The sword-and-sorcery renaissance/modest revival continues. There is a lot going on in S&S circles these days, and I admit I'm behind in keeping up with many of the developments. I'll be doing my best to correct that this year.
One of the new projects I AM up on is New Edge sword-and-sorcery magazine. New Edge launched issue #0 last September to test the waters for a periodical that both embraces old S&S and expands its boundaries, and now has launched a kickstarter to fund issues #1 and #2.
I had an essay in issue #0, "The Outsider in Sword-and-Sorcery." I still owe a full read and review of the complete contents of this issue, but was impressed with Cora Buhlert's essay "C.L. Moore and Jirel of Joiry: The First Lady of Sword & Sorcery."
The kickstarter launches Feb. 2 and will cover production costs of issues 1 and 2. As well as paying the artists and authors... of which I'm one! I'm going to have an essay in issue #1, and as I understand it there will be a couple of much bigger names than my own contributing fiction.
I can't tip hand any more than that. Some cool stuff going on here.
Sign up for the updates and decide for yourself if this is something you want to back. I hope it smashes its goals. We need more good S&S.
Thanks for this info, Brian. It's not always easy to find S&S publications on the 'net. BTW, "The Spine of Night" is currently streaming on Amazon Prime for 99 cents.
ReplyDeleteNo problem... its worth checking out. I did see and enjoy Spine of Night!
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