at the start of May). I'll post more as soon as the rest is online. 

Opening seconds of the review 

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12 - one week to go

 

There's now just one week to go before the publication of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 12 as a trade paperback and kindle ebook.

Order Signed Copies of The Collected SF, Fantasy & Horror Stories of David A. Riley Volume 1 - 1970-2010 Direct from PUP

 

New advert for Sword and Sorcery books from Parallel Universe Publications

 

Phantasmagoria Magazine #28

The latest issue of Phantasmagoria Magazine includes an advert for Parallel Universe Publication's sword and sorcery books opposite the first page of my story "The Carpetmaker of Arana", originally published in Savage Realms Monthly in 2022 (issue 12).

First review of The Collected SF, Fantasy & Horror Stories of David A. Riley Volume 1 - 1970-2010

 

"I had the chance to read and review Volume 1 of David Riley's short stories. The review is on Amazon and included below . . .

Mr. Riley owes me one good night of sleep.

Maybe I shouldn’t have read his short horror story “Romero’s Children” before bedtime.

That tale—and thirty others—appear in The Collected SF, Fantasy & Horror of David A. Riley, Volume 1, a showcase of classic British horror: moody, unsettling, and crafted with a storyteller’s sure hand. Riley blends creeping dread with memorable characters and images, the kind that settle under the skin and festers long after the final page.

I’m convinced that John Collier and David A. Riley are kindred spirits. Collier’s stories for The New Yorker weren’t always horror, but in tone, temperament, and style, the two writers share a certain dark kinship.

What stands out most in this collection is the range. Each story delivers its own distinct chill while still feeling part of a unified, haunted world. Riley’s characters feel grounded and real, which makes their descents into the uncanny—and the unsavory—even more effective."

 

R. K. Olson 

Swords & Rockets: Tales of Futures Past to be published in November

 

In place of the 13th volume of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy, Parallel Universe Publications will publish volume 1 of Swords & Rockets: Tales of Futures Past, an anthology of sword and planet stories.

Volume 13 of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy will now be published in May 2027.

Submissions for Swords & Rockets: Tales of Futures Past will open on the 1st October till midnight GMT on the 31st of that month. Acceptancves and rejections will be emailed out by the end of the first week in November and it is intended to publish before the end of the month. 

All submissions should be sent to paralleluniversepublications@gmx.co.uk

Please send only one submission  at a time - the one you consider the best fit for us. 

Although we like original stories we are always more than happy to 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 possible. Bear in mind you will receive either an acception or rejection by the end of the first week in November.

There is no limit on the size of submissions.  

There is absolutely no need to tell us anything about yourself as the only thing that matters is the story. Everything else is irrelevant. We will ask for details about yourself if your story is accepted. 

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!