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Savage Realms Monthly: January 2021: A collection of dark fantasy sword and sorcery short adventure stories (Savage Realms Monthly Dark Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Adventure Magazine) Paperback – January 26, 2021

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Quench Your Thirst for Savage Sword and Sorcery Action Adventure!

The masters of sword and sorcery fiction might be dead but just because Robert E. Howard is no longer penning Conan tales doesn't mean you have to go without your fix of axe wielding barbarians, lusty wenches and evil wizards! Literary Rebel is proud to bring you a whole new crop of monthly fantasy fiction by talented new authors. In this first issue: savages kidnap virgins for sacrifice, a slave escapes his bonds only to fall victim to royal machinations, treasure seekers find more than they bargained for, and a sword wielding maiden does battle with a serpent lord.

"The first issue does not disappoint!"

"Hack and slash goodness."

"Harkens back to the days of the pulp masters..."

Fans of Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, Clark Ashton Smith, and Karl Edward Wagner will love this new fantasy fiction adventure magazine.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08VCQP8WH
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (January 26, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 110 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8700786492
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.25 x 8 inches

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Willard Black is the cantankerous author of the Savage Realm Adventures. He lives on six acres in southern Montana with a pair of mongrel dogs and his testy old biddy of a wife. He published the first Savage Realm story in the late 80’s during the height of the fantasy adventure craze. He’s been playing video games since Pac-Man and he’s still upset they turned the works of Robert E. Howard into an MMO and not the Savage Realms. When not writing, Willard can be found grinding in Conan Exiles.

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David J. West

"My axe ran crimson..."

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2021

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Phenomenal short collection of sword & sorcery. God of the Mountain by Willard Black is straight forward S&S with everything you could expect in a classic barbarian adventure. It kinda reminded me of the Lee Marvin/The Professionals movie and that's a good thing.
The Festival of the Bull by Steve Dilks is top notch amazing and I am going to have to read more by him. It has classic set-up and premise like a very good Conan pastiche but this barbarian Bohun is his own man with his own mission and honor bound duty to abide by. Great tale!
The Tomb of Orthun-Rah by David Sims is excellent as well, lots of surprise twists and fun. This is a great new addition to the premise of a barbarian vs a sorcerer.
Serpent Lord of Bryson Metals is the weakest tale for me, but that is my own bias as it didn't particularly seem like a S&S tale to me - it is fantasy, it is action packed with strange magics etc and terrible monsters, but maybe it was a little off the mark for me - not bad by any stretch, its good, but just seemed a little out of place beside the others. I heartily recommend this collection to everyone who likes S&S.

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Robert B. Weaver

Doesn't Develop the Genre

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2021

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The stories in this anthology are OK, but they don't develop the sword and sorcery genre beyond where it already is. The first story, for instance, reads like a ¨greatest hits¨ of the genre: big barbarian, big sword, simple physical quest, barbarian sense of honor, etc. But it holds on to tropes that need to be challenged: the standard brute savage primitive people enemy, damsel in distress... I give REH a pass when he plays those notes because of the culture at his time and he was one of the progenitors of the genre but a current author should be looking for ways to do better and enrich the genre. The second story, with a hero of color looks promising, but he's just the same barbarian character painted brown, complete with a leopard skin loincloth. The stories check off all the boxes of classic sword and sorcery, but never go beyond long-established boundaries. I didn't buy the next installments.

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Brent Partner

At last!

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2021

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My teen reading years were all about the pulps. Writers such as Robert E Howard, Fritz Leiber, Karl Edward Wagner and Michael Moorcock took me to places that no other form of fiction could. Call me blasphemous, but I thought their works were far more engaging and dangerous than anything Tolkien ever produced. That was why my heart skipped a beat after seeing this publication. Whilst the authors contained within do not quite match up to the greats... yet... they all took me to places that I have yearned to visit. In particular, Steve Dilks and David Sims swept me away, but so did Willard Black and Kell Myers. Thank you to all the authors who contributed. I have since bought the subsequent issues and cannot wait to begin reading once more. Kudos!!

