An action & adventure short story magazine in the style of great pulps of yesteryear.
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Ok, Sidearm & Sorcery, Volume Three is available in ebook! And at a couple of retailers in paperback, too.
The sharp-eyed Jay Barnson spotted it at Amazon before I even got the email saying it was ready!
I've heard the argument made several times that horror is the most moral of genres. The lines between good and evil are usually painted clearly. No other genre punishes evil human characters as swiftly or as completely.
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Hey, writers, I'm moderating a panel this weekend on creating characters. What's the best piece of advice you've ever read or heard on inventing characters that readers care about?
Everybody in the book I'm reading is an idiot. The big bad is an idiot. His henchmen are idiots. The hero is an idiot. His love interest is an idiot. The rich guy that's getting fleeced is an idiot. I hope I get to the part with punching and explosions soon. Or I may not finish.
I'm figuring out what to do with the royalty-split anthologies I've published with @Draft2Digital. I know several authors now want out of D2D altogether, as they only joined to get the royalty split. I'll be sending out an email, but if you have any ideas, reach out.
I think @Draft2Digital is shooting themselves in the foot with this account fee mess. I know a bunch of low-selling yet high quality authors who are planning on leaving. The slopsmiths will just pay the fee and increase the amount of slop to cover it.
I love stories about regular people who through grit, quick-thinking, training, and/or sacrifice defeat entities of overwhelming power.
Misha is right, you should check out the Sidearm & Sorcery anthologies.
Sword & Sorcery has a philosophical problem . The essential conceit of the genre is the battle of the normal--the swordsman--against the unnatural--the sorcerer.
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That was my favorite of the covers for these.
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At first I was like, "WRONG!", but then I remembered that my favorite short story ever (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) is over 50% info dumping.
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I received a copy of this when I was about 11. My first exposure to Lester Dent, Robert E Howard, John D Macdonald, Earle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler...
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I always enjoy Misha's stories.
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Somehow I didn't make it in to the epic indie sale, but I scheduled the discount, and I do have 2 works on sale this week:
