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Monday, 23 December 2024
Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Cover art for Elak, Sea Hawks of Atlantis by Jim Pitts, tales by Adrian Cole
Award-winning artist Jim Pitts has now sent in his fabulous cover artwork for Adrian Cole's third Atlantis collection, Elak, Sea Hawks of Atlantis, which will be published in January next year.
The tales included in this 323-page collection are:
THE SWALLOWER OF ISLANDS Published here for the first time
JEWELS OF THE SEA HAG First published in Tales from the Magician’s Skull, Special #2 (USA) 2022
PRISONERS OF DEVIL DOG CITY First published in Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 5, edited by David A. Riley, Parallel Universe Publications (UK) 2022
THE CURSE OF BLOODBONE ISLAND First published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, (USA) 2023
GOD OF THE DREAMING ISLES First published in Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6, edited by David A. Riley, Parallel Universe Publications (UK) 2023
WHEN THE SEA GODS RISE Published here for the first time
All three volumes will be available as uniform edition paperbacks and as kindle ebooks.
Contributor to Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 8 R. K. Olson
Contributor R.K. Olson, whose story For the Heart of a Spearslayer appeared in Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 8, had an article all about him and his other fantasy stories in CNI Briefing this month,
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Phantasmagoria - New issue includes review of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 and an article about our Elak of Atlantis trilogy by Adrian Cole
The latest issue of Phantasmagoria magazine is now out and includes a review of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9, plus an artcle by David A. Riley on Adrian Cole's Elak of Atlantis Trilogy.
The issue also includes a reprint of a science fiction horror story by David A. Riley: Help-Plants, which was first published in Aboriginal Science Fiction. It's also included in the collection from Shadow Publishing, The Lurkers in the Abyss and Other Tales of Terror.
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
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 is now available as a paperback and a kindle eBook
Sunday, 10 November 2024
Kindle version of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9 is now available
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
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
We will annouce when the next submissions period opens both here and online.
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