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NEW MAGAZINE - NEW STORIES - NEW ADVENTURES IN THE SAVAGE REALMS

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2022

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There's always room for another venue for stories that tell the adventures of heroes and villains...love found and lost...and great treasures and mysteries to move the world.

Welcome to SAVAGE REALMS MONTHLY. Presumably derived from Willard Black's 2018 book SAVAGE REALMS, a LitRPG Adventure that drops players into virtual reality world with all the fun and excitement that entails, the monthly title "appears" to be a collection of tales of Sword & Sorcery. I say presumably because, after all, these adventures COULD be set in various virtual worlds.

Having said that, the stories come off as straight S&S with different flavors...different tropes...and a lot of the fun for the readers.

This first entry contains 4 stories:

GOD OF THE MOUNTAIN by Willard Black - A barbarian mercenary takes gold to retrieve a captured daughter. But nothing is as it appears. The first of the Redgar and Natali continuing series if stories.

THE FESTIVAL OF THE BULL by Steve Dilks - An escaped "slave" saves a life...a life that threatens to destroy what freedom he has.

THE TOMB OF ORTHUN-RAH by David Sims - A search for hidden treasure brings deadly creatures and an evil betrayal.

SERPENT LORD OF BRYSON METALS by Kell Myers - A war in a future time compels a soldier to protect an ancient artifact and its keeper.

A nice collection of stories and a fun launch for this new magazine.

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Lonelycitydays

The Start Of What I Hope Is A Long Sword And Sorcery Tradition

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2021

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This first issue turned out to be what I was hoping for. Well written sword and sorcery with action aplenty. Several of the tales featured barbarian heroes I would loved to see again in the future. Steve Dilks story I had read before but enjoyed reading again. My wish is that fantasy readers check this book out and that it has a long run.

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Darin Hlavaz

A Fine Collection of Adventure Tales

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2021

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If you've an itch for action and adventure, Savage Realms Monthly: January 2021 will scratch it just fine. The four stories collected within hit all the sweet spots of classic S&S; there was not one among them I didn't enjoy. While others here provide greater detail in their reviews, I'll simply sum up everything here quickly: these are some great reads that have turned me onto writers new-to-me in the genre. For a couple of these, I've already sniffed out more of their work and am looking forward to discovering more from the rest. In any event, you can't go wrong here. If you're into S&S, don't miss out.

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Matt Spencer

A good start.

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021

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As a big fan of sword and sorcery fiction, I was immediately intrigued to learn of this new magazine, and I'll certainly be keeping an eye on it in the future. Some entries were stronger than others, while others played it a bit safe as thinly disguised Howard pastiches for my taste (I love Robert E Howard, but when reading newer practitioners of the genre he created, I much prefer to read stories that keep all the core elements one loves about it, while pushing the envelope in exciting new directions, exploring imaginative new possibilities of what the genre can be). Still, not an entry in the bunch that didn't succeed as fast-paced escapist entertainment, and I look forward to more.

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Sword and Sorcery goodness

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022

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I really enjoyed reading this ezine. It was a breath of fresh air, Compared to some of the epic fantasy books out today. It was like coming home, returning to my roots. It also gave me some new authors to read like Steve Dilks. I will continue to read Savage Realms monthly, and highly recommend it to all sword and sorcery fans.

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Thrilling Sword-and-Sorcery Action In The Manner of The Legendary Pulps

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2022

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Savage Realms is a a monthly, small press, digest publication celebrating modern authors working in the swords-and-sorcery genre.

The first issue - dated January 2021 - contains four stories by new and established genre authors.

While a mixed bag, as you would hope, all were of a high standard, with The Festival of The Bull, by Steve Dilks, a fellow Brit who manages to rival Robert E Howard himself for sheer pulp excitement, being the stand-out of the bunch.

I came across Savage Realms Monthly purely by chance, searching "sword-and-sorcery" on Amazon (where all the issues are readily available, as they appear to be printed by Amazon as well) months ago.

But I once I actually ordered a copy I was instantly hooked from the moment I started reading.

The digest size and sensible print font size made it an easy read for me, struggling as I do with a combination of poor eyesight and fickle concentration because of my stroke, and while I didn't tear through it, the action of each short adventure drove my enthusiasm on for as long as I read at each sitting.

