I'm the 956th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026. 💪 ⚔️⚔️⚔️💪
I also have a story somewhere in there.
Massive congrats to NESS!
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Was a pleasure to discuss craft with James Mills. I have a more one-on-one interview with him coming later this month. Swords-and-sorcery fans should dig it!
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Also features @obrackenbury.bsky.social of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
Another great video has landed on the Legends of Conan Podcast, this one being all about the gods of the Hyborian Age!
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Dope!
Excited to see whose story I get to critique. 👀 📝
We indie authors really need reviews. They're so important in terms of visibility. I've been fortunate enough to (almost) reach the magic 100 number on Amazon. If you wanna help push me over the edge by reviewing ‘To Walk on Worlds’, I'd be most grateful.
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Thanks, man. I look forward to whatever might come next from you, too!
@johnhocking.bsky.social I'll say it involves Conan and a slightly obscure character from his thieving days...
Alex uses both names, perhaps to be mysterious.
Proud to announce that I've penned another short Conan story and that it'll be featured in issue #14 of Savage Sword!
Check out the bangin' cover by Alessandro Orlandelli !
Some guy named @jimzub.bsky.social will be in the ToC, too 😉
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Not yet. But she's coming. I'll say no more.
I mean, of course it is 😉
*snaps out makeshift gun contraption*
"You talkin' to me?"
Tis I!
Back atcha 😘
If you're curious about what Heroic Signatures and Titan have been doing with Conan and friends over the past few years, have a read. In short, it's been good stuff. My little story even got a highlight
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Thrilled and honoured (and a bit stunned) to see Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List. A first for the series...and me! :) So many incredible works and writers included there--congrats to all! 1/
Daaaayum, that's serious praise. Thanks, Jim! 💪
Modern Sword & Sorcery “with a dark streak a mile wide.”
- @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social
I still can't believe I got to take my shot at writing a Conan story. The fact that it's been so well-received is pretty damn great, too. When you share a ToC with Jason Aaron and other heavy-hitters, it's a bit nerve-racking.
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That Buddy Guy epilogue is was *chef'kiss*
I'd let her back in. 🚪
Cliffhanger has no reason to be as fun as it is. Only Arnold would make it better. The lines write themselves.
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