Tag: September
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Many Returns
Welcome to the September 2024 issue of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, issue 152. This month I feature four new pieces from authors you have seen before in S&SM, three stories and an essay. Enjoy! In “Bliss”, by Lindsey Duncan, an innocent priestess is sent out to spread a plague that might not do what she…
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Bliss
by Lindsey Duncan As Ilisu surfaced from the sacred pool, ice chill searing her, she grasped at the sensations. It was supposed to wash away the mystical shroud binding the disease inside her. She chased every tickle on her skin, yet she felt no different. She blinked water out of her eyes and lifted her…
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Numbers Matter
A tale of Altiva by Teel James Glenn in Issue 152, September 2024 “Do you think there really is safety in numbers, Erique?” the girl asked. When her companion didn’t answer right away she added, “Like in a big family?” The two were riding on a country road north of Stormlanding and were a study…
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Tell Me The Count
by Jonathan Olfert in Issue 152, September 2024 Seven sails on the horizon, the square rigs of great catamarans, sank dread into Tahure’s heart. He’d been hoisting a dharak terror-bird into a tree for harvest, vines biting into his palms. When the sails caught his eye he froze there at the edge of the beach.…
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Why Did It Have To Be Snakes? Sword & Sorcery’s Dislike of Snakes
by G. W. Thomas in Issue 152, September 2024 SNAKES ARE PULP Let’s be fair right from the start and admit: Pulp fiction, all Pulp fiction hates snakes. The old Detective story in the style of Sax Rohmer had evil and invisible enemies strike with poisonous animals. An asp in your bed and the underworld…