Sunday, 17 November 2024

Dead Thieves in the Night - my latest Horbeck sword and sorcery tale

I have now finished Dead Thieves in the Night, my latest sword and sorcery story involving the mercenaries Horbeck, Brud and Asnar. This finished at 10,000 words, a novelette.

As soon as I completed this, though, I found myself embarking on yet another yarn of this trio, though no title as yet. 

The list of Horbeck & Co stories so far are:

The Unhappy Inquisitor

The Demon from Another World (Anthology of the Damned: Necromoirrium)

Lies and Treachery

The Mummified Demi-God

Dead Thieves in the Night


Sunday, 10 November 2024

Kindle version of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 is now available

The kindle version of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 is now available. The print version will be published next week.

Unfortunately, at the moment the image of the book cover on amazon is a negative. I don't know why, but this should be corrected soon.

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 - update

Received my proof copy of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 yesterday but I wasn't 100% happy with the spine. A strip of the white encroached into the front cover, so I have made corrections and ordered a second proof copy. I know, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, but I can't go ahead until I am at least 90% happy. I've also made a couple of other minor alterations. The second proof should reach me by Monday at the latest. By then it should be ready for publishing. Hopefully paperbacks and kindle copies will be available to order by Wednesday the 13th.
In the meantime I have formatted the collection for kindle and that looks absolutely fine to me. This task seems to get easier the more often I do it.
Hope everyone likes the book when it's out there!

Friday, 1 November 2024

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9

We have now finalised the contents for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9, which will include nine great stories:

The Cold Maiden by Eli Freysson
Assassin Eternal: The Memory Eaters by Andrew Darlington
To Raise the Shining Walls of Irem Once More by Tais Teng
Fulgin the Grim: Retribution by Ken Lizzi
Snow in Kadhal by Jaap Boekestein
Voyage to Vancienne by Gavin Chappell
A Pathway Forward by Lyndon Perry & David Bakke
The Left Eye of Phun Margat by Scott McCloskey
Sorcery in Nekharet by Steve Dilks

The artwork in the book and on the covers is, of course, by Jim Pitts.

Our plan is for the paperback and kindle ebook to be available before the end of the month, hopefully by mid-November.



The Submissions Period for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 has now closed

The submissions period for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 has now closed. Please do not send any further submissions as they will automatically be rejected. 

We will annouce when the next submissions period opens both here and online.