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The Chain Story 2 – Sword and Sorcery

The Chain Story 2 – Sword and Sorcery

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It has been 15 years since The Chain Story Project hit the internet; in 2010, Michael Stackpole led a bunch of authors to write stand-alone adventures all shared via “The Wanderers’ Club.”  All the stories were “chained” together with a common element but enabled every contributor to showcase their own characters/worlds. As standalone tales, they could be read in any order. And…. all stories were free to readers (at least for several months, many times indefinitely)!

Chain Story 2 has just commenced and will follow the same approach. This round, expect Sword & Sorcery with a common magical artifact represented in the logo. Learn about the project and the first three entries now on Black Gate. Shortcuts to the first three free stories are included below. Stories will be released every few weeks, so check the Chain Story website continuously, and you will also be treated to cool interviews (i.e., with S&S Champion Matthew John, who just released his second entry in his Maxus Cycle, Within the Weeping Eye).

We’ll aim to review the Chain Story Project as it develops again in a few months, but read this to get onboarded!
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So I’m Writing a Novel: A Sword & Sorcery Podcast

So I’m Writing a Novel: A Sword & Sorcery Podcast

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There is a swell of community growing around Sword & Sorcery (S&S) fiction. At least on the amateur and semi-professional level, there are a wealth of markets to enjoy and submit to, including (a partial list in alphabetical order): DMR books, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Parallel Universe Publications, Pulp Hero Press,  Rogue Blades, Swords and Sorcery Magazine, Tales From the Magician’s Skull, Weirdbook. and Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of S&S. As the ranks of authors, readers, and platforms grow, members are gathering across platforms such as Goodreads S&S group, the Whetstone S&S Tavern on Discord… and even podcasts.

This January, Black Gate highlighted the Rogues In the House S&S podcast. This round we highlight the So I’m Writing a Novel (SIWAN), a podcast chronicling author & freelance editor Oliver Brackenbury’s journey of writing an S&S novel, discussing craft and building community with a focus on the genre.

Writing a novel? Looking for a community?

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