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I eagerly look forward to Volume Seven which should be out sometime later this year."
Many thanks to Trevor for giving us permission to quote his review in full:
NOW IN ITS sixth volume, editor and publisher David A. Riley and illustrator Jim Pitts’ “Swords & Sorceries” series of high fantasy anthologies returns with more of the sort of swash-buckling tales of epic heroes and dastardly villains, sorcerers, witches, gods and monsters that its fans have come to expect, some novella length, and penned by a team comprising of several of their regular contributors, alongside some newbies.
Proceedings get off to a very impressive start with Dev Agarwal’s ‘Land of the Dead’, an imaginative entry involving his recurring characters of the Stone Snake and Princess Irene being imprisoned as we join the adventure, and one which also features the haunting “Land . . .” of the title. This is followed by ‘The House of Bones’ by Carson Ray which sees his hero Knox out for vengeance against the delightfully monikered “Doctor Grimm”. Andrew Darlington’s ‘A Place of Ghosts’ is a superb story with a neat twist of an immortal being sent on a mission by a mage, while one of the S&S genre’s
finest sons, Adrian Cole, is featured in the series once more with his Atlantis-set ‘God of the Dreaming Isles’.
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We are delighted to announce that Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6 is now available to order either as a paperback or kindle ebook. Twelve stories in over 300 pages.
All of the illustrations, including the front and back covers, are by Jim Pitts apart from Raiding the Graveyard of Lost Ships which is the work of its author Tais Teng.
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The submissions period for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6 closed at midnight last night (GMT). Any further submissions sent to us after that time will not be considered.
Emails informing everyone who submitted stories, whether accepted for publication or not, will be sent out by the end of this week and it is our intention to announce the full list of stories and authors as soon as all contracts have been signed.
Volume 6 should be published as an ebook and paperback by the end of this month or the start of the next.
This will be another bumper volume with at least twelve stories in it as well over 300 pages. Deciding which stories to accept is difficult, especially as we will unfortunately have to turn down some excellent tales, but there are only so many we can publish. We are grateful to everyone who submitted to us this time, confirming that the sword and sorcery genre is not only thriving but full of some first class writing and true originality.
The submissions period for Volume 7 will open on the 1st October this year.
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Please send only one submission - the one you consider the best fit for us.
Although we prefer original stories we are prepared 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 you 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 out by email by the end of the first week in May. Please don't enquire about your submission before then.
AI
has become an issue recently. Let's be clear on our policy with regard
to stories written using AI: not only will they be rejected but, if
proven to our satisfaction, the author using it will be blacklisted.
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 it is, why not get a better idea by checking out volumes 1 - 5. 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 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
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