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Thursday, 6 March 2025
My sword and sorcery story Lies and Treachery will appear in Crimson Quill Quarterly #6 in April
Thursday, 20 February 2025
First amazon review for Welgar the Cursed - and it's 5 Stars
The first amazon review has now been posted for my collection Welgar the Cursed and, thankfully, it's for 5 Stars. It ends with: "I really hope Riley continues this character, because so much more can be told of his saga."
As
soon as I finish writing my chronicles of the mercenary Horbeck (6
stories written and one still to be completed) that's a distinct possibility, especially if his stories continues to receive a favourable response.
To read the full review click on either of the links below:
Saturday, 8 February 2025
Introduction to Welgar the Cursed
Tuesday, 4 February 2025
Welgar the Cursed is now available as a paperback
The Dark Priestdom (first published in Savage Realms Monthly #19, 2023)
Welgar the Cursed (first pubished in Swords & Heroes, 2023)
Mask of a Mad God
The Forbidden City of Cyramon (first published in Swords & Heroes One Story at a Time, 2024)
Emerging from Their Twilit Realms
Now that the paperback of my collection of Welgar's tales is available I must express thanks for the artwork of Rizky Nugraha for the cover and an interior illustration, plus to Aaron Rakuu for his map of Welgar's world.
Monday, 3 February 2025
Welgar the Cursed
I've been informed by my publisher Lyndon Perry of Tule Fog Press that my collection Welgar the Cursed should be available to order as a paperback soon. More details as and when they're available.
Saturday, 1 February 2025
My sword and sorcery tale The God in the Keep reprinted in February issue of Schlock! Webzine
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Nadrain the Storyteller
One of my recurring sword and sorcery characters is Nadrain the Storyteller, who sometimes narrates his own adventures (which he hates having) and of people he meets, which enable me to write in the first person for a change.
Monday, 27 January 2025
Crimson Quill Quarterly #5 now available as a paperback and ebook
My sword and sorcery tale, Essayan's Terrible Machineries of War, is in the latest issue of Crimson Quill Quarterly, which is available as a paperback and ebook.
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Map of Welgar's World - the Lands around the Azure Sea
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Map created by Aaron Rakuu |
Lyndon Perry of Tule Fog Press, who is publishing my collection of sword and sorcery stories, Welgar the Cursed in a few weeks time, sent me copies of the maps, one of which will be included in my collection.
Stories included in the collection are:
Ossani the Healer and The Beautiful Homunculus
The Dark Priestdom (first published in Savage Realms Monthly #19, 2023)
Welgar the Cursed (first pubished in Swords & Heroes, 2023)
Mask of a Mad God
The Forbidden City of Cyramon (first published in Swords & Heroes One Story at a Time, 2024)
Emerging from Their Twilit Realms
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Artwork by Rizky Nugraha |
Monday, 20 January 2025
New sword and sorcery story accepted - Ammanada to be in the November issue of Schlock! Webzine
I have just learned today that my sword and sorcery tale, Ammanada, will be in the November issue of Schlock! Webzine.
Here's an update on my new sword and sorcery stories lined up for publication this year:
Essayan's Terrible Machineries of War (Crimson Quill Quarterly #5)
Lies and Treachery (Crimson Quill Quarterly #6 and #7)
The Moneylender of Oriaska (Swords & Heroes online and Swords & Heroes Vol 2)
Ossani's Apprentice (Swords & Heroes Vol 2)
Mask of a Mad God (Welgar the Cursed)
Emerging from Their Twilit Realms (Welgar the Cursed)
Ammanada (Schlock! Webzine November issue)
Wednesday, 15 January 2025
My early horror story The Farmhouse is to be reprinted in the October issue of Schlock! Webzine
The Farmhouse was first published in 1971 in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural, edited by David A. Sutton for Sphere Books, then was subsequently reprinted in David Stuart Schiff's Whispers #4, and the following year in First World Fantasy Awards edited by Gahan Wilson for Doubleday.
It will now be reprinted in Gavin Chappell's Schlock! Webzine in October.
Sunday, 5 January 2025
Two more sword and sorcery tales accepted for publication
I have just received word that two more of my sword and sorcery tales have been accepted for publication this year.
The stories are The Moneylender of Oriaska and Ossani's Apprentice. My almost tame sorcerer-cum-apothecary, Ossani and his girl apprentice appear in both tales. The Moneylender of Oriaska will be published online first (probably in April) then both will be included in the print and ebook anthology Swords & Heroes 2 during the summer.
That makes the total of new sword and sorcery stories to be published this year as follows:
Essayan's Terrible Machineries of War (Crimson Quill Quarterly #5)
Lies and Treachery (Crimson Quill Quarterly #6 and #7)
The Moneylender of Oriaska (Swords & Heroes online and Swords & Heroes Vol 2)
Ossani's Apprentice (Swords & Heroes Vol 2)
Mask of a Mad God (Welgar the Cursed)
Emerging from Their Twilit Realms (Welgar the Cursed)
Plus these reprints:
Ossani the Healer and the Beautiful Homunculus (Welgar the Cursed)
The Dark Priestdom (Welgar the Cursed)
Welgar the Cursed (Welgar the Cursed)
The Forbidden City of Cyramon (Welgar the Cursed)
The God in the Keep (Schlock! Webzine August issue)
Thursday, 12 December 2024
New stories to be published in 2025
Yesterday I posted about the new stories of mine to be published in 2025 but I forgot about those that will appear in my collection Welgar the Cursed, to be published as a paperback and ebook by Tule Fog Press. This will include six stories:
Ossani the Healer and The Beautiful HomunculusThe Dark Priestdom (first published in Savage Realms Monthly #19, 2023)
Welgar the Cursed (first pubished in Swords & Heroes, 2023)
Mask of a Mad God
The Forbidden City of Cyramon (first published in Swords & Heroes One Story at a Time, 2024)
Emerging from Their Twilit Realms
My other new stories will be:
Essayan's Terrible Machineries of War in Crimson Quill Quarterly #5. This is a sword and sorcery story, which includes a recurring character of mine, Nadrain the Storyteller, who narrates the tale of the great artist Essayan when he branched out into designing "machineries of war" and of the terrible fate that befell him.
Visit Fungosia in 4Star Stories #30 is a humorous science fiction tale.
Lies and Treachery is to be serialised in two parts later in the year. This is a sword and sorcery tale involving three recurring characters Horbeck, Brud and Asner, who first appeared in The Demon from Another World (Anthology of the Damned: Necromoirrium). I have written a number of other tales about them in the last couple of months which have yet to be placed.
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
First new stories to be published in 2025: Essayan's Terrible Machineries of War and Visit Fungosia
I do already have a third story lined up to be serialised in two parts later in the year, Lies and Treachery, which is a sword and sorcery tale involving three recurring characters Horbeck, Brud and Asner, who first appeared in The Demon from Another World (Anthology of the Damned: Necromoirrium).
My only other story so far scheduled for 2025 is a reprint of one that originally appeared in the online Sword & Sorcery Magazine in 2021. This is a tale called The God in the Keep and will be in the August issue of Schlock! Webzine.