Samhain Sorceries (recent sword and sorcery stories)

Date: 2020 Onward

MainCategory: FANTASY

Type: Short story collection

Genres: Dark Fantasy, Sword and sorcery

tropes: Ghost, Witchcraft

Lenght: short

Reception: LIttle known

Now, at Samhain, ritual fires of ash and apple-wood, mixed with bull’s bones, burned on the heights and the shore to deter malign spirits, or demons out of Hell as the Christians said.

Just in time for Halloween, DMR Books presents ten haunting tales of swords and sorcery. On Samhain, the dead will rise, dark rituals will be performed, and gateways to the afterworld will open. One of the more notable tales in this anthology is “Night of the Burning Ghost” by Keith Taylor, which features Felimid mac Fal, hero of the classic Bard series. Samhain Sorceries also includes stories by Adrian Cole, Matthew Pungitore, Harry Piper, and more. Edited by D.M. Ritzlin.

The Eye of Sounnu by Schuyler Hernstrom (recent sword and sorcery stories)

Date: 2020 Onward

MainCategory: FANTASY

Type: Short story collection

Genre: Sword and sorcery

Lenght: short

Author: Schuyler Hernstrom

Reception: LIttle known

Once upon a time, short fiction was the mainstay of science fiction and fantasy readers. Titans like Robert E. Howard and Jack Vance worked their magic on magazine and pulp pages, delighting readers with strange visions and pulse pounding action. In 2016, editor P. Alexander dared to bring those days back with the launch of Cirsova, a magazine of science fiction and fantasy fiction.

DMR Books is proud to present a collection of one of Cirsova’s rising stars, Schuyler Hernstrom. These stories will take the reader across strange and sweeping landscapes of adventure. Life and death, blood and desire, greed and sacrifice, all and more are contained within. Classic barbarians and classic rogues are here, along with Dunsanian knights and witches, sentient computers and savage beasts. This collection includes all of Hernstrom’s stories from the first three years of Cirsova along with three tales that have never appeared in print before.

Swords of Steel Omnibus (recent sword and sorcery stories written by members of heavy metal bands)

Date: 2020 Onward

MainCategory: FANTASY

Type: Short story collection

Genre: Sword and sorcery

Lenght: Lenghty

Reception: LIttle known

Mighty-thewed barbarians… vengeful lords of chaos… desolate devil-haunted ruins… carnage-soaked battlefields… forbidden spells of great power…

All these you will find in the works of authors of heroic fantasy as well as heavy metal musicians. But modern fantasy has been plagued with convoluted plots and series without end. Who better to return traditional fantasy to its former glory than the heavy metal bards?

Swords of Steel Omnibus Edition is an anthology of fantastic and horrific adventure stories, each penned by a heavy metal musician. Members of bands such as Bal-Sagoth, Manilla Road, Cauldron Born, Slough Feg, Nocturnus, Eternal Champion and more prove their talent for the written word as well as song by invoking a fresh wave of dark and twisted dreams from worlds beyond our own.

Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

Date: 2020 Onward

MainCategories: CONTEMPORARY, HORROR

Type: Short story collection

Genre: Lovecraftian/weird fiction

tropes: Pulp, Weird/cosmichorror/eldritch fictions

Lenght: Lenghty

Author: Jonathan Maberry

Narrators: Bronson Pinchot, James Patrick Cronin, Joe Hempel, Simon Vance

Reception: LIttle known

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.

Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre from Cosmic Horror, Sword and Sorcery, Space Opera, to the Truly Weird — things too strange to publish elsewhere, and the magazine’s raison d’etre. Landmark stories such as “The Call of Cthulhu”, “Worms of the Earth”, and “Legal Rites” stand beside original stories and insightful essays from today’s masters of speculative fiction.

This visually stunning hardcover edition is a collector’s dream, illustrated throughout with classic full color and black & white art from past issues of Weird Tales Magazine.

