The Cosmic Horror of Sword & Sorcery
The Cosmic Horror of Sword & Sorcery by Bill Ward The bones of sword & sorcery lie close to the skin, and one sure blade-stroke is enough to lay them bare for all to see. There is plot-driven pulp action there, at the core, but supporting that is a foundation of swashbuckling historical adventure, and expectations of encounters of the picaresque and the exotic kind. To be sure we can also see the unsentimentality of the...
More Tales From The Magician’s Skull Kickstarter Coming Soon
The time has come to announce the orders of our almighty master, The Skull, himself! He has deemed it that we must prepare you for the campaign that is to come! The campaign of…More Tales From the Magician’s Skull! Tales From the Magician’s Skull is a printed fantasy magazine dedicated to presenting all-new sword-and-sorcery fiction by the finest modern crafters in the genre. These stories are the real thing, crammed...
Announcing Publicity Intern #331
It pleases the Skull to announce the hiring of Intern #331 to the position of Publicity Thrall, tasked with the propagation of news and announcements concerning Tales From the Magician’s Skull in the realmspace of the interwebs. Furthermore, the Skull anticipates a job opening along very similar lines to materialize in around 4-6 months, and will be accepting applications for Intern #332 at that time. A surviving participant of...
Skull TV Launches TONIGHT!
Only the foolish or the insane would fail to heed the command of the Skull! Which is why this evening, at 9:00 p.m. EST (Eastern Skull Time!) all mortals who value their sanity will make pilgrimage to the Official Goodman Games Twitch Channel and there do homage to the Skull as he extends his mastery over the electronic lands of stream and of twitch. The best in sword-and-sorcery awaits! Join the Skull tonight, Sunday, September 19 at...
The Skull Commands You: Watch Skull TV on Sunday!
BEHOLD! The Skull himself has given us command to share his announcement with the world! We can naught but obey! Join him on Sunday, September 19 at 9:00 pm EST on The Official Goodman Games Twitch Channel! THE OFFICIAL GOODMAN GAMES TWITCH...
Interns 21 and 44 Awarded Intern of the Year
The Skull Decrees Interns #21 and #44 Joint Recipients of Intern of the Year! It is rare that peons so distinguish themselves in the Skull’s service that they receive as much as a kind word, a crust of bread, or access to a light source outside of business hours. How much more impressive then that two such underlings should be awarded the Intern of the Year for thoroughly adequate service above-and-beyond the Skull’s...
All Subscriber Copies of TFTMS #6 Mailed!
After many whippings encouraging words from The Skull himself, we, his lowly minions, have completed the latest task given to us: all subscriber and pre-order copies of Tales From the Magician’s Skull #6 have shipped from the warehouse! The sixth issue of his hallowed publication features cover art by Doug Kovacs of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser as we launch our new series of stories set in Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar! Licensed by...
Announcing Skull TV!
The peerless Magician’s Skull has discovered that in addition to Facetweet and MyTube, there is also another powerful platform in this modern age of wonders: Television! The interns have explained that if the Skull stands in front of the glowing box, all of his loyal readers will see his glorious image reflected worldwide! Such powerful sorcery begs to be put to good use, therefore we are pleased to announce the newest initiative of...
TFTMS Subscriber Orders Shipping Out!
The Skull himself has given his directions to us, his lowly minions, and we have obeyed! By his missives, the latest issue of Tales from the Magician’s Skull has begun shipping. The sixth issue of his hallowed publication features cover art by Doug Kovacs of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser as we launch our new series of stories set in Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar! Licensed by Leiber’s estate, these new stories and novellas faithfully...
The Skull Commands: Purchase the Excellent Fiction of Howard Andrew Jones!
Heed me, Mortal Dogs! Fail not to purchase the excellent fiction of Howard Andrew Jones! Behold the praise of his fellow mortals for the third and final book of his heroic fiction trilogy! Praise for Book 3 – When the Goddess Wakes “The riveting conclusion to Jones’s epic fantasy Ring-Sworn trilogy (after Upon the Flight of the Queen) pits the legendary Altenerai warriors against their most dangerous foes yet...
Final Roundup from The Skull’s Open Call
Greetings, Mortal Dogs! The call went forth, and lo, the scribes have answered! My minions sifted through so many submissions that even some very fine stories had to be turned aside, for the smerduks verily overflowed our coffers. While a very few tales remain under consideration, final word has been sent to almost all of the brave scribes who dared to lay their work before my eye. Here are titles and brief moments from tales...
ePub Format Comes to Tales From The Magician’s Skull
The Skull has spoken! And he has told us, his lowly minions, that we have not been comprehensive enough for his boney preferences. So, to that end, we have now expanded our production to also cover the electronic book format known as ePub! That’s right! Beginning with Tales From the Magician’s Skull #6, each issue will also be available in ePub format. This format—like the PDF version we’ve been publishing for a...
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