David A. Riley: swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6

Thursday, 19 October 2023

Great new review for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6 on Amazon

Thank you to Richard Fisher for this great, detailed review of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6 on Amazon.

"Like a freight train Parallel Universe Publications continues to come down the line filled with S&S stories from authors new and old..."

"I eagerly look forward to Volume Seven which should be out sometime later this year."

For the full review click on this link: amazon.com

Sunday, 14 May 2023

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.

Thursday, 30 March 2023

Submissions for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Will Open at Midnight Tonight

Submissions period for Swords & Sorceries Volume 6

will open on the 1st April till the 30th April 2023

Payment is £25 per story regardless of length plus one contributor's copy of the paperback. The book will be published as a paperback and ebook. If a hardcover version is published we will pay an additional £25. Please send your submissions as attachments (doc, docx or rtf) headed

"Submission - Swords & Sorceries 6"

to:

paralleluniversepublications@gmx.co.uk

Please send only one submission - the one you consider the best fit for us.

Although we prefer original stories we are prepared to consider reprints. Just let us know where and when it was previously published.

You can send in simultaneous submissions, but let us know if your story is accepted elsewhere as soon as you can. Bear in mind you will only have to wait a maximum of one month and a week in which to receive a decision from us.

There is no limit on the size of submissions.

There is absolutely no need to tell us anything about yourself because the only thing that matters is the story. Everything else is irrelevant.

All rejections and acceptances will be sent out by email by the end of the first week in May. Please don't enquire about your submission before then.

AI has become an issue recently. Let's be clear on our policy with regard to stories written using AI: not only will they be rejected but, if proven to our satisfaction, the author using it will be blacklisted.

And good luck!

In the past we have received a number of stories that may be fantasy but are not swords and sorcery. If you are unsure what it is, why not get a better idea by checking out volumes 1 - 5. Saying that, swords and sorcery is a broad genre and we are more than willing to consider stories that stretch its limits, as we have in the past.

Also check our dedicated facebook group:

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy