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⚔️NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY ISSUES FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN are out now🧙‍♀️

Featuring new Jirel of Joiry, a Sword & Planet special issue, a feast of art...🤩

Available in:
💻 Accessible digital
📖 Classic softcover
and
📚 Luxurious hardcover formats

Get them direct from our site 👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com
Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in softcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of six and seven, then the top half of issue five. Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in hardcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of five and sis, then the top half of issue seven.
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🪓Old friends drop by to visit NESS, brought to us from the pen of @samjroyale.bsky.social for an article by Eric Williams in New Edge Sword & Sorcery #6 - available now! ⚔️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
A black and white illustration, cropped, of Conan and Jirel of Joiry posing in the foreground while a mysterious city sits in the background, shrouded in mist. The art is by Sam J Royale, @samjroyale.bsky.social on Bluesky. A photo of issue six of New Edge Sword & Sorcery laying on a white background, with its awesome cover by Goran Gligovic of a black, dreadlocked warrior woman bursting triumphantly from the belly of a giant snake while her pet lion watches. A caption above the magazine reads "Get great art, stories, and more in..." and below "www.newedgeswordandsorcery.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Jirel is such an underappreciated part of S&S. She deserves as much recognition as Conan and Elric do, imo.
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"Jirel and the Mirror of Truth", by @mollytanzer.bsky.social, can be found in issue three of New Edge Sword & Sorcery!

Cover art by @azuremeraki.bsky.social, interior illustrations for Molly's story by Saprophial.

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December 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Sometime Lofty Towers is excellent. A must read for anyone with an interest in Sword & Sorcery and a damn fine book even if you aren't.
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⚔️SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS, our first ever novel, is out now! ⚔️

Featuring gorgeous cover art by @azuremeraki.bsky.social, interior illustrations, calligraphy drop caps, and 🩸crimson spray edges🩸, this traditionally printed paperback is a pleasure to hold!

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Big header text in bold over a yellow background reads: THE PAST DOES NOT HOLD US; IT'S THAT WE DO NOT LET IT GO Then regular text after that, which reads as follows: SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS is a Sword & Sorcery tale of raging against frontier injustice, of struggling with the bondage of bone-deep grudges... ...of seeking peace while swinging gore-soaked steel. As if Clint Eastwood's character from Unforgiven carried a sword, Hanlin is an educated & intelligent warrior of some years. When Hanlin was young he fought for the wealthy, pushing their "civilization" deeper into frontier lands that could make them wealthier still...if not for the "barbarians" who'd lived there for generations. Hailing from lands far North, Hanlin stands apart from both, alone. Twenty years later Hanlin is living a quieter, if unfulfilling life...when an old comrade tries to recruit him into a new war to push the frontier ever further at the expense of its Indigenous peoples. Feeling obligation to those peoples he'd once fought, thirsting for revenge against another he'd soldiered alongside lo those many years ago, and ultimately wondering if this could all open a door to a life where he is finally, truly at peace, Hanlin heads back to the frontier that made him who he is—to see who he'll become.
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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⚔️SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS, our first ever novel, is out now! ⚔️

Featuring gorgeous cover art by @azuremeraki.bsky.social, interior illustrations, calligraphy drop caps, and 🩸crimson spray edges🩸, this traditionally printed paperback is a pleasure to hold!

👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate... 👈
Big header text in bold over a yellow background reads: THE PAST DOES NOT HOLD US; IT'S THAT WE DO NOT LET IT GO Then regular text after that, which reads as follows: SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS is a Sword & Sorcery tale of raging against frontier injustice, of struggling with the bondage of bone-deep grudges... ...of seeking peace while swinging gore-soaked steel. As if Clint Eastwood's character from Unforgiven carried a sword, Hanlin is an educated & intelligent warrior of some years. When Hanlin was young he fought for the wealthy, pushing their "civilization" deeper into frontier lands that could make them wealthier still...if not for the "barbarians" who'd lived there for generations. Hailing from lands far North, Hanlin stands apart from both, alone. Twenty years later Hanlin is living a quieter, if unfulfilling life...when an old comrade tries to recruit him into a new war to push the frontier ever further at the expense of its Indigenous peoples. Feeling obligation to those peoples he'd once fought, thirsting for revenge against another he'd soldiered alongside lo those many years ago, and ultimately wondering if this could all open a door to a life where he is finally, truly at peace, Hanlin heads back to the frontier that made him who he is—to see who he'll become.
December 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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"Jirel and the Mirror of Truth", by @mollytanzer.bsky.social, can be found in issue three of New Edge Sword & Sorcery!

