Old Moon Quarterly
@OldMoonPublish
Old Moon Quarterly is a Trigon Award-winning magazine of weird sword-and-sorcery in the vein of CAS, Tanith Lee and Karl Edward Wagner. Banner by Mark Jarrell.
We are officially open to submissions until August 7th! We want short stories 1k-10k words, poems of 50 lines or less. Dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, Arthuriana. We pay 9c a word, $50 for poems. More guidelines on our website! oldmoonpublishing.com/submissions
Still the GOAT
Perhaps it’s not quite as impressive as Elden Ring these days but its gothic atmosphere and surreal mythology are all things that make it worth playing. grimdarkmagazine.com/review-bloodbo…
Old Moon Quarterly @OldMoonPublish (Fiction Poetry; Fantasy; pays) opened to submissions duotrope.com/magazine/old-m… #amwriting
Helferich von Drache is an insanely awesome name. Write us stories about this man
Banner of Bishop & Bishopric of Pomesanien, with the device of St John the Evangelist, led by knight Markward or Marquard von Reschemburg, in service of Bishop Johann Reyman. Banner of Commandery & Borough of Ragnit, led by Komtur Eberhard von Wallenfels, or Helferich von Drache.
Great Bascinet, inspired by historical piece from Metmuseum. Title: Foot-Combat Helm Date: ca. 1490 Culture: possibly British or Flemish
We’ve been a bit quiet lately, but only because we’re busy finishing and polishing several things at once - lots of work, just not much to show yet. In the meantime, here’s a work-in-progress of our 3D model: a beautiful British Great Bascinet from 1490, designed for foot combat.…
Our Pre-order Store is up! If you missed some of the stories you wanted during our BackerKit campaign, including our popular All-in Bundle, you can purchase them here! …he-illuminated-magazine.backerkit.com/hosted_preorde…
Sword-and-sorcery faithful, mark your calendars. At long last, we unsheath our swords. This August 1, Battleborn magazine gears up to join the frontlines of fantasy! We launch on Indiegogo for our first year - and we can't wait to share what we've got planned! Swords Together!
Just a quick reminder: The Chain Story has its first two #freefiction offerings up. Please check it out and share/repost so we can get more eyeballs on these tales. (Sharing really helps.) Thank you. chainstorycore.com
Check out this novel by OMQ #4 author, e. rathke: kickstarter.com/projects/erath… Very much tickled by the title alone. First three chapters available on the writer's website too. Grim and humorous stuff, a bit like splatterpunk meets Abercrombie.
Grab a copy of Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror on Audible on a Prime Day special!
Last day for submissions! Guidelines here: bit.ly/3FZcgMA
Our crowdfunding campaign has concluded! $16,455: an absolutely incredible amount, 157% of our target number and almost 200% of what we raised in our first campaign. We are flabbergasted by the support. Thank you all very much!
Grond! Grond! 👹 THE WITCH-KING AT THE GATES OF MINAS TIRITH Art by Denis Gordeev
Second stretch goal slain! We are officially paying 9c a word for all prose
Another strong installment of one of the best dark fantasy fiction magazines around. grimdarkmagazine.com/review-old-moo…
Born on this day 79 years ago, Michael Shea was the last sword-and-sorcery author to win the World Fantasy Award in 1980, for NIFFT THE LEAN - and once you see Shea's lyrical prose and haunting visuals for yourself, you too will know why Niift has been so beloved ever since.
First stretch goal SLAIN! More art has been achieved. At $14,000, we unlock the first pay raise for our authors: we'll go from 8c USD a word to 9c. Onward!
