How to Write Bloody Good Fight Scenes (According to the pros) YouTube video by James D. Mills

What makes a bloody good fight scene? Watch this video by James D. Mills and find out. I give my two cents too. Grrr.

Coming this September!

Looking forward to this release!

Swords Against! The swords & sorcery fiction magazine Sword & sorcery fiction accented by great art. Our magazine explores the boundaries between the old and new, challenges where the genre is and was, and tells some kick-ass stories. The magazine is pub...

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026 Sword & Sorcery magazine featuring short fiction, non-fiction, and gorgeous art. Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling! Luxurious hardcover, clas...

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Abhartach’s Castle — The Chain Story To bring some normality back to this crazy March, the Chain Story Project is pleased to offer Abhartach’s Castle by Aaron Canton—a story as old as time reminding us that there’s no enemy as fierce a...

The Chain Story project has just released Abhartach's Castle by @aaroncanton.bsky.social .

Please enjoy, like and take the time to share. (Sharing really helps the Project a lot. Thank you.)

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Into The Badlands — The Chain Story To finish off the month of February, the Chain Story Project is pleased to offer Into The Badlands by Alina Lee. This story is powerfully written and just doesn’t let go. This is not a story to miss...

The Chain Story Project has just released a new story: Into the Badlands by @typewriterlizard.bsky.social .

The story is free, so please read, like and SHARE. Thank you!

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Free Fiction for Month’s End — The Chain Story To round out the month, the Chain Story Project is pleased to bring you Of Crowns & Consequences , a story of Direk, Lord of Vengeance, by Jason M. Waltz. It’s a dark and philosophical story you ...

The Chain Story Project has just released a new story: Of Crowns & Consequences by Jason M. Waltz. It's a story of Direk, Lord of Vengeance. If you've not read of him before, this is a great intro, and if you have, you know what you're in for.
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Against Fate ✨⚔️💀

Mindblowing

I lied I have one more piece in me before the year ends.

This is an experimental illustration though. I'm not great with the flat graphic stuff but I thought I'd give it a go again.

Free Fiction, Round Twelve — The Chain Story This week the Chain Story Project is happy to introduce you to a brand new story from Katherine Monasterio, titled Blight . Summoned to the High Court in the Five Isles, Hazel Boncliff is tasked with...

The Chain Story Project has just released its latest story: Blight by Katherine Monasterio. It's FREE!

Please enjoy, like and especially share. (Sharing helps so very much!) Thank you.

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Free Fiction, Round Eleven — The Chain Story This week the Chain Story Project is happy to introduce Pip Strongpaw, hero, wanderer and mouse. Please enjoy his debut tale from the pen of Bryan Young, Ice Hawk’s Aerie .

The Chain Story Project has just released a brand new story: Bryan Young's Ice Hawk's Aerie. This is the first of many stories about Pip Strongpaw, the last of the Great Catriders.

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The Chain Story Project just released its TENTH free fiction offering.

Head over there now and, for FREE, you can get my brand new story Blood for the River.

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Dark Speculations: Tales of Various Shapes & Shadows Volume 2 Dark Speculations: Tales of Various Shapes & Shadows Volume 2 eBook : Nemesszeghy, Robin: Amazon.com.au: Books

Happy Halloween! My newest story, Loose Silk, is featured in Dark Speculations: Tales of Various Shapes and Shadows, Volume 2. I hope you enjoy it on this most haunted of nights.

Free Fiction, Round Nine — The Chain Story For our ninth offering of free fiction, we invite you to enjoy two stories. The first is Aaron Rosenberg’s epic The Cursed Cuff , and the second is Robert Greenberger’s captivating Of Nightmares &am...

The Chain Story Project has just released its latest offering: Two Stories this week, by gryphonrose.bsky.social and bobgreenberger.bsky.social

Please enjoy, like and repost. It really helps. Thank you.

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Thus Far in our Story… — The Chain Story Just to make it easy for you so you don’t have to dig through a ton of old posts, below we have a gallery of the Chain Story Project’s offerings so far. Just click on the images to head off to the web...

If you want an easy, one stop page to check out all the fiction in the Chain Story so far, we got you.

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I've been waiting for this!

Anderson Versus Death by Anna Smith Spark is Out Now! | 2000 AD “The Queen of Grimdark writes a 2000 AD novel?! Drokk yes! Count me in! Anna Smith Spark and Judge Anderson are a match made in the deepest bowels (Sector 301) of Mega-City One and it’s glorious! No o...

Anderson Versus Death, the new novel from @annasmithspark.bsky.social, is out now!

Judge Cassandra Anderson takes on the horrifying Judge Death in an epic battle - who will be left standing when the psychic dust clears? bit.ly/4nkEpkr

Valkyrie

95) • U.S. $3.95 ISAAC ASIMOV'S MAGICAL WORLDS OF FANTASY WITCHES EDITED BY ISAAC ASIMOV, MARTIN H. GREENBERG, & CHARLES G. WAUGH Image - witch is on a psychedelic hillside

A book cover for the first of October. Gonna be sharing the spookier covers all month.

Free fiction, Round Eight — The Chain Story For our eighth offering of free fiction, we invite you to enjoy Bryan Young’s thrilling story, The Monastery Plot.

The Chain Story Project has just released a new story, this one by @swankmotron.com, set in his St. Agatha mystery series.

(Please click through, like, enjoy and RePost. That helps the project so much. #freefiction FTW.

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas Four Sword & Sorcery novellas by NESS magazine authors: "What Rough Beast?" by Bryn Hammond, "The Barbarian at Dream's End" by Steve Hugh Westenra, "Suplex & Sorcery" by June Orchid Parker, and "The H...

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Free fiction, introducing Dancillius Hrekt, Monster Fighter — The Chain Story For our seventh offering of free fiction, we invite you to enjoy Michael A. Stackpole’s exciting story, On Memories, an Epistle of Dancillius Hrekt, Monster Fighter.

The Chain Story Project has just released a new story #freefiction. Get it now and join the fun!

If you Like, Repost and Repeat, you'll be helping the project a ton. Thank you so very much and Please enjoy!

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Sigurd Battles Fafnir by Justin Sweet

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The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1 A collection of stories from the first 60 issues of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, presented on physical media for the first time with a full page illustration for each story and a color cover.

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