Reading the Amber books by Roger Zelazny for the first time in at least a decade. Gods these are good. As in most things, Howard Andrew Jones was right.

When I got hired at Baen, they shared the horror story of everything that went wrong with 1945. Saw a picture of Jim Baen testifying before Congress because it got wrapped in Gingrich's scandals. "If nothing you do here ends with us on CSPAN, I promise you've done better than some editors here."

Happy Birthday to the great one, @michaelastackpole.bsky.social. Also, Happy Thanksgiving one and all.

Getting over a nasty case of something miserable and painful. Good time to remind people @BattlebornMag is open to submissions until Midnight on Veterans Day, November 11. Some good heroic fantasy to boost my spirits would be appreciated.

Ladies, gentlemen, lovers of sword-and-sorcery one and all: Uncork the mead - we cracked 10k, and with that, BATTLEBORN #2 will drop in June 2026! We cannot wait to bring blood-and-thunder back to the Frontlines of Fantasy with each and every one of you!

12 Hours left in the Battleborn crowdfunder. We are $300 shy of locking in the summer release of Issue 2, complete with @michaelastackpole.bsky.social cover story. Plus, ALL backers get over $200 of free fiction on top of the magazine. To glory! www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...

BATTLEBORN just broke 9k - and with our next stretch goal firmly in sight, what say we sweeten the pot? ALL backers of BATTLEBORN will get digital copies of the first 4 issues of ANVIL - and a few other goodies, too - to help you get a taste for our team's work! www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...

Battleborn, Swords & Sorcery Magazine and New Edge S&S each have less than 3 days left in thier crowdfunders. Battleborn and Swords and Sorcery Magazine are also just over 1k each away from the next stretch goals. Do your part to spice up next year's fantasy scene! Swords Together!

Join me in backing Battleborn. Help them reach their next goal to lock in the date for their second issue. Swords together! www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...

Raise your glasses and your blades to David Drake, born this day 80 years ago. Vietnam veteran, military scifi pioneer, and among the finest authors and champions of sword-and-sorcery that the genre has ever known. Does anybody here have a favorite David Drake story?

Joe Haldeman said he had written the rough draft of a Conan novel while deployed to Vietnam, whose manuscript ended as "casualties of a fire fight." If you excuse me, I must know lament that we could have had sword-and-sorcery from Joe Haldeman, joining David Drake as a MilSF titan that did both.

Lets take a moment to remember Tanith Lee today, on what would have been her 78th birthday. Lee straddled horror, fantasy, romance and science fiction in her sword-and-sorcery in a way few authors did. Do any of you have a favorite story by Tanith Lee?

Today at the blog, @princejvstin.com interviews @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social www.nerds-feather.com/2025/09/inte...

2 weeks left to lock down your subscription to year 1 of Battleborn! I have a story, the first in a series in issue #1.

Two weeks left in our crowdfunder for Battlenborn Magazine, many goals lie ahead! Good odds for any warrior! Remember, all of our backers get a vote on which cover graces the cover of Battleborn #1 - but ONLY our backers! We're mercenaries, not a democracy!

For the edification of the Early Shift: The Chain Story Project is back with its sixth round of free fiction, this week's story being The Village of Morvoss by Thomas Grayfson. Please download, enjoy, like and share (especially share, that helps so much). www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...

We have Jason Ray Carney tapped for a few columns in Battleborn - if you want a great look at his fiction, why not pick up The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol 1?

There are some new goodies available for backers of The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1. We've added interior art postcards and some original art as add-ons. Of course, you do have to pledge to add them on. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

I just fired off my story for Battleborn Magazine to the editor, @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social who is a gentleman and a scholar. There's still time to back the magazine, too. So do it. www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...

REMINDER: the crowdfund for BATTLEBORN magazine is live this month! First issue launches in February, and yes, I have a story in it! Help raise and pass on the blazing torch of Sword & Sorcery! #writesky #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasy #booksky #fantasysky #epicfantasy

I have the paperback edition from Baen. The memoirs by the late David Drake and Karl Edward Wagner are poignant. Thanks to a friend who shared a digital file of his copy, I was able to see a film interview with Drake done a few months prior to his passing in 2023 where he spoke of MWW.

I'm a firm believer in two things: -Rising Tide, All Boats -More sword-and-sorcery is good for everyone! So back S&S Mag and Battleborn today! Double the action, double the blood-and-thunder!

Continuing out early career retrospective of C. L. Moore with "The Dark Land" (1936), the 4th published Jirel of Joiry story. Not many swords but a good bit of sorcery. deepcuts.blog/2025/09/03/t...

Today is also pulp fantasy author Harold Lamb’s birthday!

