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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

HONOR AMONG ROGUES got its first review from a non-ARC reader!

CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Hard at work on a novel length classic Adventure tale, but I got something coming for Sword & Sorcery fans too! A little peak... Art by Mike Hoffman

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Cooked 1k words on a secret project while my daughter was napping. Here's a taste: A curdling howl rose from the crowd, and the drumming renewed at a fevered pace. The frantic beat was accompanied by a primitive chorus chanting in time a single brutal syllable. “Thok!” they cried. “Thok! Thok!” .

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Adding this to the reading stack.

Indiana Jones Omnibus: The Further Adventures Volume 3.

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🦇Harper 🔜 ANE 🦇 @2manystripes.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The possibility of World War III loomed large in the 1950s and 1960s. This story from MEN, March 1957 by Martin Caidin is one of many WWIII stories that appeared in men's adventure magazines in those decades. (Scan via the Men's Adventure Magazines & Books Facebook Group-> bit.ly/mensadventureFB.)

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

⚔️⏲️WE FUNDED IN 29 HOURS???⏲️⚔️ Holy heck, you made it happen and happen FAST. Check out the update for more details on what this madness means for us....and YOU! 🐌 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... 🐌

Just Funded graphic showing the snail knight. Top caption reads "You're making our 2026 issues happen!", bottom reads "Onward, snail knight, to unlock double art!"

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Matt always got his finger on the pulse of cool shit. No surpirse HONOR AMONG ROGUES is in here. Also, no lies detected in his Slasher ranking. Lastly, LOVE that New Edge is embracing the 80's fantasy advert style. Nailed it.

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

New story up on Cliffhanger! Magazine! A tale of heroic brotherhood and sword-swinging action that straddles the line between Sword & Sorcery and Heroic Historical! cliffhangermagazine.com/2026/02/13/s...

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SLOBODA

EDITOR’S NOTE Today’s work from author and editor Jason Waltz straddles a fine line between the tradition of Pulp fantasy and Heroic Historical fiction. The world that the characters in…

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Happy 58th Birthday to Josh Brolin

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Scott Oden @orcwriter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Using seemingly random bits of detail to shed light on characters . . . open.substack.com/pub/soden/p/...

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Carved Horses and Curse Tablets

Using Ephemeral Details to Illuminate Character

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Anniversary of the best film that never was.

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Happy birthday to the master, Frank Frazetta. "Painting with Fire" is the the only to describe his genre-defining work.

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Happy Birthday to the late, great Frank Frazetta, born Frank Frazzetta 98 years ago today

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Andy Fix @ajfixer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This painting changed my life. I first saw it on the cover of a book when I was just 6, and introduced my young mind to a whole new world of wonder. Today is the birthday of the artist who created this painting, the legendary Frank Frazetta, who will forever be my favorite. #dailynerdfix

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

DEATH FROM THE STEPPE!, a 2 Part swashbuckling epic in the vein of classic Zorro by author Kevin Beckett! ONLY AT CLIFFHANGER! cliffhangermagazine.com/2025/11/07/d...

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

⚔️ We here at NESS have had good fortune that we'd like to pay forward by helping our sword-siblings @swordsagainst.bsky.social get their new S&S magazine off the ground via a collab-crowdfund! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Learn more by checking out their sign-up page here👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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Milton Davis @miltonmvmedia.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Troy Johnson, President of the African American Literary Book Club, has successfully petitioned Ingram to add a new subject category: FICTION / African American & Black / Fantasy (incl. Sword & Soul)! Happy Black History Month!

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Heading outside, but on full alert.

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Pulp Covers @pulpcovers.com · 06/02/2026

South Sea Tales Hurricanes, Plague And White Men Hit The Virgin South Pacific via pulpcovers.com/south-sea-tales Covers, Babes, David Lockhart, Paperback, Tropical Islands

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Have you all seen this piece of art from New Edge? Sublime! No other words to describe it. Keep up Crom's work!

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The gang running these Conan comics are doing a bang-up job! So happy to see dedication to prose as well!

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

HONOR AMONG ROGUES is available NOW in both MASSMARKET PAPERBACK and EBOOK! DRM FREE and downloaable as EPUB or PDF! Kindle Unlimited too! www.amazon.com/Honor-Among-...

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The Books of Blades series and Honor Among Rogues are DRM-free and available to download as EPUB or PDF, per new updates at Amazon. @matthewjohnauthor.bsky.social and I will always be as pro-consumer as we can manage. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9NGVXV... www.amazon.com/Honor-Among-...

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The Book of Blades

Visit Amazon's The Book of Blades Page and shop for all The Book of Blades books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Book of Blades

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Pulp Covers @pulpcovers.com · 02/02/2026

The Moon Maid Discovery and adventure in the unseen world of the Moon via via pulpcovers.com/the-moon-maid Covers, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Painting, Paperback, Roy Krenkel

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

⚔️ WELCOME BACK PREMEE MOHAMED!⚔️ @premeemohamed.com will have a brand new story in one of this year's issues. See cool art, crowdfund exclusives, and other exciting details here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Anyone out there writing Silver John type stuff? What a vibe.

