The third and final part of my interview with @brynhammond.bsky.social and @draq.bsky.social is live! We discuss some of the nuances of writing historical(ly flavored) fiction about people who've been sidelined in mainstream histories, plus writing influences and more.

💪In which @jamesenge.bsky.social flexes on THEWS: jamesenge.com/2025/11/07/e... 💪

💪In which @jamesenge.bsky.social flexes on THEWS: jamesenge.com/2025/11/07/e... 💪

Art by • Rebecca Orr

Why I love sword & sorcery:

Would love to see some Wuxia style tales in our next submission window. They can easily be very S&S!

Folks this is NOT a drill, the big official long-awaited Charles Saunders biography finally has a locked-in title and release date and is open for pre-orders. www.amazon.ca/Leave-Warrio...

⚔️Enjoy this pic-heavy update featuring our advance copies of the new issues: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... Pre-Order them here: new-edge-sword-sorcery-2025.backerkit.com/hosted_preor... 📚

In which @stevewestenra.bsky.social gives intriguing answers to excellent questions from @alexpuncekar.bsky.social at @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social about his novella we're releasing next year, THE BARBARIAN AT STAR'S END! www.grimdarkmagazine.com/interview-wi...

THEW ALERT

Bêlit, Queen of the Black Coast movie, but she doesn't die

We got a chance to speak with Steve Hugh Westenra about their upcoming sword & sorcery novella The Barbarian at Dream’s End.

Just wrote a review of @brynhammond.bsky.social and @draq.bsky.social's recent novellas. Rambling in places, perhaps? But I think these two are genuinely on to something when it comes to writing about steppe nomads and others who've been demeaned and dismissed in mainstream histories.

So there's an Elric Fan Film being made? www.instagram.com/elric_fan_fi... An interview with the lead can be heard on the excellent @breakfastruins.bsky.social : pca.st/episode/f41c...

So there's an Elric Fan Film being made? www.instagram.com/elric_fan_fi... An interview with the lead can be heard on the excellent @breakfastruins.bsky.social : pca.st/episode/f41c...

The genre's called Sword and Planet, cousin, LEARN about it

Folks this is NOT a drill, the big official long-awaited Charles Saunders biography finally has a locked-in title and release date and is open for pre-orders. www.amazon.ca/Leave-Warrio...

On Dec 6th I'll be part of a panel discussion on writing, publishing, and selling SFF! It'll be at the Merril Collection and I'd really appreciate y'all sharing this with any Toronto people in your life. facebook.com/events/s/cra...

I've got another interview out! @stevewestenra.bsky.social talks to me about his upcoming novella THE BARBARIAN AT STAR'S END, which, like, look at that artwork. I know you wanna read it.

In which @stevewestenra.bsky.social gives intriguing answers to excellent questions from @alexpuncekar.bsky.social at @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social about his novella we're releasing next year, THE BARBARIAN AT STAR'S END! www.grimdarkmagazine.com/interview-wi...

A new adventure begins! Goblins & Galaxies #1 mailed out a few days ago and will be arriving in your mailboxes throughout this week!

Please enjoy this CAS reading, part of the run-up to the Clark Aston Smith Conference in January! Details here: thesmithcircle.net youtu.be/Fa156dvQijA?...

POLL: Would you enjoy a pin-up calendar of characters who've been published in NESS? Enough to buy one for a reasonable price? We're thinking all genders, and in something like the style of this NZ firefighter calendar: www.breastcancercure.org.nz/calendar/wah...

POLL: Would you enjoy a pin-up calendar of characters who've been published in NESS? Enough to buy one for a reasonable price? We're thinking all genders, and in something like the style of this NZ firefighter calendar: www.breastcancercure.org.nz/calendar/wah...

Mini-taur from Gilead's Miniature Sword & Sorcery Sketchbook of Doom.

Check out Part One of our interview here:

Either WordPress doesn't comprehend our socially constructed DST nonsense, or else I don't understand how to tell it what to do. As such, the second part of my interview with @brynhammond.bsky.social l and @draq.bsky.social is live!

