Malcolm T. North
@malcolm-north.bsky.social
Short-story writer of heroic fantasy and sword & sorcery. Academic posting here under my pen name. Scribe & Sigil APA contributor | He/him. Webpage >>> https://malcolmtnorth.com/
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The Arcanist's Fantasy Magazines 2026
Pocketable magazines featuring Sword & Sorcery and Literary Fantasy fiction, Shadowdark RPG content, poetry, and critical articles.
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So what do we mean by HEWN when we talk about scoring future submissions? It's our metric that covers four of the main elements we look for in a story: Horror Embodiedness Weird Narrative Complexity (1/6)
Here's a page I made featuring art from "Terror Above Icehenge." Check out the Chain Story Project: https://www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fiction-for-deep-winter And the Annual of Oona the Unvanquishable in: https://scribe-and-sigil.com/
The Oona story in this issue is a special annual, with a full-color comicbook-style cover. The story itself is excerpted from my piece "Terror Above Icehenge." #FreeFiction #SwordandSorcery 1/3
David J. Lynch@dlreach.bsky.social · 4d agoscribe-and-sigil.com/2026/08/01/s... The Sixth mailing of Scribe & Sigil is up! Come check us out and if you want to join, info is on the website. It's easy and fun!
scribe-and-sigil.com/2026/08/01/s... The Sixth mailing of Scribe & Sigil is up! Come check us out and if you want to join, info is on the website. It's easy and fun!
Scribe & Sigil APA #6 – Scribe & Sigil
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Thanks to Bryan Young for putting together this nifty schedule of where I'll be at Gencon next week!
Wilson's dismissal of the sea peoples is odd and somewhat troubling for reasons articulated in this thread >>>
Seth L. Sanders@nabalkattu.bsky.social · last wk.Film criticism aside, Emily Wilson's review of the Odyssey concerned me because it misrepresents Late Bronze Age history and reinforces an old Eurocentric pattern of dismissing the experiences--and reality--of ancient peoples other than the Greeks.
I reposted this based on her thread. After reading her review in the LRB, however, I have reservations, many which are summarized by this scholar: bsky.app/profile/naba...
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Issue 171, July 2026, is now live for your reading pleasure with 4 new stories and 2 reviews for your reading pleasure. swordsandsorcerymagazine.com
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@OONAtheUNVANQUISHABLE/116997613724929105 Thread from my other account, prompted by #TheOdyssey
Oona the Unvanquishable@oonatheunvanquishable.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · last wk.Having watched Nolan's The Odyssey, a key (and pretty well-known) attribute of Odysseus's character is his cleverness. I feel like this character trait is often lost in today's modern hero. Brute strength & super powers are favored over intelligence and strategic thinking. 1/3
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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I have bought several editions of The Hobbit, and I will probably buy a few more before I shuffle off this mortal coil.
Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w agoName physical media you purchased more than once.
Some exciting announcement for fans of #SwordandSorcery – A new magazine! ICHOR <<https://ichormagazine.com/>> All stories will be accessible online! #FreeFiction Follow @ichormagazine.bsky.social for more news
ICHOR Magazine
ICHOR Magazine That which corrodes the strongest metals, which rots wood, which drips from vile truths spoken on eldritch tongues, which pours from the wounds of nightmares… ICHOR, an amateur magazine of sword and sorcery touched by the sublime. A home for new authors first dipping their pen into that violet ink of unknown horrors…
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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
RE: https://mastodon.social/@OONAtheUNVANQUISHABLE/116973307968036586 I plan to have two maps finished for Scribe & Sigil APA's Feb/2027 issue. They'll show the areas featured in the 10-issue 2026 serial. #SwordandSorcery #FreeFiction
Oona the Unvanquishable@oonatheunvanquishable.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2w agoDrafting a map for Oona's adventures across the Great Kharzaan Desert. This placemat at Resto-Ribs in Leuven provided the perfect working space. #Oona #AmWriting
More #FreeFiction from the #ChainStoryProject – another great one by @typewriterlizard.bsky.social!
Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦@michaelastackpole.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Chain Story Project has just released its latest: a new Rowan Grim story by Alina Lee. Please enjoy, like and especially share. (You've been doing great with the sharing. Thank you so much!) www.chainstorycore.com/blog/the-architect-of-flesh
The Chain Story Project has just released its latest: a new Rowan Grim story by Alina Lee. Please enjoy, like and especially share. (You've been doing great with the sharing. Thank you so much!) www.chainstorycore.com/blog/the-architect-of-flesh
The Architect of Flesh — The Chain Story
Rowan Grim is back in a brand new story from Alina Lee. She who wanders beneath the Black Sun’s unforgiving gaze finds an old enemy and gains new insights about her life and fate.
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Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
132 mammoths have joined the Blue Ochre People! And thus, a portent appears! Sign up here to see more in the coming weeks regarding @jonolfert.bsky.social 's stone and sorcery novella, Seers in a Broken Season! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
