New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine

Author photo of John Fultz.

⚔️WELCOME BACK JOHN FULTZ!⚔️
John will have a brand new article in one of this year's issues. See cool art, crowdfund exclusives, and other exciting details here 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

A concert poster style graphic for SYNTHS AGAINST SORCERY, "a night of spellbinding dungeon synth!" featuring Wizards of Aldur, Gloamwalker, Ervals and Fantasy Audio Magazine.

🎹SYNTHS AGAINST SORCERY🎵
🕰️7pm EST this Thursday night🕰️📅
Interviews with and live performances by awesome dungeon synth people, hosted by @jayrequard.bsky.social!

Learn more here 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Picture of an open cardboard box with a stack of issue one on the left side and a stack of issue two on the right side.

📣SPECIAL UDPATE📣
📖THE FINAL COPIES OF ISSUE ONE HAVE BEEN RECOVERED📖

Read more here 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Not dumb at all! Yes, if you grabbed a copy of issue one through our Fall novellas crowdfund then have no fear, those have been set aside for you.

A concert poster style graphic for SYNTHS AGAINST SORCERY, "a night of spellbinding dungeon synth!" featuring Wizards of Aldur, Gloamwalker, Ervals and Fantasy Audio Magazine.

🎹SYNTHS AGAINST SORCERY🎵
🕰️7pm EST this Thursday night🕰️📅
Interviews with and live performances by awesome dungeon synth people, hosted by @jayrequard.bsky.social!

Learn more here 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Picture of an open cardboard box with a stack of issue one on the left side and a stack of issue two on the right side.

📣SPECIAL UDPATE📣
📖THE FINAL COPIES OF ISSUE ONE HAVE BEEN RECOVERED📖

Read more here 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

🖌️WELCOME BACK MATTHEW SPENCER!🎨
@mspencerdraws.bsky.social will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Illustration by Matthew Spencer, cropped and zoomed in on a crowd of pirates, three of whom bear the faces of past crowdfund backers.

😃Don't forget you can GET YER FACE IN THE MAGAZINE, drawn into a story by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social! 🖌️

👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Illustration by Matthew Spencer, cropped and zoomed in on a crowd of pirates, three of whom bear the faces of past crowdfund backers.

😃Don't forget you can GET YER FACE IN THE MAGAZINE, drawn into a story by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social! 🖌️

👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

🖌️WELCOME BACK MATTHEW SPENCER!🎨
@mspencerdraws.bsky.social will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Author photo of Craig Slee

⚔️ WELCOME CRAIG SLEE!✍️
@mrvi.cold-albion.net will have a brand new story in one of this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

💪Yesterday you unlocked that raise!⚔️

The next goal unlocks:

✍️ 9c/word for our authors.

📃Flash fiction by @breadsonja.bsky.social for all backers to enjoy.

📖A short story critique by @jpaknelson.bsky.social for the lucky backer whose pledge unlocks the raise!

👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

You, too, could be suplexed twice in 2026, when Varika appears in the pages of NESS as well as her debut novella, SUPLEX & SORCERY! Contribute to the crowdfund today!

That reminds us, there's a Zardoz-inspired official uniform for all NESS authors...

9c per word would be *huge*, and once again I bang my drum: this is a very large amount of money going directly into the pockets of marginalized authors, in a time where the world is ramping up its unkindness towards our communities.

First draft of my Dying Earth story (Clark Ashton Smith inspired!) off to the editors of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social !

It me! My face is huge! My story is weird (and I hope) wonderful!

Author photo of Craig Slee

⚔️ WELCOME CRAIG SLEE!✍️
@mrvi.cold-albion.net will have a brand new story in one of this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Black and white illustration by Duamn Figueroa Rassol, showing a woman holding a torch wading through tumultuous waters.

Black and white illustration by Duamn Figueroa Rassol, showing a group of mysteriously dressed figures gathered around a circle of small stones on the desert floor, one of them seated and drawing within the circle using a curved stick.

Full color illustration by Duamn Figueroa Rassol of a kind of illustrated logo showing a neon bat head looming over a bouquet of human faces, seaweed, zebras, and more.

Black and white illustration by Duamn Figueroa Rassol showing a woman holding a skull & valuables in her arms, looking up toward sunlight.

🖌️WELCOME DUAMN FIGUEROA RASSOL!🎨
@duamn.bsky.social will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

INTERVIEW: with author Oliver Brackenbury Sword & sorcery fiction kicks so much ass. From its humble beginnings to its current incarnation, sword & sorcery (or S&S) began in magazines, telling tales of high adventure, horrific terror, and thr...

I’ve been a fan of New Edge (or NESS) for quite a while now, and I was delighted to speak with Oliver Brackenbury about how he got into the genre, NESS’s origin story, the community surrounding the magazine, and where he hopes to take it in the future.

💪Yesterday you unlocked that raise!⚔️

The next goal unlocks:

✍️ 9c/word for our authors.

📃Flash fiction by @breadsonja.bsky.social for all backers to enjoy.

📖A short story critique by @jpaknelson.bsky.social for the lucky backer whose pledge unlocks the raise!

👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

My talk with @obrackenbury.bsky.social is up! I discovered his podcast SO I'M WRITING A NOVEL in mid/late 2024, where I was properly introduced to what what makes S&S fiction so cool. I was excited/happy to get to speak with him about all things S&S and @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social!

Black and white illustration by Duamn Figueroa Rassol, showing a woman holding a torch wading through tumultuous waters.

Black and white illustration by Duamn Figueroa Rassol, showing a group of mysteriously dressed figures gathered around a circle of small stones on the desert floor, one of them seated and drawing within the circle using a curved stick.

Full color illustration by Duamn Figueroa Rassol of a kind of illustrated logo showing a neon bat head looming over a bouquet of human faces, seaweed, zebras, and more.

Black and white illustration by Duamn Figueroa Rassol showing a woman holding a skull & valuables in her arms, looking up toward sunlight.

🖌️WELCOME DUAMN FIGUEROA RASSOL!🎨
@duamn.bsky.social will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Illustration by Matthew Spencer, cropped and zoomed in on a crowd of pirates, three of whom bear the faces of past crowdfund backers.

😃New GET YER FACE IN THE MAGAZINE pledge just opened up, featuring @mspencerdraws.bsky.social! 🖌️

👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

GOING LIVE NOW
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Five minutes!

The games begin in just one hour! Watch it right at the top of the crowdfund page: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Youtube thumbnail which has the SWORDS WITHOUT MASTER logotype above a caption that reads "livestream with new edge sword & sorcery"", and on the right third is a Sword & Sorcery illustration by Goran Gligovic.

⚔️SWORDS WITHOUT MASTER⚔️
🎲 ACTUAL PLAY LIVESTREAM 🎲
🌛 TONIGHT AT 7PM EST ⌚️
Run by @epidiah.bsky.social for a table of New Edge pals!
👁️ Watch it right at the top of the crowdfund 👉️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Not long now!

📱💻That same raise also comes with digital backgrounds of our issue 8 cover art by @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social for all backers, and the lucky person whose pledge gets us over the line will be mailed a vintage S&S magazine from our editor's personal collection!📖

👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...