Doctor Grave and Lord Direk—names to conjure with or fight against—unite against powers that will destroy them. But can they trust each other long enough to survive? S. E. Lindberg and Jason M. Waltz—...

Everyone fears Crimson Cora, save her captor, who is eagerly awaiting her death—for her to be nibbled to pieces by foul denizens of the sea. This is a delightful tale by Luana Saitta which you shall t...

Pocketable magazines featuring Sword & Sorcery and Literary Fantasy fiction, Shadowdark RPG content, poetry, and critical articles.

Pocketable magazines featuring Sword & Sorcery and Literary Fantasy fiction, Shadowdark RPG content, poetry, and critical articles.

Rowan Grim is back in a brand new story from Alina Lee. She who wanders beneath the Black Sun’s unforgiving gaze finds an old enemy and gains new insights about her life and fate.

Myrk is a mouse. He knows more magick than is good for him. He goes for a walk in the woods, a very dark and forbidding wood. Hilarity ensues in this new story from Michael A. Stackpole.

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They tricked him into committing murder, and now Black Morgan of Aldare is hunting them down in Michael A. Stackpole’s The Krells of Tancras Moor .

An officially licensed novella starring the first lady of Sword & Sorcery, Jirel of Joiry!

For our first story in May, the Chain Story Project is overjoyed to welcome back Alina Lee with her tale, Duel At High Moon . A man has ruled a Badlands town for generations. He’s rumored to be immor...

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Sword & sorcery fiction accented by great art. Our magazine explores the boundaries between the old and new, challenges where the genre is and was, and tells some kick-ass stories. The magazine is pub...

Sword & Sorcery magazine featuring short fiction, non-fiction, and gorgeous art. Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling! Luxurious hardcover, clas...

To bring some normality back to this crazy March, the Chain Story Project is pleased to offer Abhartach’s Castle by Aaron Canton—a story as old as time reminding us that there’s no enemy as fierce a...

To finish off the month of February, the Chain Story Project is pleased to offer Into The Badlands by Alina Lee. This story is powerfully written and just doesn’t let go. This is not a story to miss...

To round out the month, the Chain Story Project is pleased to bring you Of Crowns & Consequences , a story of Direk, Lord of Vengeance, by Jason M. Waltz. It’s a dark and philosophical story you ...

This week the Chain Story Project is happy to introduce you to a brand new story from Katherine Monasterio, titled Blight . Summoned to the High Court in the Five Isles, Hazel Boncliff is tasked with...

This week the Chain Story Project is happy to introduce Pip Strongpaw, hero, wanderer and mouse. Please enjoy his debut tale from the pen of Bryan Young, Ice Hawk’s Aerie .

Dark Speculations: Tales of Various Shapes & Shadows Volume 2 eBook : Nemesszeghy, Robin: Amazon.com.au: Books

For our ninth offering of free fiction, we invite you to enjoy two stories. The first is Aaron Rosenberg’s epic The Cursed Cuff , and the second is Robert Greenberger’s captivating Of Nightmares &am...

Just to make it easy for you so you don’t have to dig through a ton of old posts, below we have a gallery of the Chain Story Project’s offerings so far. Just click on the images to head off to the web...

“The Queen of Grimdark writes a 2000 AD novel?! Drokk yes! Count me in! Anna Smith Spark and Judge Anderson are a match made in the deepest bowels (Sector 301) of Mega-City One and it’s glorious! No o...

For our eighth offering of free fiction, we invite you to enjoy Bryan Young’s thrilling story, The Monastery Plot.

Four Sword & Sorcery novellas by NESS magazine authors: "What Rough Beast?" by Bryn Hammond, "The Barbarian at Dream's End" by Steve Hugh Westenra, "Suplex & Sorcery" by June Orchid Parker, and "The H...

For our seventh offering of free fiction, we invite you to enjoy Michael A. Stackpole’s exciting story, On Memories, an Epistle of Dancillius Hrekt, Monster Fighter.

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.

For out sixth offering of free fantasy fiction, we invite you to enjoy Thomas Grayfson’s haunting tale, The Village of Morvoss.