Sword & Saturday Thirty-Eighth Edition 2024-08-21: Swording through one's problems
Issue 38! As always this is a grand event!
a great writer, one with a knack for languages, flowing prose and poetry has concluded his masterpiece Over the Sunken Realm so do check out his story! a not unknown name to a great many lovers of fiction on Substack is at it again, this time with a flash-fiction story that thunders onto the stage and which show-cases Kemptea’s usual skill with the pen! that great buddy of our substack, the head of Sci-Friday (one of my favourite events online, as it permits me to write endless SW essays), is at it again with a fantastic history analysis. This time on the Kamikaze storms that wrecked the Mongol fleets that attempted to conquer Japan. Read his GREAT essay if you love Japan, Samurai, Mongols, history and epic tales! is no stranger to gripping tales, no stranger to writing beautiful epics, and here she is with her newest tale of love and courage, The Duel!Book 1 of the Santara Commentaries the great serial epic by
is up for you all so read, enjoy and subscribe to this grand writer’s writer! has an update post involving a review of his, a chapter to Jarl’s Son and the list of all participants in our grand event, so do give his post a glance, and subscribe to his (flawless) substack.https://talesofcalamityandtriumph.substack.com/p/sword-and-saturday-week-38-and-love
the one and only writer of dozens of other great chapters and tales, has a new chapter Who needs enemies? which is sure to be a must-read for any lover of fantasy! that sword-wielding man of art returns with a new tale! This one is called Blood Ties and must surely have a great deal of bloodletting, adventure and glory to it! So do check it out and subscribe to this one of a kind writer of myths and legends! has a new tale Welcome to Artania, which has a lovely title and likely a fine tale that pulls at the heart-strings. This first post though is one that is more a presentation and pitch for her AWESOME world and tale, and its kingdoms. Do check it out, as it looks great! the legend himself has a great prompt and post for you all, vote now though as the poll might soon be closing with this prompt one that looks exciting no matter what ends up being the chosen key word to the prompt for fantasy!
Tom Hyland submitted a report on a new fantasy universe Richard Knaak is working on, via
so do check it out! returns with her legendary tale Sword of Myn Chapter IV, which is as perfect as Chapter 3 was before it! analyzes the art of story-telling and coalescing a story together in expert fashion in his most recent essay! has her Last Daughter of Dragons chapter 1 for you all! And what a great first chapter it is just like all her writing is! is a writer who writes as well as Han Solo talks a big game, except in this case not all the Rake says is all talk (I’m kidding here about Han Solo), his essay on French history and culture is a fantastic one that I think more people should check out.The Drakonikiad poem continues with Book 2 for those who like Greek fantasy and stories!
Also a special thanks to all readers, fans, supporters and peoples involved in this event, you all rock and make these events the special events that they are!
Thanks, and well done!
Thank you for mentioning me mon ami! I hope you are having fun reading and writing :D Can't wait to see what you'll vote for next week's chapter of The Province of Terrans.