Received copies of Swords & Heroes and proof copy of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6

 

Received a great double delivery today: My contributor's copies of Swords & Heroes edited by Lyndon Perry, containing my story Welgar the Cursed, plus the proof copy of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6.

Swords & Heroes is a beautifully published book and one I am immensely proud to be in, alongside such outstanding authors as Charles Gramlich, Gustavo Bondoni, Michael T. Burke, Teel James Glenn, Tom Doolan, Nancy Hansen, Tim Hanlon, Frank Sawielijew, Cliff Hamrick, J. Thomas Howard, and Adrian Cole.

 

I am pleased the proof copy for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6 is exactly right. All I have to do now is format it for a kindle version and it will be ready to publish, hopefully before the end of next week.

My story Welgar the Cursed is now available in Lyndon Perry's Swords & Heroes

My story Welgar the Cursed (the sequel to The Dark Priestdom which appeared in the March issue of Savage Realms Monthly) is now available in Lyndon Perry's anthology collection Swords & Heroes, which has been published as a paperback and kindle ebook. 

"Swords & Heroes – An Anthology of Sword and Sorcery – features 12 exciting tales of heroic adventure from some of the best writers in the genre today.

Included are stories by Charles Gramlich, Gustavo Bondoni, Michael T. Burke, Teel James Glenn, Tom Doolan, Nancy Hansen, Tim Hanlon, Frank Sawielijew, Cliff Hamrick, J. Thomas Howard, David A. Riley, and Adrian Cole; along with a foreword by Jason M Waltz as well as a roundtable discussion of the current state of sword and sorcery."

My S&S Story The Dark Priestdom is in the latest issue of Savage Realms Monthly

I am pleased my 10,000 word sword and sorcery story The Dark Priestdom is available now in the latest issue of Savage Realms Monthly (issue No 19, March 2023). 

This story features two ongoing characters: Nadrain the Storyteller and Welgar the Northerner.

Nadrain first appeared in Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy, edited by Dustin Bilyk in 2022 in The Storyteller of Koss. 

Welgar's first appearance is as one of the two main characters in Ossani the Healer and the Beautiful Homunculus, which is still out awaiting acceptance for publication. There is also a sequel to The Dark Priestdom. Welgar the Cursed will be published this May in Swords & Heroes, edited by Lyndon Perry.  

A fourth Welgar story, Mask of a Mad God, is currently out with a potential publisher. More about this and Ossani the Healer and the Beautiful Homunculus when either or both are accepted for publication.

My third ongoing character is Ossani the Healer, who made his first appearance in The Storyteller of Koss. Besides  Ossani the Healer and the Beautiful Homunculus, he is the main character in Ossani's Slaves, which is another recent tale still out awaiting acceptance for publication. 

More stories of all three characters and their occasional crossovers are planned for the future.

First story to be published in 2023

At the moment it looks as if the first story I'll have published this year will be Welgar the Cursed in Lyndon Perry's swords and sorcery anthology Swords & Heroes. 

I have as yet to receive confirmation of the actual date when this book will be published, but I'll post it here when I do.

Welgar the Cursed to be published in Swords & Heroes edited by Lyndon Perry

 

I can now reveal that my story Welgar the Cursed will appear in Swords & Heroes edited by Lyndon Perry, probably in January next year.