Publishing stuff

Blades and Black Magic!

Still AI. Ian has a lot of talents, pretty drawings isn’t one of them.

Friday we launched ‘Blades and Black Magic’, our 59th anthology, and our first with the esteemed Jason M. Waltz as our Guest Editor¹.

This is what I asked of all those answering Raconteur Press’ first open call for Sword & Sorcery tales. As you’ll discover over the ensuing pages—they answered with roars of joy and eager smiles. With drawn blades and sly grins, with keen eyes and quick hearts, they stormed the abandoned ruined castles and dungeons filled with the stench of evil, the lairs of chaos, the horrors of the grave, and shared their tales. I smile even as I type this, recalling the stories of sheer passionate thirst for living lives that dare Death to come for them and just try to take them that lie ahead of you.
~Jason M. Waltz

How can you not love that intro?

If you like Robert E. Howard’s Conan, Kull, and Solomon Kane we think you’ll be over the moon at this collection of short stories — our authors outdid themselves on this one.

Isn’t that a gorgeous cover?

We are happy to report that there will be at least one more sword and sorcery antho coming out later in the year!

Speaking of, if you like the stories in our anthology, and you’d like to read more S&S stories from the authors, Sean CW Korsgaard is launching Battleborn Magazine to bring those authors — and more — with those thrilling tales of Sword and Sorcery that you read as a child.

You should probably check it out.

In the meantime, please enjoy eleven stories of hack-and-slash goodness in Raconteur Press’ ‘Blades and Black Magic’!

Ian and Rita

1. Definitely not the last, though.