The Plains of Shadow (Kurval Book 1)

Date: 2020 Onward

MainCategory: FANTASY

Types: Series, Short story collection

Genre: Sword and sorcery

Lenght: short

Seriesize: .8

Authors: Cora Bulhert, Richard Blakemore

Reception: LIttle known

Authors also write the Thurvok serie

Long before Kurval became King of Azakoria, he was a guard captain in service to the tyrannical King Talgat of the land Temirzhan beyond the sea.

One day, Talgat orders Kurval to escort the condemned witch Aelisia to the Plains of Shadow and behead her, so her blood may feed the dark gods who dwell there.

Kurval does not want to execute the sentence, once he learns that Aelisia is innocent of the crimes of which she has been accused.

But if he lets Aelisia go free, Kurval will not only have to face the wrath of Talgat but also the fury of the dark gods who dwell upon the Plains of Shadow.

The new sword and sorcery adventure by two-time Hugo finalist Cora Buhlert and her occasional alter ego, 1930s pulp writer Richard Blakemore. This is a novelette of 9800 words or approx. 33 print pages in the Kurval sword and sorcery series, but may be read as a standalone. Includes an introduction and afterword.

Thurvok by Cora Bulhert

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Date: 2020 Onward

MainCategory: FANTASY

Type: Short story collection

Genre: Sword and sorcery

Lenght: short

Seriesize: 11

Authors: Cora Bulhert, Richard Blakemore

Reception: LIttle known

A collection of 11 sword and sorcery short stories i had never heard of :

Thurvok

by Cora Bulhert

Authors also write the Kurval serie, thurvok books are not linked together as a serie on amazon but you can find the first here

A Book of Blades: Rogues in the House Presents (The Book of Blades)

Date: 2020 Onward

MainCategory: FANTASY

Type: Short story collection

Genre: Sword and sorcery

Lenght: medium

Seriesize: .2

Narrator: Ember Lin

Reception: LIttle known

Within this tome are buried the blades of warriors, thieves, and wizards. Tales of their deeds, glories, and triumphs shall ring throughout the ages.

Rogues in the House Podcast has gathered the best tales of Sword & Sorcery from across the community.

Here, brave adventurers will find stories lovingly crafted from Heroic Fantasy greats such as Howard Andrew Jones, John R. Fultz, and John C. Hocking. At their side are up and coming genre authors Chuck Clark, T.A. Markitan, Cora Buhlert, and many more.

Includes artwork from various artists, including Morgan King, director of Spine of the Night, and Sara Frazetta, granddaughter of the Legend himself!

A Fistful of Demons: An Anthology of the Weird West

Date: 2020 Onward

MainCategory: HISTORICAL

Period: American history

Type: Short story collection

Genres: Historical horror, Lovecraftian/weird fiction, Western

trope: Weirdwest

Lenght: Lenghty

Authors: Brina Williamson, David J. West, Ryan Williamson

Six-Guns and Strange Shooters

Headlined by veteran storyteller David J. West, A Fistful of Demons assembles over twenty of the freshest voices in the Weird West genre into one massive anthology of short fiction that will take you on a wild ride unlike anything you’ve experienced before.

Weird West, Western Horror, Fantasy Western—call it what you will—the stories in A Fistful of Demons deftly weave together a complex and thrilling blend of North American mythology, magic, alternate histories of American icons, steampunk, and more—all framed in the action-rich setting of the Old West. Famous novels, comics, and games in the genre include Joe R. Lansdale’s epic Deadman’s Crossing, the classic RPG Deadlands, John Albano & Tony DeZuniga’s award-winning Jonah Hex comic book series, Stephen King’s opus The Dark Tower, and R.S. Belcher’s bestseller The Six-Gun Tarot.

A Fistful of Demons packs over 600 pages of Weird West stories inspired by the novel The Widow’s Son between two covers. No denying it, partner, this tome is fair bursting at the seams.