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I have to admit something. I have zero love for Sword & Planet. I don't get it. That said, Dariel Quiogue is my absolute favorite living Sword & Sorcery author. I have no doubt his story in this an absolute banger. More Orhan though. Please/Thankyou.

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 02/02/2026

Premiering this Thursday: C. L. Moore & Robert E. Howard: Their Friendship & Their Sword Women www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfFO...

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C.L. Moore & Robert E. Howard: Their Friendship & Their Sword Women

YouTube video by Robert E. Howard Foundation

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Unfinished ball point pen sketch from a few years ago

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

These old covers are so much. The action and drama of the artwork. The unabashed fib of being "True". The lurid column headlines. It all brings such a big grin to my face.

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This art right here emdonies so much of what I love about Pulp. Good stuff right here.

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A friend notified me that my new release, HONOR AMONG ROGUES, is #4 in Action/Adventure Short Stories! tinyurl.com/uwtzjs7r

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Do you write action and adventure dressed in all the trappings of vintage Pulp? Do you have detective stories, westerns, treasure hunts, and stories with a splash of weird? CLIFFHANGER! wants you! cliffhangermagazine.com/submissions/

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 02/02/2026

I don't know if Charles R. Saunders was the first Black author to tackle the Cthulhu Mythos, but he's the first I know of. His story goes into very unusual territory immediately, being told about two Black men and dealing with the history of slavery in the US. deepcuts.blog/2020/08/29/j...

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“Jeroboam Henley’s Debt” (1982) by Charles R. Saunders

And he remembered a night more than a dozen years ago in Virginia, when he and Nedeau had been stopped by a policeman wanting to know exactly how a couple of “Nigras” had come by such a…

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 02/02/2026

Book catalogue project, entry 561: Essential Solitude: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth (2008, Hippocampus Press) by H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth, edited by David E. Schultz & S. T. Joshi. 2 vols. Ex-library with usual markings. Mostly clean pages, some wear.

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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 02/02/2026

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #28 arrived in stores last week. Conan and his forces fight a desperate battle against the oppressive Mad King Numedides of Aquilonia and only one will survive their final confrontation! What did reviewers think of the climax of our story arc? www.jimzub.com/conan-the-ba...

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Pulp Covers @pulpcovers.com · 02/02/2026

The Ghost Patrol via pulpcovers.com/the-ghost-patrol Covers, Aircraft, Dare-Devil Aces, Frederick Blakeslee, Magazine, Painting

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

New Release: HONOR AMONG ROGUES by L.D. Whitney Six Thrilling Tales and Pulp Action & Adventure inspired by vintage Pulp Magazines like Argosy, Thrilling Tales, and Blue Book! Mass Market Paperback available now! tinyurl.com/uwtzjs7r

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Alec Worley @agentofweird.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

What creative ownership really means, comics vs. prose, writing a tale I can finally call my own, and how it all went wrong when I wasn’t writing for money... With thanks to @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social @obrackenbury.bsky.social + @mspencerdraws.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/alecworl...

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Saving the Writer’s Soul from Work-for-Hire Hell

What creative ownership really means, writing a sword and sorcery tale I can finally call my own, and how it all went wrong when I wasn’t writing for money

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It's time for Reading the Weird to go back to its Lovecraftian roots, via cave diving into subliminal currents and Antarctic expeditions. Let's discuss K.M. Tonso’s “Last Rites," originally published in The Madness of Cthulhu!

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The Magnificent Vanishing Act of the Mountains of Madness: K.M. Tonso’s “Last Rites” - Reactor

Humanity might deserve to one day unleash the shoggoths upon itself...

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

WELCOME RENATA MUKHAMETZHANOVA! @remmukh.bsky.social will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art, gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives, and sign up to be alerted on launch day 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Cropped black & white illustration by @remmukh.bsky.social, showing a strange, archaic cityscape with fog oozing up its sides.

Cropped black & white illustration by @remmukh.bsky.social, showing a whip-wielding demon scuttling toward you!

Cropped black & white illustration by @remmukh.bsky.social, showing a silhouette of an elven sorcerer descending a set of stars, armies & tentacles writing on either side, toward a defiant looking elf.

Cropped black & white illustration by @remmukh.bsky.social, showing a group of agonized men (?) in full body covering armor all looking very upset as the one in the foreground uses a dagger to kill one of several strange creatures the size & shape of a football with a little hand extending from one point.

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Inspired by @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social, a distinctly Logan's humor elaboration of why I love Mass Market Paperbacks. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Devotion to the Paperback

Why Fat Books are Dumb and Wrong

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Robin Marx @robinmarx.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2026

Got my loot from the New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine, Beating Hearts & Battle-Axes, and Sometime Lofty Towers crowdfunds! #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery

Three hardcover 2025 issues of New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine, plus mass market paperback-sized printings of the Beating Hearts & Battle-Axes anthology and Sometime Lofty Towers by David C. Smith. In front of the books are three bonus bookmarks and three postcards displaying cover artwork from the books.

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CLIFFHANGER! Magazine @cliffhangermag.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

HONOR AMONG ROGUES packs in six tales of retro-inspired Pulp Adventure! Ebook available for pre-order NOW! Classic Mass Market Paperbacks available soon! tinyurl.com/f25zhdm6

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