Sean CW Korsgaard
@scwkorsgaard.bsky.social
Award-winning freelance reporter, author, US Army veteran and constant adventurer, seeking great stories and an audience to hear them.
Editor, Battleborn Magazine.
Reviewer, Analog SF&F.
Editor, Battleborn Magazine.
Reviewer, Analog SF&F.
Reading the Amber books by Roger Zelazny for the first time in at least a decade.
Gods these are good.
As in most things, Howard Andrew Jones was right.
Gods these are good.
As in most things, Howard Andrew Jones was right.
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Reading the Amber books by Roger Zelazny for the first time in at least a decade.
Gods these are good.
As in most things, Howard Andrew Jones was right.
Gods these are good.
As in most things, Howard Andrew Jones was right.
When I got hired at Baen, they shared the horror story of everything that went wrong with 1945.
Saw a picture of Jim Baen testifying before Congress because it got wrapped in Gingrich's scandals.
"If nothing you do here ends with us on CSPAN, I promise you've done better than some editors here."
Saw a picture of Jim Baen testifying before Congress because it got wrapped in Gingrich's scandals.
"If nothing you do here ends with us on CSPAN, I promise you've done better than some editors here."
But the champion of returns involves Baen's 1945, an alternate history by William R. Forstchen and a little-known politician named Newt Gingrich. The print run was going to be appropriate for a mid-list book.
Then, as I recall, stores convinced themselves 1945 was a sure best-seller.
(con't)
Then, as I recall, stores convinced themselves 1945 was a sure best-seller.
(con't)
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
When I got hired at Baen, they shared the horror story of everything that went wrong with 1945.
Saw a picture of Jim Baen testifying before Congress because it got wrapped in Gingrich's scandals.
"If nothing you do here ends with us on CSPAN, I promise you've done better than some editors here."
Saw a picture of Jim Baen testifying before Congress because it got wrapped in Gingrich's scandals.
"If nothing you do here ends with us on CSPAN, I promise you've done better than some editors here."
Happy Birthday to the great one, @michaelastackpole.bsky.social.
Also, Happy Thanksgiving one and all.
Also, Happy Thanksgiving one and all.
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Happy Birthday to the great one, @michaelastackpole.bsky.social.
Also, Happy Thanksgiving one and all.
Also, Happy Thanksgiving one and all.
Getting over a nasty case of something miserable and painful.
Good time to remind people @BattlebornMag is open to submissions until Midnight on Veterans Day, November 11.
Some good heroic fantasy to boost my spirits would be appreciated.
Good time to remind people @BattlebornMag is open to submissions until Midnight on Veterans Day, November 11.
Some good heroic fantasy to boost my spirits would be appreciated.
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Getting over a nasty case of something miserable and painful.
Good time to remind people @BattlebornMag is open to submissions until Midnight on Veterans Day, November 11.
Some good heroic fantasy to boost my spirits would be appreciated.
Good time to remind people @BattlebornMag is open to submissions until Midnight on Veterans Day, November 11.
Some good heroic fantasy to boost my spirits would be appreciated.
Ladies, gentlemen, lovers of sword-and-sorcery one and all:
Uncork the mead - we cracked 10k, and with that, BATTLEBORN #2 will drop in June 2026!
We cannot wait to bring blood-and-thunder back to the Frontlines of Fantasy with each and every one of you!
Uncork the mead - we cracked 10k, and with that, BATTLEBORN #2 will drop in June 2026!
We cannot wait to bring blood-and-thunder back to the Frontlines of Fantasy with each and every one of you!
October 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Ladies, gentlemen, lovers of sword-and-sorcery one and all:
Uncork the mead - we cracked 10k, and with that, BATTLEBORN #2 will drop in June 2026!
We cannot wait to bring blood-and-thunder back to the Frontlines of Fantasy with each and every one of you!
Uncork the mead - we cracked 10k, and with that, BATTLEBORN #2 will drop in June 2026!
We cannot wait to bring blood-and-thunder back to the Frontlines of Fantasy with each and every one of you!
