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ollection of swords heroes quarterly features eight more tales by seven writers including a double feature by me stories include dark assassin by bruce durham the cold maiden s visit by elí freysson hell wings by b harlan crawford four bloodstained souls by matthew ilseman in the valley s veins by jacob calta the sorcerer weaves magic in his sleep by david carter the moneylender of oriaska by david a riley ossani s apprentice by david a riley it s available from amazon a third ossani story will be in print soon in the fall issue of cirsova ossani s escape and a fourth is due to be published in a future issue of savage realms monthly from the ashes ossani previously appeared in the storyteller of koss summer of sci fi fantasy 2022 the troupe swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 8 2024 ossani the healer and the beautiful homunculus welgar the cursed 2025 emerging from their twilit realms welgar the cursed 2025 other ossani stories have been written but have yet to be sent out posted by david a riley at 10 10 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 8 june 2026 swords heroes quarterly 2 contains two ossani the healer stories prior to being made available as a kindle ebook via amazon for 2 99 the ebook of swords heroes quarterly 2 is available now via paypal for 2 00 a print version will soon be available 11 direct 12 via amazon https paypal com ncp payment yh xutbpdbnt4u this issue includes two of my ossani the healer stories the moneylender of oriaska and ossani s apprentice there will coincidentally be a third ossani story out in print soon in the fall issue of cirsova ossani s escape not only that but there is also a fourth due to be published in a future issue of savage realms monthly from the ashes ossani previously appeared in the storyteller of koss summer of sci fi fantasy 2022 the troupe swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 8 2024 ossani the healer and the beautiful homunculus welgar the cursed 2025 emerging from their twilit realms welgar the cursed 2025 posted by david a riley at 15 49 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 25 may 2026 the collected sf fantasy horror stories of david a riley volume 2 2011 2026 i am currently proofreading the collected sf fantasy horror stories of david a riley volume 2 2011 2026 which will be published later this year initially as a hardback and large sized paperback like volume 1 it is just over 500 pages long at the moment i am up to three eyed jack which was originally published in 2020 although this book covers a shorter time period than volume 1 there are more stories without even taking into account all those sword and sorcery stories i have excluded like my welgar tales recently published in welgar the cursed by tule fog press and my stories of the mercenary captain horbeck and his companions which i hope to see published as a loosely woven novel sometime soon plus there are a number of fantasy tales that are scheduled to be published in various places over the coming months 2011 till now has been a very prolific time for me posted by david a riley at 13 51 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 19 may 2026 the collected sf fantasy horror stories of david a riley volume 1 1970 2010 is now available in hardback paperback and kindle ebook further to the hardback and kindle ebook versions of the collected sf fantasy horror stories of david a riley volume 1 1970 2010 we have now published it as a 500 page paperback packed with artwork and illustrations amazon co uk amazon com posted by david a riley at 13 36 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 8 may 2026 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 amazon com amazon co uk posted by david a riley at 14 32 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 1 may 2026 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 amazon com amazon co uk posted by david a riley at 12 29 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 30 april 2026 gung ho geeks have posted a lengthy irreverent 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 posted by david a riley at 15 21 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 28 april 2026 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 posted by david a riley at 13 55 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 17 april 2026 book review battleborn magazine issue 1 review by david a riley battleborn 1 edited by sean c w korsgaard published by iron age media from the very first page there is an atmosphere of blatant enthusiasm about battleborn magazine and you can tell straight away those involved in it have a love for the genre which is infectious the fiction opens with a hanuvar story by howard andrew jones perhaps the greatest sword and sorcery writer of recent years who died at far too young an age in january last year though part of hanuvar s ongoing saga see the volumes from baen books lord of a shattered land the city of marble and blood and shadow of the smoking mountain a stone s throw is a standalone story about an assassination attempt though the reason for it is far from what even hanuvar himself at first assumes a well wrought tale it exemplifies why howard andrew jones is held in such high esteem in complete contrast the following a tale blood of the oni by c l werner is set in medieval japan during the time of the shogun involving a sorcerously empowered sword unscrupulous treachery and a truly hellish monster i loved the neatly placed historical details in this story which is far more complex than i at first expected and features some of the most realistically detailed sword fights i have ever read c l werner obviously knows what he is writing about gregory d mele who authored the third tale here jaguar s children is familiar to me as he had an extraordinary story in swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 10 the salt of tilantokka last year this again has a south american setting laced with ancient peoples and piracy and a strange sacred crimson bird memorably action filled this is immediately followed by another action story vengeance vow by t j marquis wherein a huge assassin ingeniously tricks his way into a highly fortified king s palace during a day of drunken drug filled debauchery in honour of the nation s depraved gods his mission is to kill the king in retribution for what was done to his people but things become far more complex than he expects by the time the deed is about to be done one of robert e howard s heroic