Cover art by @azuremeraki.bsky.social, interior illustrations for Molly's story by Saprophial.

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A softcover of New Edge Sword & Sorcery issue three lay flat on a white background, showing off cover art of Jirel of Joiry by Saša Đurđević aka @azuremeraki.bsky.social on Bluesky.
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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It was an honor to do illustrations for @minillajovovich.bsky.social amazing short story. Go check out this issue and other work from this author.
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⚔️A fine battle in the Sword & Sorcery tradition...but who are those weirdos watching?👹

Art by @thoughtographic.bsky.social, for a brand new story by @minillajovovich.bsky.social in New Edge Sword & Sorcery #5 - available now! newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
Crop of a black & white illustration by Justin McElroy aka @thoughtographic.bsky.social It shows a burly pirate woman engaged in a climactic battle with an axe-wielding man, both of them standing among mountains of treasure while dozens of bizarre demons watch from the sidelines.
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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It has arrived! A handy sized paperback, with edges the color of drying blood. Perfect for getting back into Sword & Sorcery.

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Sometime Lofty Towers, by David C. Smith The cover depicts a muscled man with wild hair, standing over a fallen figure Crimson sprayed paper edges
December 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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"Jirel and the Mirror of Truth", by @mollytanzer.bsky.social, can be found in issue three of New Edge Sword & Sorcery!

Cover art by @azuremeraki.bsky.social, interior illustrations for Molly's story by Saprophial.

👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate... 👈
A softcover of New Edge Sword & Sorcery issue three lay flat on a white background, showing off cover art of Jirel of Joiry by Saša Đurđević aka @azuremeraki.bsky.social on Bluesky.
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Would you listen to an audiobook read by international reprobate Oliver Brackenbury? Inquiring Oliver Brackenburies (sp?) would love to know!
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From S&S veteran David C. Smith comes a tale of raging against frontier injustice, of struggling with the bondage of bone-deep grudges...

...of seeking peace while swinging gore-soaked steel.

🎙️Listen to the first chapter here🎧:
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Sometime Lofty Towers: Chapter One
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December 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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You may think me biased but this is a truly fantastic S&S novel and I'm proud to have painted the cover for it! ⚔️
newedgeswordmag.bsky.social New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 1d
⚔️SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS, our first ever novel, is out now! ⚔️

Featuring gorgeous cover art by @azuremeraki.bsky.social, interior illustrations, calligraphy drop caps, and 🩸crimson spray edges🩸, this traditionally printed paperback is a pleasure to hold!

👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate... 👈
Big header text in bold over a yellow background reads: THE PAST DOES NOT HOLD US; IT'S THAT WE DO NOT LET IT GO Then regular text after that, which reads as follows: SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS is a Sword & Sorcery tale of raging against frontier injustice, of struggling with the bondage of bone-deep grudges... ...of seeking peace while swinging gore-soaked steel. As if Clint Eastwood's character from Unforgiven carried a sword, Hanlin is an educated & intelligent warrior of some years. When Hanlin was young he fought for the wealthy, pushing their "civilization" deeper into frontier lands that could make them wealthier still...if not for the "barbarians" who'd lived there for generations. Hailing from lands far North, Hanlin stands apart from both, alone. Twenty years later Hanlin is living a quieter, if unfulfilling life...when an old comrade tries to recruit him into a new war to push the frontier ever further at the expense of its Indigenous peoples. Feeling obligation to those peoples he'd once fought, thirsting for revenge against another he'd soldiered alongside lo those many years ago, and ultimately wondering if this could all open a door to a life where he is finally, truly at peace, Hanlin heads back to the frontier that made him who he is—to see who he'll become.
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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I’m ludicrously excited to get my copy of this novel. I mean, seriously, old-school sword and sorcery with anti-colonialist themes? Sign me up!