12 Hours left in the Battleborn crowdfunder. We are $300 shy of locking in the summer release of Issue 2, complete with @michaelastackpole.bsky.social cover story.
Plus, ALL backers get over $200 of free fiction on top of the magazine.
To glory!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
Plus, ALL backers get over $200 of free fiction on top of the magazine.
To glory!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
Battleborn Magazine
From the Frontlines of Fantasy | Check out 'Battleborn Magazine' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
12 Hours left in the Battleborn crowdfunder. We are $300 shy of locking in the summer release of Issue 2, complete with @michaelastackpole.bsky.social cover story.
Plus, ALL backers get over $200 of free fiction on top of the magazine.
To glory!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
Plus, ALL backers get over $200 of free fiction on top of the magazine.
To glory!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
BATTLEBORN just broke 9k - and with our next stretch goal firmly in sight, what say we sweeten the pot?
ALL backers of BATTLEBORN will get digital copies of the first 4 issues of ANVIL - and a few other goodies, too - to help you get a taste for our team's work!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
ALL backers of BATTLEBORN will get digital copies of the first 4 issues of ANVIL - and a few other goodies, too - to help you get a taste for our team's work!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
September 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
BATTLEBORN just broke 9k - and with our next stretch goal firmly in sight, what say we sweeten the pot?
ALL backers of BATTLEBORN will get digital copies of the first 4 issues of ANVIL - and a few other goodies, too - to help you get a taste for our team's work!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
ALL backers of BATTLEBORN will get digital copies of the first 4 issues of ANVIL - and a few other goodies, too - to help you get a taste for our team's work!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
Battleborn, Swords & Sorcery Magazine and New Edge S&S each have less than 3 days left in thier crowdfunders.
Battleborn and Swords and Sorcery Magazine are also just over 1k each away from the next stretch goals.
Do your part to spice up next year's fantasy scene! Swords Together!
Battleborn and Swords and Sorcery Magazine are also just over 1k each away from the next stretch goals.
Do your part to spice up next year's fantasy scene! Swords Together!
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Battleborn, Swords & Sorcery Magazine and New Edge S&S each have less than 3 days left in thier crowdfunders.
Battleborn and Swords and Sorcery Magazine are also just over 1k each away from the next stretch goals.
Do your part to spice up next year's fantasy scene! Swords Together!
Battleborn and Swords and Sorcery Magazine are also just over 1k each away from the next stretch goals.
Do your part to spice up next year's fantasy scene! Swords Together!
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Join me in backing Battleborn. Help them reach their next goal to lock in the date for their second issue. Swords together! www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
Battleborn Magazine
From the Frontlines of Fantasy | Check out 'Battleborn Magazine' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join me in backing Battleborn. Help them reach their next goal to lock in the date for their second issue. Swords together! www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
Raise your glasses and your blades to David Drake, born this day 80 years ago. Vietnam veteran, military scifi pioneer, and among the finest authors and champions of sword-and-sorcery that the genre has ever known.
Does anybody here have a favorite David Drake story?
Does anybody here have a favorite David Drake story?
September 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Raise your glasses and your blades to David Drake, born this day 80 years ago. Vietnam veteran, military scifi pioneer, and among the finest authors and champions of sword-and-sorcery that the genre has ever known.
Does anybody here have a favorite David Drake story?
Does anybody here have a favorite David Drake story?
Joe Haldeman said he had written the rough draft of a Conan novel while deployed to Vietnam, whose manuscript ended as "casualties of a fire fight."
If you excuse me, I must know lament that we could have had sword-and-sorcery from Joe Haldeman, joining David Drake as a MilSF titan that did both.
If you excuse me, I must know lament that we could have had sword-and-sorcery from Joe Haldeman, joining David Drake as a MilSF titan that did both.
September 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Joe Haldeman said he had written the rough draft of a Conan novel while deployed to Vietnam, whose manuscript ended as "casualties of a fire fight."
If you excuse me, I must know lament that we could have had sword-and-sorcery from Joe Haldeman, joining David Drake as a MilSF titan that did both.
If you excuse me, I must know lament that we could have had sword-and-sorcery from Joe Haldeman, joining David Drake as a MilSF titan that did both.