You've probably heard me moan before about how my reading - and retention - has suffered because of my various medical ailments, but this volume proved to be the perfect fillip for me.

The stories in this issue are:
God of The Mountain, by Willard Black, was the Clonan I was expecting but had an amazing backdrop, making great use of its volcanic setting.

The barbarian hero Redgar is charged with rescuing a maiden from sacrifice. This was exactly the sort of story I was expecting to find in a sword-and-sorcery anthology, with a nice twist in its plot, but was primarily memorable for the dramatic use of its final explosive locale (7/10)

The Festival of The Bull, by Steve Dilks: The highlight of the issue for me, a thrill ride from start to finish.

It would be easy to dismiss the central character of Bohun as simply "Black Conan", but Dilks has crafted a fully-rounded character, with believable motivations to back up his over-the-top deeds.

While still the muscle-bound "barbarian" of tradition, Bohun is also unlike any antihero I've encountered in the genre so far.

The longest story in the collection, it perfectly conjures its decadent setting, and delivers a terse, pulse-pounding adventure. (10/10)

The Tomb of Orthun-Rah, by David Sims: I'm not used to swords-and-sorcery tales with such a large cast of protagonists, and this felt like a Dungeons & Dragons adventure write-up at first with the inclusion of a dwarf character, but very quickly it became an impressive tomb raiding story, especially as the party was whittled down by the combination of a demon and the stalking sleeva.

A band of deserters head into the jungle to loot an abandoned temple and - surprise, surprise - get more than they bargained for. (8/10)

Serpent Lord of Bryson Metals, by Kell Myers: At first I was thrown off by the post-apocalyptic setting and the swearing (I have no problem with cussing, it just doesn't seem a natural fit for the swords-and-sorcery short fiction genre), but, once again, the pace and the storytelling quickly won me round.

I still prefer a more old school, pseudo-Hyborian setting for these stories, but Serpent Lord genuinely surprised me by how it drew me in, despite these reservations.

Not a traditional sword-and-sorcery tale, this takes place centuries after the collapse of the United States and the return of magic (a bit Thundarr The Barbarian), with special forces officer Kara Black racing to keep a mysterious artefact out of the hands of the invading lizard-like Krun forces. (9/10)

I realise, these days, the market for hardcore sword-and-sorcery is not what it was, but I can't help feeling that Savage Realms Monthly has the potential to be a modern day Weird Tales, serving as a launch pad for a new wave of sword-and-sorcery scribes.

I was going to read all the available issues of Savage Realms in release order, but I'm now skipping ahead to the next to feature the brilliant Bohun (March 2022).

Then I'll go back to the second volume and resume my journey into the unknown, trusty sword in hand.

With a price point of between £8 and £10 an issue, Savage Realms Monthly is the perfect regular treat for genre fans.

There are currently a dozen volumes on Amazon and publisher William Scott Miller tells me the next is due out at the end of the month (or start of August at the latest).

A full-time thriller writer by profession, William Scott Miller, of Literary Rebel, says publishing Savage Realms Monthly is a labour of love, and I reckon fellow swords-and-sorcery devotees owe it to themselves to sample some of this love.

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DaveJP

Love It!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2021

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Fantastic magazine!

I recently got into Robert E Howard’s Conan and Kull stories and this magazine is filled with more of that Sword and Sorcery magic!

All the authors were handpicked for the quality of their storytelling and I thoroughly enjoyed each one!

Stand out for me in this issue is Steve Dilks story The Festival Of The Bull

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Archie

Excellent!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2021

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Great collection of new S&S stories, well worth a read if you are a fan of the genre

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Dave

Good collection of short tales.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2021

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Worth the buy....

Graeme

good introduction to sword & sorcery

Reviewed in Australia on March 24, 2022

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A monthly magazine that is a great way to get an introduction to the Sword and sorcery genre, or for existing readers to find a new author.

The short stories are just long enough to give an idea of what to expect, without potentially getting boring. I know I was interested in learning more about the worlds two of the authors had crafted.

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