How did people of the historical Central Asian steppe understand themselves as they lived in the shadows of empires? What compromises, if any, did they make with the settled states that menaced them? And how is this reflected in Bryn and Dariel's steppe-set stories? @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social

In the dead of night New ebook, only in my Payhip store A Visit from the Scythians: Four Shaman Stories Two reprints, two originals payhip.com/b/rzo4b

Planning to crowdfund and wary of fulfillment challenges? Don't want crates of books in your home? Brackenbury Books would like to put our full chest into recommending @saramchenry.bsky.social, who has done sterling work playing a vital role in all seven of our crowdfunds. 👉 www.saramchenry.com 👈

Planning to crowdfund and wary of fulfillment challenges? Don't want crates of books in your home? Brackenbury Books would like to put our full chest into recommending @saramchenry.bsky.social, who has done sterling work playing a vital role in all seven of our crowdfunds. 👉 www.saramchenry.com 👈

We sat down with June Orchid Parker, author of the upcoming sword & sorcery novella Suplex & Sorcery, coming soon from Brackenbury Books. We talk about fantasy, the New Edge Sword & Sorcery novella campaign, and, of course, wrestling.

this #Conan tale, #SpawnoftheSerpentGod by @timwaggoner is featured in today's #newbooks haul on youtube! watch: youtu.be/9VfFJSHtTEM buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n...#Conan#SpawnoftheSerpentGod#newbookstitanbooks

🎉Thank you for the 50+ shares of our original post!🎉 To show our gratitude, here's an art preview not included in the crowdfund update - a Sword & Planet hero by @ursadoomart.bsky.social for issue 7.⚔️🪐 Can the original post break 100+ shares? What might happen if it does???🤔

🤼Please enjoy this delayed, yet no less interesting, interview with @breadsonja.bsky.social about her upcoming novella SUPLEX & SORCERY! 🧙 www.grimdarkmagazine.com/interview-wi...

🐲@thepinkhydra.com is "an indie book publisher in Africa...with a special interest in bringing you the best in queer SFF and Romantasy!"📚 Their latest issue has a new story by @mxgomez78.bsky.social - readers of NESS may enjoy that, and poking around their shop in general: thepinkhydra.itch.io

🐲@thepinkhydra.com is "an indie book publisher in Africa...with a special interest in bringing you the best in queer SFF and Romantasy!"📚 Their latest issue has a new story by @mxgomez78.bsky.social - readers of NESS may enjoy that, and poking around their shop in general: thepinkhydra.itch.io

🤼Please enjoy this delayed, yet no less interesting, interview with @breadsonja.bsky.social about her upcoming novella SUPLEX & SORCERY! 🧙 www.grimdarkmagazine.com/interview-wi...

🎉Thank you for the 50+ shares of our original post!🎉 To show our gratitude, here's an art preview not included in the crowdfund update - a Sword & Planet hero by @ursadoomart.bsky.social for issue 7.⚔️🪐 Can the original post break 100+ shares? What might happen if it does???🤔

If you kindly help get the original post here to 50+ re-posts, we'll share some art from the issue that wasn't included in the update...

If you kindly help get the original post here to 50+ re-posts, we'll share some art from the issue that wasn't included in the update...

⚔️Enjoy this pic-heavy update featuring our advance copies of the new issues: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... Pre-Order them here: new-edge-sword-sorcery-2025.backerkit.com/hosted_preor... 📚

We suspect this also works for magazines...might be worth testing to be sure!

We suspect this also works for magazines...might be worth testing to be sure!

Part one of my interview with @brynhammond.bsky.social and @draq.bsky.social is live! We're discussing their latest and upcoming sword & sorcery novellas, focusing on how their work intersects with the history of Central Asia and imperial politics on the steppe.

Two days left! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

To our delight they list sword & sorcery as its own distinct sub-genre, and of course are keen to bring more queer voices into SFF at large. How could we at NESS be less than intrigued? Check'em out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

The oracle, #photobashing on #krita

⚔️Want to learn about Elric?⚔️ We're happy to see a certain magazine mentioned in this video primer: youtu.be/VPEGXAzX5JM?...