April Roundup Alternatives

Some Sword & Sorcery Options While I Take a Break!

Let’s call this Roundup #60 even though there won’t be much rounding up this week. I’m traveling this month so will take a break, probably until May - so no S&H stories or S&S roundups the rest of April. Thanks for understanding.

In the meantime, here are some other ways to get your sword and sorcery fix…

Some Discussion Groups

• Reddit: r/SwordandSorcery

• Discord: Sword & Sorcery Tavern

• Discord: New Edge Sword & Sorcery

• Facebook: Contemporary Sword and Sorcery

• Facebook: Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Public Group

• Facebook: The Society of Swords, Spaceships and Shadows

• Facebook: The League of Swords and Sorcery

• Facebook: Sword & Sorcery Book Promotions

• Facebook: Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Forum

• Facebook: The Swords & Planet League (hosted by Charles Gramlich)

• Facebook: Just search for sword and sorcery, there are tons of groups! lol

A Few Publishers of S&S

Here are just a few off the top of my head (alphabetical order):

• Baen Books

• Crimson Quill Quarterly

• DMR Books

• Heroic Fantasy Quarterly

• Iron Age Media

• New Edge S&S

• Old Moon Publishing

• Parallel Universe Publications

• Rogue Blades Entertainment

• Rogues in the House Presents

• Savage Realms

• Swords & Sorcery Magazine

• Tule Fog Press

• Whetstone Magazine

• And one more - a special issue from Apocalypse Confidential… S-Word!

So that’s it for now…

Except…I should probably comment on the future of this newsletter. Mostly personal stuff ahead, so feel free to skip because it’s boring. (grin)

First, writing is a hobby for me, not a business (although I like to make money off this hobby, for sure). And S&S is a fantastic side-interest of mine. I’ve had a blast with this newsletter and eZine and publishing ventures and various Kickstarter projects…

But it’s too much. As many of you know, we’re living in Puerto Rico - a kind of semi-retirement where I could focus on writing and publishing. For a number of reasons, however, my wife and I are moving back to the States, probably this summer.

Right now I’m on ‘vacation’ in Knoxville, TN, interviewing with a few churches who are looking for pastors. If God allows, we’ll find a new church home in the next few weeks and months. Which means, I’ll be putting my writing hobby on hold.

Which also means, I’ll be wrapping up this S&S Subtack by the end of the summer. I have stories (“S&S One Story at a Time!”) scheduled through August and then that’s it. I’m putting Swords & Heroes on indefinite hiatus (as well as ResAliens) and take a break from publishing for the foreseeable future. So my sub window is closed.

Of course, I’ll finish up some projects that are already in the pipeline. I’ve been in contact with a few writers and I semi-committed to publishing some collections. But once they realize I’ll be out of the picture for a while, they may change their mind!

And I have one more Kickstarter to launch - a four-volume collection of space opera stories. I have almost all the authors lined up with tales, BUT, I do need two more “Generation Ship” stories for this project called: Space Opera Stories (see guidelines here). The Kickstarter starts later this summer (see pre-launch page here), so please check it out and support it if you can. Contact me if you have any questions.

So that’s it. At least for now. See you all in May! Have a blessed Holy Week next week and a wonderful Resurrection Day on Easter Sunday. - Lyn Perry

Until next time, keep swinging!