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Adventures of Sword and Sorcery is a quarterly Fantasy magazine of fiction. Its editor Randy Dannenfelser brings to fans High and Heroic Fantasy fiction. All of the issures are consistent with stories by established and new writers. Stories in recent issues (#5 and 6) have many examples of excellent work. In this article, I will talk about a sampling of stories from these issues.
Laura J. Underwood's "A Little Knight Music" is a Glynnanis and Anwyn story. It is a partly humorous and partly serious tale. Anwyn, the Bard, must stop a knight from killing a dragon. This story makes some good points about hunting and heroism. Centaurs are the fantasy creatures that appear in the murder mystery "When Centaurs Dance" by Alan Smale. Cestra is an investigator of the Emperor who comes to the village of centaurs to solve a murder committed in the palace. A centaur is the suspected killer. The author provides an interesting culture for the centaurs and intriguing mystery. You will be surprised by this ending. "The Song" by Stephen Baxter is a new Pero Perolet story. Others have appeared before in the magazine and are enjoyable. These stories are told like tall tales. They take place in a culture dominated by elves. Pero loses half his mind to an elf mage. In order to get it back, he must steal a precious song from a rival mage. The interesting twist ending will keep readers wanting more. If you had one wish, how would you use it? Issue six has a story called "Wishing Well" by Patricia Briggs that answers this question. The main character saves an elf and is granted a wish. The story is very emotional and has a good point about friendship. A Finder named Markhat is hired by thre trolls to get back the head of a relative from vampires. This is the main plot of the novelette "The Mister Trophy" by Frank Tuttle. From this beginning, readers are treated to a humorous adventure story. Trolls, humans and vampires are used in interesting ways in this story. Go To Page: 1 2 |
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