Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters Issue 3 written by Matthew Gomez and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue, dear readers, brings the first year of Broadswords and Blasters to a close. We've got a weird Western kind of tale where people are missing their skins, and a special kind of video game that's more immersive than ever. We also have a simple act of theft leading to much deeper trouble, and a pirate ship that gathers curses like other ships collect treasure. You'll meet a man living in the future in a compartment, noticing the strangeness creeping in on him. Two strangers share a fire, but there's a dark connection there that will end in blood. And a crew of space pirates takes a salvage job that goes badly wrong.

Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters Issue 6 written by Matthew Gomez and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this action-packed issue you'll meet: The hero Bogerd and his troupe of warriors as they climb the mountain known as the Ogre. The Mechanical Marauder who holds up stage-coaches when he could clearly do so much more. DeShawn and his son Keeden as they dodge and weave around giant robot protectors trying to keep them safe from enormous city-destroying kaiju. Garrol and Jim, grim outsiders in desolation, who are forced to make tough choices. The crew of the Dalton Delivery 5, hibernating royalty, gigantic tardigrades, and crustacean space people who remind the pilot of spiders. Yourself as a spy, but all is not as it seems. Sylas, a young man with the power to reweave memories and ease pain, who sells his abilities to the wrong customers. A desperate brother whose experience with an experimental pharmaceutical breaks his grip on what is real.

Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters Issue 2 written by Matthew Gomez and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Issue 2 of Broadswords and Blasters! In this issue, you will find stories from our new favorite authors. You'll read about a Hawaiian hero fighting off sea demons, a hard-case detective and his sassy artificial intelligence friend, a stone-builder with serious ethical conundrums, an alien farmer and his strange crop, and the conclusion to Island of Skulls, the story of siblings in-over-their-heads that started in Issue 1. You'll also meet the retired, grizzled war veterans you see on the cover, a tough bounty hunter in a newly purloined dress, Spanish conquistadors who meet an unfortunate end, and a Wild West sheriff caught in a town that is not what it seems.

Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters written by Matthew Gomez and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulp isn't dead! In this, the debut issue of Broadswords and Blasters, readers will encounter subterranean horrors, time traveling lovers, space Mafia, two-fisted private investigators, and torturers turned political activists.

Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters Issue 12 written by Cameron Mount and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First up is J. Rohr's "Riding the Rails," a story he claims he had to rewrite from memory after a catastrophic file failure. Well, that one may have been good, but this alternate history-of a world we know but besieged by monsters of myth and legend-is great. Returning author Richard L. Rubin gives us another two-fisted retro sci-fi tale in "Commander Saturn and the Air Bandit of Mars." And DJ Tyrer brings back his acclaimed Nyssa of Abanos for her second (and Tyrer's third!) appearance in B&B-this time in "Journey to Mount Argaeas." In Kristen Reid's "American Appetite," Connor Wescott comes across some deserters with a strange sort of hunger. Yes you read the title of the next story correctly, "Callahan and the Bomb Squid." Laughs are few and far between in our pages, but every once in awhile we get a cracker like Jonathon Mast's, so savor it. Because S. Gepp's "No Stand" will knock that laughter right out of your belly with this gut-punch of a hard-boiled Western. Ben Serna-Grey dropped his weird-ass "Smoke and Hamsters" in our laps and cackled with glee as he then shat in a bucket and tried to get cash for it. That'll make perfect sense once you read this thing. We love it. Ready for more gut-punches? Hope so, because "The Drive Home" is about as pure and depressing a noir tale as we've ever published. Be safe driving, dear readers. "The DSD" by E.G. Thompson is a dual-pronged narrative set in a dying and dangerous frontier after the fall of civilization, and the stories herein can't all end on downers (though they damn sure tried!), so here's your happy ending. You'll need it. "Crowbait" by T.L. Simpson traces the line between vengeance and justice, with a clear emphasis that the former may cause more problems than just accepting your grief and moving on. Andrew Miller sent us this noir tale about a "Shootout at Namaste Mart" and the title alone almost sold one editor on the story. "Spaceman and Freakshow" by Roger H. Stone had a similar effect, and we think the stories do both of these titles justice. Longtime supporter and just all-around great writer Steve DuBois hit us with another tale of supreme oddity in his "The Professionals" about-well, his November 19th tweet says it better than we can- "magically-enhanced urban professionals escorting a Kennedy baby to the ruins of Dallas for inauguration as God-Emperor." Next up is "Aces and Rogues" by Anthony Pinkett, a two-fisted dogfighting space actioner that we both said we'd be "stupid not to publish." "Don't Let the Law Hit Ya Where the Good Lord Split Ya" is a mouthful of a title that came off Russell W. Johnson's keyboard, but it sure is an apt one for the crime story he sent in. After that we've got "Starstruck" by Kristen Brand, a sci-fi tale of solar guardsmen, mixed loyalties, and, ultimately, duty. Scott Forbes Crawford's "A Lone Man Is No Warrior" traces the story of a man who lost a king and his own warrior nature only to be spurred back to it by a woman's attempted murder of his boss. Lastly, we have Matt Spencer's "The Radiant Abyss." We've been blessed to have some stalwart supporters over the three years of the magazine's existence, and Spencer is the first and perhaps staunchest of those. It just so happens he writes stories we like, too.

Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters Issue 4 written by Matthew Gomez and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-06 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fantastic issue you will be introduced to the most badass grandmother that has ever existed in print, a retro space opera adventure about a two-fisted blaster wielding pilot, an epistolary tale of the corrupting influence of depraved love, and a new adventure for Benedict Arnold, Josh Gibson, and Genghis Khan in an afterlife of their own making. You'll also be taken on a journey through the sewers of Paris where tentacled creatures reside, meet a cross-dressing French spy plying his trade for Louis XV, follow a body-hopping demon across a Wild West that may or may not be our own, and catch up with a world-weary detective tricked into solving a case when he'd rather be watching the Yankees and getting drunk.

Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters Issue 8 written by Kent Rosenberger and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-13 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our first story in this issue is from returning Broadswords and Blasters author David F. Shultz, who we last published in Issue 5 with his neo-classic "Jerold's Stand." This time he's back with another neo-classic, "Addrassus," which contains shades of Odysseus and some of the best action sequences you'll read this year.Next up is "Temporally Out of Service" from Jason E. Maddux, about a private investigator, an elevator with a quirky sign, the nature of free will, time paradoxes, and a kick-ass recipe for chocolate cake. Cynthia Ward, whose novellas we've reviewed on the blog, has graced us with "Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat," a disturbing story of a child and his dysfunctional relationship with his friends and family.Look, if you aren't familiar with DJ Tyrer yet, his third appearance in our magazine should highlight just how great we think his stories are. This time around you get to read our cover story, "Talons of the Snatcher," featuring the warrior Nyssa and her deadly spear.New to us, Kent Rosenberger, joins the Broadswords and Blasters family with the dystopian near-future world of "Lawbreaker" and the disturbing court system which isn't nearly so far-fetched as it may seem.Next in queue is Michael DeCarolis' wonderful "Thunderbolt Colt" about a gunslinger and his faithful steed, a buffalo, from a not-quite-right Wild West tradition by way of the Greek gods if they had made it across the pond to settle in the Sonoran desert.Weird West not your thing? How about a change of pace, to a world where wizards work as detectives cleaning up slave rings and investigating murders? Austin Worley's "Lightning Between Your Fingers" has you covered.Sunday evenings may be times of peace and respite, but you know that's not the Broadswords and Blasters way. Myke Edwards is here to disabuse you of the idea that driving back country roads on a "Sunday Evening" is in any way peaceful and calm.Batting cleanup this issue is yet another returning author, Steve DuBois, with his brilliantly comedic take on pre-pubescent super villains and their most-hated classmate. If you don't laugh at "Screaming Timmy Must Die," then what do you laugh at?

Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters Issue 9 written by R. A. Goli and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R.A. Goli returns to Broadswords and Blasters with a tale of how far a mother will go for her daughter in "Griffon Eggs." Rex Weiner, veteran writer probably best known as the creator of Ford Fairlane, graces us with "Camera Obscura," a noir tale of a shady real estate developer's fall into obsession. Ethan Sabatella hits us with a tale of ancient Nordic horror in "The Pole-House." Cara Fox spins a steampunk revenge tale with a twist in "The Corsair's Daughter." Scotch Rutherford, the madman behind the crime/noir mag Switchblade, decides to drop by with "Termination Clause," a blood-soaked bit of crime fiction. Matt Spencer is no stranger to anyone who knows us, having had a two-part story, "Island of Skulls," back when we were just starting out. Well, Spencer is back, this time with another sword and sorcery tale distilled through hardcore punk rock circa 1981 in "Old Haunting Grounds." C.W. Blackwell might be new to these pages, but it takes a steady hand to write a Western as weird as "Quarter Past Ordinary." What happens when two master thieves fall in love, or at least lust? You probably end up with something like Vince Carpini's "Courtship of the Queen of Thieves." Finally, we round out the issue with returning author, Adam S. Furman, and his tale of supersoldiers, revolutions, and unexpected explosions, "Olympian Six."

Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters Issue 10 written by Julie Rea and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our tenth issue brings you the fantastic: Eddie Generous with his tale of a "Sunday Speed Trap," the ensuing police chase, and maybe some ritual sacrifice to ancient Old Ones. E.F. Sweetman with her tale of ecological horror on the high seas and a narrator who says, "Hello from Garbage Island."Joanna Maciejewska's "Yet Another Vessel" where we encounter terrifying enchanted artifacts and the kinds of psychopathic individuals who seek them out. Brian McNett's "Armageddon and the Way Out West" where he introduces us to Doctor Thaddeus Armageddon and his helmsman Delrick Borograve in their exploits through the Wild West aboard the skyship Devastation.Paul Alex Gray and his tale of artificial intelligence, giant mecha, and romance, "Battle Borne Dreams Never Die." Julie Rea, who takes us to the flooded future of 2202, where scavengers "Lela and Bat" comb through the remains of Philadelphia. Joshua Grasso's "Barbarians in the Boudoir" where we see the magician Hildigrim, previously imprisoned for black magic, paroled but only so he can help the Archduke avert a war with barbarians from a far distant land.Paul Starkey's "Below Noon," a tale of existential horror in the Wild West, as a man comes to grips with the reality of Hell.Patrick S. Baker, who takes us home with the further adventures of the warrior hero Kauahoa, as he takes on "The Cannibals in the Mist.

Download or read book Broadswords and Blasters Issue 7 Pulp Magazine with Modern Sensibilities written by Sara Codair and published by Volume 2. This book was released on 2018-10-14 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book EconoClash Review 5 written by Die Booth and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Circus is back in town. The fifth issue of your favorite cheap thrills is over the top and proud of it. We’ve got sci-fi/horror/noir/crime/and humor just a page turn away. Behold stoners hunting UFOs, distracted workers causing nuclear meltdowns, detectives fighting crazy cat ladies, pharmacists surviving dystopian futures, Ukrainian mobsters, no luck assassins, demon conjurers, slime-ballers with dirty mags and a twinkle in their eye, haunted insomniacs, and finally a family’s favorite pet alien and his need to boo-boo. Edited by J.D. Graves with stories by Die Booth, Aristo Couvaras, Adam S. Furman, R. Daniel Lester, Cameron Mount, David Rachels, Aeryn Rudel, E.F. Sweetman, Cynthia Ward, and J. Manfred Weichsel. Strap yourself in Thrill Seeker—we’re excited to take our Quality Cheap Thrills down and out!