Lets take a moment to remember Tanith Lee today, on what would have been her 78th birthday.
Lee straddled horror, fantasy, romance and science fiction in her sword-and-sorcery in a way few authors did.
Do any of you have a favorite story by Tanith Lee?
Lee straddled horror, fantasy, romance and science fiction in her sword-and-sorcery in a way few authors did.
Do any of you have a favorite story by Tanith Lee?
September 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Lets take a moment to remember Tanith Lee today, on what would have been her 78th birthday.
Lee straddled horror, fantasy, romance and science fiction in her sword-and-sorcery in a way few authors did.
Do any of you have a favorite story by Tanith Lee?
Lee straddled horror, fantasy, romance and science fiction in her sword-and-sorcery in a way few authors did.
Do any of you have a favorite story by Tanith Lee?
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Today at the blog, @princejvstin.com interviews @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social
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Interview with Sean CW Korsgaard
Sean CW Korsgaard is a U.S. Army veteran, award-winning freelance journalist, author, editor, and publicist who has worked with Analog Scien...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Today at the blog, @princejvstin.com interviews @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social
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2 weeks left to lock down your subscription to year 1 of Battleborn! I have a story, the first in a series in issue #1.
September 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
2 weeks left to lock down your subscription to year 1 of Battleborn! I have a story, the first in a series in issue #1.
Two weeks left in our crowdfunder for Battlenborn Magazine, many goals lie ahead! Good odds for any warrior!
Remember, all of our backers get a vote on which cover graces the cover of Battleborn #1 - but ONLY our backers! We're mercenaries, not a democracy!
Remember, all of our backers get a vote on which cover graces the cover of Battleborn #1 - but ONLY our backers! We're mercenaries, not a democracy!
September 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Two weeks left in our crowdfunder for Battlenborn Magazine, many goals lie ahead! Good odds for any warrior!
Remember, all of our backers get a vote on which cover graces the cover of Battleborn #1 - but ONLY our backers! We're mercenaries, not a democracy!
Remember, all of our backers get a vote on which cover graces the cover of Battleborn #1 - but ONLY our backers! We're mercenaries, not a democracy!
Reposted by Sean CW Korsgaard
For the edification of the Early Shift:
The Chain Story Project is back with its sixth round of free fiction, this week's story being The Village of Morvoss by Thomas Grayfson.
Please download, enjoy, like and share (especially share, that helps so much).
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
The Chain Story Project is back with its sixth round of free fiction, this week's story being The Village of Morvoss by Thomas Grayfson.
Please download, enjoy, like and share (especially share, that helps so much).
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
www.chainstorycore.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
For the edification of the Early Shift:
The Chain Story Project is back with its sixth round of free fiction, this week's story being The Village of Morvoss by Thomas Grayfson.
Please download, enjoy, like and share (especially share, that helps so much).
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
The Chain Story Project is back with its sixth round of free fiction, this week's story being The Village of Morvoss by Thomas Grayfson.
Please download, enjoy, like and share (especially share, that helps so much).
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
We have Jason Ray Carney tapped for a few columns in Battleborn - if you want a great look at his fiction, why not pick up The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol 1?
In "The Ink of the Slime Lord", by Jason Ray Carney, a witch punishes the sorcerer who betrayed her cult. Back The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1 to get this and 13 other magical stories. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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.
www.backerkit.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We have Jason Ray Carney tapped for a few columns in Battleborn - if you want a great look at his fiction, why not pick up The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol 1?
Reposted by Sean CW Korsgaard
There are some new goodies available for backers of The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1. We've added interior art postcards and some original art as add-ons. Of course, you do have to pledge to add them on. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Add Ons | The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1
- BackerKit
Make your pledge your own
www.backerkit.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There are some new goodies available for backers of The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1. We've added interior art postcards and some original art as add-ons. Of course, you do have to pledge to add them on. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Reposted by Sean CW Korsgaard
I just fired off my story for Battleborn Magazine to the editor, @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social who is a gentleman and a scholar. There's still time to back the magazine, too. So do it. www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
Battleborn Magazine
From the Frontlines of Fantasy | Check out 'Battleborn Magazine' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I just fired off my story for Battleborn Magazine to the editor, @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social who is a gentleman and a scholar. There's still time to back the magazine, too. So do it. www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
Reposted by Sean CW Korsgaard
REMINDER: the crowdfund for BATTLEBORN magazine is live this month! First issue launches in February, and yes, I have a story in it! Help raise and pass on the blazing torch of Sword & Sorcery!
