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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Aug 19, 2026

    A Sword & Sorcery DOUBLE-FEATURE Special: “Devourer of Crowns” ~ a Direk Interlude, this time with S.E. Lindberg's Doktor Grave! (opens the original)

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    Direk, Lord of Vengeance, and Doktor Grave, Physician of Dyscrasia, Face a . . . New? Old? Foe . . . Together!<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1005" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nIJJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep

  2. Issue · Aug 17, 2026

    The Top 8 Conan Tales of Robert E. Howard (opens the original)

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    This article originally appeared on the Rogue Blades “Heroes Gathering” blog 1June2024. It’s far too good to languish unvisited. So, for your enjoyment and enlightenment, I’ve brought it over here.Here are the stories that tell you all you need to know of Conan the Cimmerian and why he is the Archetype of the S&S Attitude protagonist. Yes, I’m keeping you in suspense; you’ll have to do a wee bit of work to learn the WHY of each tale (hover on/click the footnote number for the corresponding story

  3. Issue · Aug 15, 2026

    Sharpening your Submissions @ Whet Work by Waltz (opens the original)

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    Whet Work by Waltzis a service for short story writers of heroic adventure who are preparing their stories for acceptance via submission and publication.Whet Work by Waltz is designed to get your work into consideration. I, Jason M. Waltz, will read your heroic adventure fiction (1,000 to 21,000 words) as if I were reading for an open submission call. If you write and read heroic adventure and have enjoyed my heroic story selections in the 20+ years of magazines and anthologies I have edited, <s

  4. Issue · Jul 20, 2026

    WHET WORK by WALTZ (opens the original)

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    I announced my new writer's service over the Writer's Cantina weekend, in person and via Discord. Here, for your review and hopefully interest, it is:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="3487" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0JZw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_

  5. Issue · Jul 11, 2026

    Going ... Social ... Viral? (opens the original)

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    …Instagram. Uh oh. Right? <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="296" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WYoN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimage

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