…oh, wait, I already did. 😅
newedgeswordmag.bsky.social New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 1d
⚔️SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS, our first ever novel, is out now! ⚔️

Featuring gorgeous cover art by @azuremeraki.bsky.social, interior illustrations, calligraphy drop caps, and 🩸crimson spray edges🩸, this traditionally printed paperback is a pleasure to hold!

👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate... 👈
Big header text in bold over a yellow background reads: THE PAST DOES NOT HOLD US; IT'S THAT WE DO NOT LET IT GO Then regular text after that, which reads as follows: SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS is a Sword & Sorcery tale of raging against frontier injustice, of struggling with the bondage of bone-deep grudges... ...of seeking peace while swinging gore-soaked steel. As if Clint Eastwood's character from Unforgiven carried a sword, Hanlin is an educated & intelligent warrior of some years. When Hanlin was young he fought for the wealthy, pushing their "civilization" deeper into frontier lands that could make them wealthier still...if not for the "barbarians" who'd lived there for generations. Hailing from lands far North, Hanlin stands apart from both, alone. Twenty years later Hanlin is living a quieter, if unfulfilling life...when an old comrade tries to recruit him into a new war to push the frontier ever further at the expense of its Indigenous peoples. Feeling obligation to those peoples he'd once fought, thirsting for revenge against another he'd soldiered alongside lo those many years ago, and ultimately wondering if this could all open a door to a life where he is finally, truly at peace, Hanlin heads back to the frontier that made him who he is—to see who he'll become.
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
⚔️SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS, our first ever novel, is out now! ⚔️

Featuring gorgeous cover art by @azuremeraki.bsky.social, interior illustrations, calligraphy drop caps, and 🩸crimson spray edges🩸, this traditionally printed paperback is a pleasure to hold!

👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate... 👈
Big header text in bold over a yellow background reads: THE PAST DOES NOT HOLD US; IT'S THAT WE DO NOT LET IT GO Then regular text after that, which reads as follows: SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS is a Sword & Sorcery tale of raging against frontier injustice, of struggling with the bondage of bone-deep grudges... ...of seeking peace while swinging gore-soaked steel. As if Clint Eastwood's character from Unforgiven carried a sword, Hanlin is an educated & intelligent warrior of some years. When Hanlin was young he fought for the wealthy, pushing their "civilization" deeper into frontier lands that could make them wealthier still...if not for the "barbarians" who'd lived there for generations. Hailing from lands far North, Hanlin stands apart from both, alone. Twenty years later Hanlin is living a quieter, if unfulfilling life...when an old comrade tries to recruit him into a new war to push the frontier ever further at the expense of its Indigenous peoples. Feeling obligation to those peoples he'd once fought, thirsting for revenge against another he'd soldiered alongside lo those many years ago, and ultimately wondering if this could all open a door to a life where he is finally, truly at peace, Hanlin heads back to the frontier that made him who he is—to see who he'll become.
December 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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⚔️A fine battle in the Sword & Sorcery tradition...but who are those weirdos watching?👹

Art by @thoughtographic.bsky.social, for a brand new story by @minillajovovich.bsky.social in New Edge Sword & Sorcery #5 - available now! newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
Crop of a black & white illustration by Justin McElroy aka @thoughtographic.bsky.social It shows a burly pirate woman engaged in a climactic battle with an axe-wielding man, both of them standing among mountains of treasure while dozens of bizarre demons watch from the sidelines.
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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⚔️ Looting history isn't lazy world-building, it's the cornerstone of good Sword-and-Sorcery.

#Sword&Sorcery #Conan #BookSky #S&S

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If you’re writing Conan pastiche and have any hope of recreating even the smallest measure of Robert E.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Look, you're an eldritch being forced to spend eons in a cave guarding a hoard of gold, stuck with nothing to do but stare at the walls and ceiling waiting for fools to rend asunder, then -two- fools come to steal it and start fighting over it? You take your entertainment where you can. . .
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⚔️A fine battle in the Sword & Sorcery tradition...but who are those weirdos watching?👹

