Where strides the behemoth? HERE! Our new campaign for Jonathan Olfert's stone and sorcery novella, Seers in a Broken Season, has begun! Backers in the first 48 hours receive an exclusive bookmark! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...

Seers in a Broken Season: A Stone And Sorcery Novella

Primal meets The Man with No Name in this Stone-Age fantasy tale. Walks-like-a-Rockslide, wandering warrior of the mammoth-people, seeks an end to the ice choking the world. Instead he finds war, whal...

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Announcing Ichor Magazine, an amateur magazine of sword and sorcery touched by the sublime. A home for new authors dipping their pen into the violet ink of unknown horror. Not ready for a NESS submission yet? We may be your perfect intro market. Opening for subs September 1st 2026

Book of the New Sun retold by dril

My blind and one-handed unboxing of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social novellas by @brynhammond.bsky.social @draq.bsky.social @breadsonja.bsky.social and @stevewestenra.bsky.social These look incredible!

Scribe & Sigil #5 is out! Included the conclusion to story “Torlano’s Gambit.” scribe-and-sigil.com/2026/06/30/s...

At long last, the paperback edition of Beneath the Shattered Gods is live on Amazon! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... I am still working on other avenues in the collapse of D2D as a viable service for niche authors with eclectic catalogues, but--

Beneath the Shattered Gods

Amazon.com: Beneath the Shattered Gods: 9798274133463: McDowell, M. Daniel: Books

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June mailing for Scribe & Sigil is up now! @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social @carlc75.bsky.social @brynhammond.bsky.social @rettisawesome.com scribe-and-sigil.com/2026/05/31/s...

A short experimental #horror #story where all the existential dread sits with the reader. Will Ragul find the answers about their empty world? www.carlellis.co.uk/2026/05/11/e...

A short experimental #horror #story where all the existential dread sits with the reader. Will Ragul find the answers about their empty world? www.carlellis.co.uk/2026/05/11/e...

Found my wife's old Olivetti Valentine and had to have a play!

Excited to properly dive into this! In my issue is a review of an @obrackenbury.bsky.social short story and my own take on a tale of existential horror that only exists in the reader.

David J. Lynch@dlreach.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The third issue of Scribe & Sigil is up! Check it out and if anyone wants to contribute you can learn about how from the site. We love new people getting involved. scribe-and-sigil.com/2026/05/01/s...

📣✍️PRO PAY NON-FICTION WRITING OPPORTUNITY✍️📣 In one paragraph pitch your 1500 word non-fiction Sword & Sorcery article through our contact form here: newedgeswordandsorcery.com/contact/ 💲 Pay is 12c USD/word. 🏃Turnaround is fairly quick. ✍️ Diverse authors strongly encouraged, all welcome.

The second issue of Scribe & Sigil is live! Lot's of contributors this month, including a bunch from the NESS community @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social If you're interested in joining us check out the About page. scribe-and-sigil.com/2026/04/01/s...

Time for some inspiration amongst the sands, rocks, and waves! What rituals, celebrations, or confrontations could have happened in places like this 10,000 years ago? #paleo

📣THIS IS NOT A DRILL 3️⃣ YOU HAVE TRIPLED PAY FOR AUTHORS & ARTISTS ✈️ WE ARE ALREADY MORE THAN HALFWAY TO DOUBLING THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING DISCOUNT 🧮 OLIVER IS DOING THE MATH ON 13c/WORD AND 225% ARTIST RAISES 👁️ IS THIS REAL LIFE? 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 5mo ago

✍️You've TRIPLED PAY for our authors, now up to 12c/word! 🎨 Dare we triple pay for our interior illustrators? 📦 Then press on to double the international shipping discount??? 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

✍️11c/word unlocked! 🎨One more artist raise and then on to triple pay! 👕Here's a sentient Conan T-shirt to talk with you about that, tonight's 7pm EST live music & TTRPG livestream, and MORE! youtu.be/ZjwqdobAP-4

Not Conan Has Something to Say

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Looking at the news can be pretty disheartening. Indulge in fiction which delights in fighting against the evil state of the world and ultimately helps fascism stab itself in the face. A few days left, with a story by me in it. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social

Okay what's not mentioned here is that we are at 815 so ONE THOUSAND IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY CROM WANTS YOU TO BACK THIS MAGAZINE

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 5mo ago

⁉️ONE THOUSAND BACKERS⁉ Even if we fall short, it'll be fun to try! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

It might be Tau, but this was a great little mental health improving robot to put together.