Happy 133nd birthday to another of the founding fathers of fantasy, Harold Lamb, whose historical adventure fiction following cossacks and crusaders influenced authors from Robert E. Howard to Howard Andrew Jones! Who among you has ridden the steppe with Lamb?

Class dismissed. Teaching at Gencon and Dragoncon has been a thrill, and I truly loved it. Plus, my dear grandma and aunties (teachers/professors one and all) are thrilled I'm doing "proper work". There is something magic about teaching. May I get more chances to feel that magic in the future.

It's the Birthday of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Joe Jusko, so here are some ERB books with awesome Jusko covers, including my favorite Tarzan novel, TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE. Happy Birthday Joe and Ed!

Looking to bring more sword-and-sorcery into the world? Start here, and if you're willing to double up, back mine, Battleborn! Because two times the sword-and-sorcery? Is a victory we can all celebrate.

We're live! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... With a live stream even. www.youtube.com/live/0hWmtrB...

I just backed this new sword and sorcery magazine: igg.me/at/battlebor...

I will be reporting live from the Dragon Awards as they happen, once again. For now, enjoying Bill Fawcett recounting the origins of the Dragoncon Carpet cultists to Scott Lynch and Matt Dinniman.

OK, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking The One Ring to Mordor:

I'm totally not anxious about The Folded Sky being up for a #DragonAward today! Totally! Slept like a baby! A colicky baby. Anyway, voting is over so it's all in Schrödinger's hands now!

Teaching my first ever class at Dragoncon.

Watching @jimzub.bsky.social rock the mic talking Conan the Barbarian at #DragonCon! Video to come!

Born on this day 109 years ago, Jack Vance changed fantasy and sword-and-sorcery forever with the Dying Earth, a place where foul magics and often fouler men fought beneath the final light of the sun. Unforgettable, and Vance changes the way you look at magic forever.

Today we are halfway done with the campaign, but only one-quarter of the way to our goal. It’s all or nothing. Please share, and any amount you can help is very appreciated. Horror and weird fiction are good for us. kck.st/4mIkEm1

Happy 73rd Birthday to one of the living grandmasters of sword-and-sorcery, Darrell Schweitzer! His Sir Julian stories - all collected in WE ARE ALL LEGENDS - should be on the shelves of any fan of the genre.

August 24th, 3:00 p.m. (eastern): the next person to support BATTLEBORN becomes the 100th. Does this mean anything? Probably not, but you *could* consider yourself a Centurion! ⚔️

Are you ready to become BATTLEBORN? I sit down with Sean CW Korsgaard to discuss the Sword & Sorcery genre, Howard Andrew Jones' legacy, and his new magazine which he just successfully crowdfunded! youtu.be/TzGrlObzWfE #BookSky💙📚 #inteviews #BookTube #fantasybooks #Battleborn

Are you ready to become BATTLEBORN? I sit down with Sean CW Korsgaard to discuss the Sword & Sorcery genre, Howard Andrew Jones' legacy, and his new magazine which he just successfully crowdfunded! youtu.be/TzGrlObzWfE #BookSky💙📚 #inteviews #BookTube #fantasybooks #Battleborn

I just learned Stephen Donaldson attended Worldcon and now I'm upset I missed him. He and Michael Moorcock are two of the last of my childhood favorites I've never gotten to meet.

Look, I try not to espouse radical opinions on social media. that said... Whatever failed private equity lackwit is doing this to Cracker Barrel needs to be drawn-and-quartered before they try and "improve" anything else.

Now THAT is a beautiful sight. Battleborn #1 is fully funded with 45 days left in the campaign. Which leaves a LOT of time to conquer them - after celebrating tonight. To all you sword-and-sorcery faithful everywhere - I salute you!

BATTLEBORN is a printed fantasy magazine dedicated to presenting all-new sword & sorcery fiction by the finest modern masters and rising stars in the subgenre, as well as reprinting the very best of genre classics and hidden gems for a new generation. Support now: www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...

If you like sword-and-sorcery, check out the crowdfunding campaign for BATTLEBORN, a new magazine edited by my friend Sean CW Korsgaard. www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...

Did anyone at #WorldCon snap a shot of Howard Andrew Jones' memorial slide at the Hugos?

Check this out! My book, BattleTech: VoidBreaker, was reviewed in the new issue of Analog Magazine by @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social! "A gripping espionage thriller" with "adept character work and an intriguing core mystery...Any action loving fan should find a lot to savor." analogsf.com/current-issu...

Don't miss the exclusive BLACK GATE scoop. (Ahem.) www.blackgate.com/2025/08/03/b...

www.blackgate.com/2025/08/03/b... Battleborn is an upcoming action-packed sword and sorcery magazine curated by Sean CW Korsgaard and published by IronAge Media. Make the crowdfunding campaign needed to make it a reality (Indiegogo Aug 1st!).