We recently caught up with Howard Andrew Jones, sword-and-sorcery scholar and novelist, as well as the Managing Editor for our very own Tales From the Magician’s Skull. We talk about his work on the magazine, the writing of fantasy series, and get a taste of his latest all-new epic sword-and-sorcery series, The Chronicles of Hanuvar! Howard, thanks for taking a break from everything to bring us up to date on the latest from the House of Jones. And congratulations on the milestone of ten (now eleven) issues of Tales From the Magician’s Skull! Tell us a bit about, first of all, how rare and special it is for a magazine specifically devoted to sword-and-sorcery to both a) exist and b) still exist (!) while only growing stronger in both its reach and contents. The Skull would tell you that it’s the greatest magazine in the history of existence. I’m not sure I’d extoll its virtues THAT far, but I’m mightily pleased with what we’ve printed so far and am excited to show you what we have coming up. I don’t know that there has EVER been a magazine solely devoted to sword-and-sorcery that looks this good and has fiction of this quality. What would you say are some of the highlights of your time as editor for TFTMS? Honestly, my three biggest joys are reading the wonderful stories we get, seeing the art that’s created for the stories, and hearing from readers who love those stories. After that, I truly enjoy working with our regular staff and volunteers. I think anyone who’s seen one issue could probably guess it’s a labor of love, but regular readers can surely tell. What sort of future directions do you want to go with the magazine? Right now we’re working with another firm who’s going to be converting the PDFs into more Kindle friendly formats. Those are the only major changes we foresee in the immediate future. We’d like to keep doing what we’re going. Your latest novel has just hit stores in the form of Lord of a Shattered Land, the first installment of an all-new series from you. Tell us a bit about Hanuvar – a character that has appeared four times in TFTMS over the years, as well as several other places including a recent all sword-and-sorcery issue of Weird...