New Edge is publishing the coolest sword & sorcery around and frankly, I'd love for em to meet that next stretch goal cuz that means *a physical collection* of our favorite Problematic Class Gap lesbians Zeynep and Kawtar! (Including one all-new one with Berserk + Evil Dead energy!)

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 17h ago

🎉We funded...last night! 🌃 🍻 But our editor was at a wedding, so the update just went live. It has details on stretch goals that include an exciting 'zine written by @minillajovovich.bsky.social, with cover art by @gorangligovic.bsky.social... 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Hey ya'll -- general submissions are now open! Check out the site for details. Look forward to seeing some great fiction. We're also still accepting 500 word sword & sorcery stories for the newsletter. And you can submit for both! www.swordsagainst.com/blank

SUBMISSIONS | Swords Against | Sword & Sorcery Fiction

Do you have what it takes to write unshackled sword & sorcery fiction. Check out our submission guidelines.

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These awesome people have FUNDED! There are 20 days left, so help them get to stretch goals! Next up is an International Shipping Discount After that is a BONUS 17,000 word 'zine by none other than the gloriously delightful, funny, and brilliant Luana Saitta @minillajovovich.bsky.social!

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 4d ago

⚔️📚NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY NOVELLAS 2026 is live! 📚⚔️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Proud to be the 231st Barbarous Booklover 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas 2026! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas 2026

Four Sword & Sorcery novellas by NESS magazine authors: SEAS AFIRE STARS ADROWN by Bryn Hammond, LONG IS THE NIGHT by Audrey Stollings, THE PHOENIX & THE MAKER by James Enge, and FIELDS OF HELL by Dar...

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Last night, John Helfers, Ray Arrastia, Michael A. Stackpole, and Bryan Young met up with Brent Evans to talk to a crowd of fans! Thanks again Chris for helping make this happen and Offbeat Books for hosting! #DragonCon #DragonCon2026 #Atlanta #Panel #convention #LGS

They actually let me get my badge this year 😂

📣 SUBMISSIONS CLOSE AT 8AM EST, SEPT 1ST 🗓 Good luck! newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions/

You saw this stamp on a paperback, you know it was about to be a good read.

Read a lot, especially contemporary works/authors, and otherwise just have fun with it. If you're not having fun with it, it'll show up in the writing.

N. R. Yang@nryangauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

Any advice for an author just discovering and starting to write in the Science Fiction genre?

Art by Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

Look what came in the mail! Seeing some names I recognize 👀 can’t wait to dive in. @swordsagainst.bsky.social

Merynthia's Master enjoyers, please take a few minutes to rate/review the book on Goodreads/Storygraph/Pagebound/... (the Zon if you bought it there) It really helps for discoverability!

Ten days left!

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

📣 New Edge Sword & Sorcery is open to short story submissions now through 8am EST, Sept 1st! 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions/

I'll be live on the @brownsquadron.bsky.social in like 10 minutes if folks want to tune in: www.youtube.com/live/wztTbbI...

Hyperspace Heroes Podcast Episode 181 – Special Guest Bryan Young. 📱

YouTube video by Hyperspace Heroes Podcast

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Another great Chain Story! Thank you as always to the folks who like and repost!

Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦@michaelastackpole.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Chain Story Project has released the latest story: Devourer of Crowns by S. E. Lindberg and Jason M. Waltz. It is absolutely wild! Please read, enjoy like and share! (Sharing is what makes it possible for us to bring you #freefiction. Thank you.) www.chainstorycore.com/blog/devoure...

💀 LONG IS THE NIGHT🦇, starring the strapping & strange sorcerer Lathra, is the second novella in our upcoming crowdfund; the bloody, Weird tale of a grand siege, private pursuits, psychedelic sorcery and more! 🔎Learn more and sign up to be alerted on launch day👉️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Another cool mail day thanks to Goblins and Galaxies

This interview was conducted at the beginning of the year and came out now, so the "currently working on" is a little outdated, but this was a great interview about writing: buymeacoffee.com/michaelparke...

Bryan Young Author Interview — Michael Parkes Author

Post by Michael Parkes Author

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📣AD SPACE AVAILABLE IN NESS📣 We have a little bit of space to fill in our 2026 issues, due for release in November. The crowdfund for these issues had over 1000 backers! 👀 Interested? Reach out through our contact form and we'll reply with our rate sheet: newedgeswordandsorcery.com/contact/

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Hell yeah "Luana Saitta’s [s&s] novella Merynthia’s Master wants you to know from the beginning that this is an adventure; it’s a very classic tale, one of daring, high-octane action, darkly magical and weird." "[A] satisfying, succinct crescendo that proves that [she] can put on a great show."

REVIEW: Merynthia's Master by Luana Saitta

Luana Saitta’s sword and sorcery novella Merynthia’s Master wants you to know from the beginning that this is an adventure; it’s a very classic tale, one of daring, high-octane action, and, fitting wi...

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I got a very cool package in the mail today! @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social

📣 Everyone who wants to see the @gorangligovic.bsky.social cover for the new Goatskin novella, 🔥"SEAS AFIRE STARS ADROWN"🌊 , in all its glory - and learn more about a certain September crowdfund for a set of novellas - would be well-advised to click this link! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas 2026

Get notified when New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas 2026 launches on BackerKit!

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300% funded 15 days left reminder that Mordschlag #1 has my heartfelt homage to C.L. Moore, specifically the story I worship, 'Black God's Shadow' www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

It's been almost 2 months since police killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley outside a Mississippi Walmart and while local leaders are silent, community members are not. New from me on what's happening in Senatobia, MS for @theintercept.com:

Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler.

In Senatobia, Mississippi, where police killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, community members had urged leaders to rein in the police. Are they listening now?

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Only the best from Chain Story and @minillajovovich.bsky.social!

Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦@michaelastackpole.bsky.social · last mo.

The Chain Story Project has just released a new story by Luana Saitta, Why Crimson Cora Hates Wizards. You will love it. Please read, enjoy, like and share. (Sharing makes it possible for us to bring you free fiction!) And thank you. www.chainstorycore.com/blog/why-crimson-cora-hates-wizards

The day has come! We're all about to learn a valuable lesson, writ in foemen's blood and carved upon bastards' flesh! Do you dare walk this plank??!

Why Crimson Cora Hates Wizards by Luana Saitta

Death has come at last for the notorious pirate queen. What better moment to spin a yarn for her executioners?

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Don't forget! This Wednesday! We're gonna learn the awful truth about...

Minilla Jovovich 🍉 read Merynthia's Master ⚔️🪱🐦@minillajovovich.bsky.social · last mo.

On August 5th, you will find out... (cover art by @velimir228.bsky.social )