Download or read book EconoClash Review 7 written by Simon Broder and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucky Number Seven of EconoClash Review presents nine quality cheap thrills of neo-pulp lunacy that will push the envelope of genre limitations. Themes of hard luck and ill fate weave throughout this fresh anthology featuring: time slipping lovers, day-drunk step-dads, fantastically stoned fairies, brawny tavern heroes, haunted beauty queens, underestimated female lawmen, blown-cover spies, smack fiend postmen, and even honest to God cowboys. All of them fighting to survive worlds they unwittingly created themselves. Whether you find top notch schadenfreude to be your guilty pleasure or anonymous up-vote, the seventh issue of ECR is your lucky ticket to a world of quality cheap thrills. Read original stories by Simon Broder, J. Travis Grundon, Angelique Fawns, Matthew X. Gomez, Willow Croft, Russell W. Johnson, Scott Forbes Crawford, Kevin M. Folliard, and Mack Moyer only in EconoClash Review #7 from Down & Out Books.

Download or read book Unidentified Funny Objects 8 written by Wendy Maas and published by UFO Publishing. This book was released on with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! * Superheroes mired in government bureaucracy. * Cat cat-burglars. * Grandmotherly golems. * Literal-minded self-driving cars. * Evil overlords retired in Florida. * Indifferent aliens.

Download or read book Sacrifice written by Thirteen O'Clock Press and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacrifice: big, small, easy, hard, fatal... the word can mean many things to many people. Thirteen authors have taken the word and conjured very different ideas of what sacrifice is about. This anthology contains outstanding stories on a very personal theme for each of us makes a sacrifice in our lives - you need to trust you never meet any of these situations... Enjoy!

Download or read book Schoolbooks Sorcery written by Michael M. Jones and published by Riverdale Avenue Books LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I snagged a few pinches of herbs from the apothecary cabinet in the kitchen and ground them into a paste. The bruised leaves let out their oils, and the air filled with a sweet, green, medicinal smell. Just a small magic, friend-to-bees magic, and it didn't look like magic unless you knew.” From “The Delicate Work of Bees” by Emily Horner “What is the centaur philosophy of magic?” Clementine cleared her throat, cheeks flushing pink, and said, “That if it were easy, everyone would do it, and that means it must be hard.” From “Finals” by Seanan McGuire In this enchanting collection of young adult tales, 20 authors explore the overlap of the mundane and the fantastical, with LGBTQ protagonists juggling the pressures of school and the wonder of magic in its many forms. From entrance tests to final exams, casting spells to breaking curses, these teens seek to claim their place in the world. In these pages, you’ll find gay and lesbian, bisexual and asexual, trans and nonbinary characters, all experiencing sexy, strange, wicked, wonderful, romantic adventures. They deal with bad roommates and bullies, first loves and new friends, all while crafting and inhabiting their ideal identities. Featuring authors such as Seanan McGuire, Cheryl Rainfield, Cecilia Tan, E.C. Myers, Rajan Khanna, and many more. Step inside and experience Schoolbooks & Sorcery…

Download or read book The Society of Misfit Stories Presents September 2020 written by Julie Ann Dawson and published by Bards and Sages Publishing. This book was released on with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each issue of The Society of Misfit Stories Presents… is a celebration of long-form fiction. These novelettes and novellas will entertain and surprise fans of the form. In this issue, Kerri Caldwell, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Mark Cassell, Paul Mills, Crystal Lynn Hilbert, J.T. Seate, Scott Forbes Crawford, and Mark James Russell. Some of the stories in this issue include: When his automaton creation runs amok, a wheelchair-bound contractor finds himself at the threshold between worlds in Hole in the Sky. A vampire seeks the aid of his favorite bartender to help him life a curse in The Minutiae of Being Dead. A woman takes the law into her own hands after uncovering the horrific secret behind a small-town police department in Desert Heat and the Hereafter.

Download or read book Bringing it Back written by Thirteen O'Clock Press and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing It Back: bringing what back? Memories, artefacts, stolen goods, bodies... Thirteen authors explored the theme with a huge and diverse range of great horror stories. What's hiding in your mind that one of these stories could trigger... happy nightmares...