poems follows the road of kings to remind us of whom we owe the genre of sword and sorcery erik waag s to boast of victory is an amusing tale with more than a few twists not the least of which comes at the very end recommended temple of the river king by lee patton is a much more sombre affair rightly compared to clark ashton smith for his colourful imagery this again is filled with ongoing action with a protagonist who is uniquely macabre and would i am sure have appealed to smith himself i am pleased to see other tales of this ancient undead warrior have already been written i was a trifle unsure about the next story the fury s blade by robert rhodes with its two female furies armed emissaries of their church charged with recovering a stolen relic namely a sacred cloak female sword fighting protagonists is becoming something of a cliché these days but i was soon won over wonderfully well written with a storyline that never becomes predictable or boring this is another outstanding tale it s good to see that unlike too many periodicals battleborn does not shy away from publishing reprints obviously we have already had the howard poem but there is also a long out of print novelette from the pen of the late michael shea the last sword and sorcery writer to win a world fantasy award pearls of the vampire queen is new to me although i must admit i haven t so far as i am aware previously read anything of michael shea even though my friend jim pitts illustrated a deluxe copy of the a rak part of shea s nifft the lean series for centipede press pearls of the vampire queen is another nifft the lean story and a uniquely strange tale it is highlighting shea s intricate writing style and deft use of grotesque imagery it is set in a very dark world one in which there is safety for no one especially those who if only for the merest moment succumb to complacency and let down their guards after reading this i will certainly seek out other nifft the lean tales and it is to battleborn s credit it has highlighted a writer who should not be forgotten other than these novelettes and short stories there is also part one of a three part serial the last spell by schuyler hernstrom which i deliberately left till last to read and i can see what a cunning ploy it was to include this serial as nothing could possibly create greater inducement to buy the next two issues than to read the rest of this novel extremely well written wickedly amusing and filled with inventiveness other than stories novelettes and a serial there are also a number of columns which add to the broader interest of the magazine at over 200 pages battleborn is a substantial read with ne er a poor story anywhere in sight definitely an important addition to the growing number of sword and sorcery publications appearing today in what is truly an exciting period in our genre posted by david a riley at 18 36 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels battleborn magazine book review wednesday 15 april 2026 order signed copies of the collected sf fantasy horror stories of david a riley volume 1 1970 2010 direct from pup posted by david a riley at 18 54 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom parallel universe publications riley books shop isfdb david a riley which is very out of date search this blog my books at barnes noble read the books and films i have reviewed here book review 103 hellnotes 21 review 72 television 25 youtube video 8 films 75 the collected sf fantasy horror stories of david a riley volume 2 coming soon in hard cover the collected sf fantasy horror stories of david a riley volume 1 hardcover 25 00 kindle ebook 5 00 welgar the cursed paperback 10 54 12 95 lucilla a novella hardcover 13 99 5 50 paperback 2 99 in kindle a grim god s revenge a handful of zombies tales of the restless dead after nightfall other weird tales the return goblin mire out of print moloch s children the lurkers in the abyss their cramped dark world his own mad demons swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 12 to be published in may 2026 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 11 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 10 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 9 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 8 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 7 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 6 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 5 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 4 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 3 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 2 swords sorceries tales of heroic fantasy volume 1 kitchen sink gothic kitchen sink gothic 2 things that go bump in the night classic weird dark tales of the supernatural classic weird 2 david a riley david a riley oswaldtwistle lancashire united kingdom david a riley writes horror fantasy and sf stories his latest sale was to the magazine of fantasy science fiction his first story was in the 11th pan book of horror in 1970 he has had stories published by doubleday daw corgi sphere roc playboy paperbacks robinsons etc and in magazines such as aboriginal science fiction dark discoveries fear whispers and fantasy tales his first collection of stories was published by hazardous press in 2012 his own mad demons a lovecraftian novel the return was published by blood bound books in 2013 a 2nd collection of stories the lurkers in the abyss other tales of terror was launched at the world fantasy convention in 2013 by shadow publishing hazardous press published his 3rd collection their cramped dark world and other tales in 2015 both hazardous press collections have been reprinted by parallel universe publications a fantasy novel goblin mire and a horror novel moloch s children were published in 2015 he and his wife linden recently relaunched parallel universe publications which originally published beyond magazine in 1995 and have brought out over 50 books view my complete profile blog archive july 4 june 2 may 4 april 13 march 5 february 2 january 2 december 5 november 6 october 2 september 7 august 7 july 14 june 2 may 7 april 4 march 2 february 5 january 6 december 8 november 11 october 10 september 9 august 13 july 8 june 5 may 4 april 3 march 23 february 24 january 3 december 2 november 1 october 5 september 7 august 3 july 2 june 5 may 1 april 4 march 4 february 7 january 4 december 5 november 3 october 3 september 7 august 3 july 2 june 4 may 7 april 6 march 7 february 4 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