The first issue of Scribe & Sigil is out! We are a new APA consisting of members of TriAPA which ran for 2.5 years. We tend to lean towards S&S but all aspects of speculative fiction are welcome. Now is a great time to contribute if you’re interested in making a zine! scribe-and-sigil.com

None of mine can use magic. One hunts those who use it for ill, the other lives in a city under the shadow of a witch's tower. It's rare and scary.

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#Febchantment Day 23 Which members of your cast can wield magic? All of them, or only specific ones? Or perhaps none of them? For those who can wield it, how has this ability impacted their lives? How has it shaped them into the people they are? #writingcommunity #writesky

🎑Sword & Sorcery tales often re-enchant the world, either through fantastical settings or with lush, vibrant descriptions of nature as we know it.🏞 & 📦Our shipping discounts for backers outside the U.S. are already unlocked!📦 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

🖌️WELCOME BACK CHUAH SHIH SHIN!🎨 Cindy will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️ Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story... The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues! Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Loot that drops after defeating me: 1. 🎵 Ear buds 2. 📔Gene Wolfe book 3. 📜 Manifesto on the moral dangers of magic systems 4. 🧦 Spare kid socks 5. ✒️ A bloody lovely pen

Oliver Brackenbury@obrackenbury.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Loot that drops after defeating me: 1) 🍑 Can of peach flavor Celsius. 2) 📕 Sword & Sorcery mass-market paperback. 3) 😋 Coupon for two McDonald's breakfast sandwiches. 4) 💩 Emergency dog poop bag. 5) 🖼️ AGO membership.

Back this to journey to the Mesolithic coasts, the find love, to find the meaning of fatherhood, to be human in the face of unspeakable horror!

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 6mo ago

WELCOME CARL ELLIS! @carlc75.bsky.social will have a brand new story in one of this year's issues. See cool art, crowdfund exclusives, and other exciting details here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Oh hey, it's the cover art for issue 8! Painted by @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social! ✍️ Sign up to be alerted when NESS 2026 launches, 👨‍🏫 Learn about our crowdfund exclusives, and 👁️ See teases, with reveal dates, for all kinds of surprises all at... ⚔️THIS LINK⚔️: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

A #cosmic #horror flashfic about a grandmother coming to the end of her journey. Sometimes the view is sublime. www.carlellis.co.uk/2026/01/14/t...

The White Tree

I always feel it, the cold breeze as if a door has been left open. A crack in the world just over my shoulder. Sometimes a flake of snow will brush my cheek, burning red and purple. In the mirror I…

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# of readers: 6 Pay: 3 Award chances: 0 Vibes: 1 Hard copy: 0 Community: 0 All I ever really want is someone to read and comment on my stuff

Jon Olfert@jonolfert.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Short story writers — how do you pick markets to try? (All else being equal, e.g. 'takes open submissions' and 'editor not a jerk.') You get 10 points to allocate. Feel free to add categories if you want to play. Me, often: # of readers: 3 Pay: 3 Award chances: 0 Vibes: 1 Hard copy: 2 Community: 1

A teaser for a #progression story I'm working on. It's going to be my take on a magic system, which I normally have dubious opinions of. "From the woods in winter to a burning tower. Eolais crafts her revenge a rune at a time." Available on Royal Road: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1456...

Eolais

Eolais, last of the Vardhay school, watches her family and home burn to the ground. In her escape is marked by an ancient relic which now speaks to her through a book only she can see. From the chill ...

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