Art by @thoughtographic.bsky.social, for a brand new story by @minillajovovich.bsky.social in New Edge Sword & Sorcery #5 - available now! newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
Crop of a black & white illustration by Justin McElroy aka @thoughtographic.bsky.social It shows a burly pirate woman engaged in a climactic battle with an axe-wielding man, both of them standing among mountains of treasure while dozens of bizarre demons watch from the sidelines.
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Behind the scenes/pages trivia:

I had to rewrite this scene after seeing Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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⚔️A fine battle in the Sword & Sorcery tradition...but who are those weirdos watching?👹

Art by @thoughtographic.bsky.social, for a brand new story by @minillajovovich.bsky.social in New Edge Sword & Sorcery #5 - available now! newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
Crop of a black & white illustration by Justin McElroy aka @thoughtographic.bsky.social It shows a burly pirate woman engaged in a climactic battle with an axe-wielding man, both of them standing among mountains of treasure while dozens of bizarre demons watch from the sidelines.
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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⚔️A fine battle in the Sword & Sorcery tradition...but who are those weirdos watching?👹

Art by @thoughtographic.bsky.social, for a brand new story by @minillajovovich.bsky.social in New Edge Sword & Sorcery #5 - available now! newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
Crop of a black & white illustration by Justin McElroy aka @thoughtographic.bsky.social It shows a burly pirate woman engaged in a climactic battle with an axe-wielding man, both of them standing among mountains of treasure while dozens of bizarre demons watch from the sidelines.
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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⚔️NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY ISSUES FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN are out now🧙‍♀️

Featuring new Jirel of Joiry, a Sword & Planet special issue, a feast of art...🤩

Available in:
💻 Accessible digital
📖 Classic softcover
and
📚 Luxurious hardcover formats

Get them direct from our site 👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com
Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in softcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of six and seven, then the top half of issue five. Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in hardcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of five and sis, then the top half of issue seven.
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Really enjoying reading this so far! Get it!
newedgeswordmag.bsky.social New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 2d
⚔️NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY ISSUES FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN are out now🧙‍♀️

Featuring new Jirel of Joiry, a Sword & Planet special issue, a feast of art...🤩

Available in:
💻 Accessible digital
📖 Classic softcover
and
📚 Luxurious hardcover formats

Get them direct from our site 👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com
Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in softcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of six and seven, then the top half of issue five. Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in hardcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of five and sis, then the top half of issue seven.
December 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Being on this panel was so fun!

HEY UNIVERSE, IF YOU WANNA HAVE ME COME TALK ABOUT PUBLISHING, MAGAZINES, SWORD & SORCERY ETC HIT ME UP!
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December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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If you aren't already reading New Edge, I really can't recommend them enough. I grew up reading my dad's old Lankhmar and Elric books and these are one of the only contemporary offerings that scratch the itch.
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⚔️NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY ISSUES FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN are out now🧙‍♀️

Featuring new Jirel of Joiry, a Sword & Planet special issue, a feast of art...🤩

Available in:
💻 Accessible digital
📖 Classic softcover
and
📚 Luxurious hardcover formats

Get them direct from our site 👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com
Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in softcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of six and seven, then the top half of issue five. Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in hardcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of five and sis, then the top half of issue seven.
December 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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If you've tried to buy the digital editions in the last few hours and been told they need shipping...try again now.

The computer gremlins seem to be out for us this week, but WE. ARE OUT. FOR THEM! ⚔️🔥🪓

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December 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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If you're not reading NESS, now is the time, the moment, THE HOUR!! RAAAAGGH ⚔️⚔️⚔️
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⚔️NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY ISSUES FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN are out now🧙‍♀️

Featuring new Jirel of Joiry, a Sword & Planet special issue, a feast of art...🤩

Available in:
💻 Accessible digital
📖 Classic softcover
and
📚 Luxurious hardcover formats

Get them direct from our site 👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com
Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in softcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of six and seven, then the top half of issue five. Issues five six and seven of New Edge Sword & Sorcery five, six, and seven in hardcover. They're layered vertically so you can see just the title and issue numbers of five and sis, then the top half of issue seven.
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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It's finally out: New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5, featuring my contribution "Staku-ra's Hoard" - in which a seaside waitress joins a crew of reprobates (her ex among them) on the hunt for a cursed treasure!

Please enjoy this piratical adventure!

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The cover to New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5, featuring a triumphant warrior woman holding her sword aloft over a fallen foe
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