#writesky #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasy #booksky #fantasysky #epicfantasy
#writesky #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasy #booksky #fantasysky #epicfantasy
Battleborn Magazine
From the Frontlines of Fantasy | Check out 'Battleborn Magazine' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
REMINDER: the crowdfund for BATTLEBORN magazine is live this month! First issue launches in February, and yes, I have a story in it! Help raise and pass on the blazing torch of Sword & Sorcery!
#writesky #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasy #booksky #fantasysky #epicfantasy
#writesky #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasy #booksky #fantasysky #epicfantasy
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I have the paperback edition from Baen. The memoirs by the late David Drake and Karl Edward Wagner are poignant. Thanks to a friend who shared a digital file of his copy, I was able to see a film interview with Drake done a few months prior to his passing in 2023 where he spoke of MWW.
September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I have the paperback edition from Baen. The memoirs by the late David Drake and Karl Edward Wagner are poignant. Thanks to a friend who shared a digital file of his copy, I was able to see a film interview with Drake done a few months prior to his passing in 2023 where he spoke of MWW.
I'm a firm believer in two things:
-Rising Tide, All Boats
-More sword-and-sorcery is good for everyone!
So back S&S Mag and Battleborn today! Double the action, double the blood-and-thunder!
-Rising Tide, All Boats
-More sword-and-sorcery is good for everyone!
So back S&S Mag and Battleborn today! Double the action, double the blood-and-thunder!
Best of S&SM1 is 35% funded in only three days! That's a great start. Can you help us keep up the momentum by pledging today? Looking to get 50 backers today.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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.
www.backerkit.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I'm a firm believer in two things:
-Rising Tide, All Boats
-More sword-and-sorcery is good for everyone!
So back S&S Mag and Battleborn today! Double the action, double the blood-and-thunder!
-Rising Tide, All Boats
-More sword-and-sorcery is good for everyone!
So back S&S Mag and Battleborn today! Double the action, double the blood-and-thunder!
Reposted by Sean CW Korsgaard
Continuing out early career retrospective of C. L. Moore with "The Dark Land" (1936), the 4th published Jirel of Joiry story. Not many swords but a good bit of sorcery.
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“The Dark Land” (1936) by C. L. Moore
Glad you liked “The Dark Land”. I made the drawing a long time ago, and wrote the story so I could bring it in, with the addition of a cadaverous head and a swirl of vagueness.—C. L. Moore to H. P.…
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September 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Continuing out early career retrospective of C. L. Moore with "The Dark Land" (1936), the 4th published Jirel of Joiry story. Not many swords but a good bit of sorcery.
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Today is also pulp fantasy author Harold Lamb’s birthday!
Happy 133nd birthday to another of the founding fathers of fantasy, Harold Lamb, whose historical adventure fiction following cossacks and crusaders influenced authors from Robert E. Howard to Howard Andrew Jones!
Who among you has ridden the steppe with Lamb?
Who among you has ridden the steppe with Lamb?
September 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Today is also pulp fantasy author Harold Lamb’s birthday!
Happy 133nd birthday to another of the founding fathers of fantasy, Harold Lamb, whose historical adventure fiction following cossacks and crusaders influenced authors from Robert E. Howard to Howard Andrew Jones!
Who among you has ridden the steppe with Lamb?
Who among you has ridden the steppe with Lamb?
September 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy 133nd birthday to another of the founding fathers of fantasy, Harold Lamb, whose historical adventure fiction following cossacks and crusaders influenced authors from Robert E. Howard to Howard Andrew Jones!
Who among you has ridden the steppe with Lamb?
Who among you has ridden the steppe with Lamb?