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A magazine of all-new swords & sorcery fiction in the classic pulp style! Now pursuing issue #7 and beyond!
Backers: 640
Average Pledge Per Backer: $108

Funded: $68,975 of $10,000
Dates: Nov 2nd -> Nov 19th (18 days)
Project By: Goodman Games
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Latest News

Stretch goal cleared! 600 backers and 8 stories!

November 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Mortals, your actions have impressed even the Skull! Even now as I type this, we have surpassed 600 backers! This clears another stretch goal and brings the special issue up to 8 stories! Bang your gongs and toot your horns! Tell your henchmen and... (Read More)

The Last Day of the Skull's Glorious Kickstarter

November 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortal dogs! Today is the last day of the Skull's most glorious of Kickstarters. Tomorrow marks the beginning of the next phase of his grand plan to bring sword-and-sorcery to the masses! Thanks to all your support, most backers will be... (Read More)

Give Me All Your Money

November 18th - via: kickstarter.com
To be honest, we are a bit embarassed to post such a crass message, but the Skull commands and we obey. Without further preamble, a musical message from the Skull: You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play... (Read More)

Bookmark Bonus for Backers!

November 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Backers! The Skull has been ranting, er, speaking tirelessly to exhort his minions to labor even more tirelessly (or less tirefully? which is it?) to meet the needs of you, his glorious subscribers. The one known as Swartz recently made a... (Read More)

Announcing Bitskull, cryptocurrency of the Immortal Skull

November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, faithful subscribers. Today intern #212 made an egregious error. When explaining how gold coins cannot be used to pay the latest invoice for gorilla repellant, he joked about paying in cryptocurrency. After many strange interlocutions,... (Read More)

Tell Me, Mortals, Which Performance You Preferred - VOTE NOW!

November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
The Skull was pleased that so many mortals appreciated his fine musical renditions. He has asked that we shower praise upon him, so he may discern which of his performances is most praise-worthy.  Therefore, mortals and backers both, please VOTE on... (Read More)

The Skull Also Plays Keyboard

November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
But first, the word of the day! Today's Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day: Gibbous Adjective. When related to the moon, having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle. More broadly, something that is convex... (Read More)

The Skull Interviews Brad McDevitt

November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortal dogs! We are in the final week of this most glorious of Kickstarters. The Skull is pleased with your pledges! But there are still more mortals in the world! Tell them of our glory! Bang your gong and spread the word! No on to... (Read More)

The Skull Also Plays Guitar

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortal dogs! The Skull was pleased with your approval of his musical talents, so he has deigned to grace us with another of his musical interludes. But first: Today's Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day: Baldric Noun. A belt for a sword or... (Read More)

The Skull Interviews James Enge

November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortal dogs! The Skull has taken his brief musical interlude and now we return to work. We have another fine interview. But first let's start with the word of the day... Today's Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day: Shagreen Noun. Sharkskin... (Read More)

Even An Immortal Skull Needs Some Downtime Every Now and Then

November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Even the immortal Skull needs to relax. And what better way than music? Some recently unearthed footage gives us new insight into the Skull's complex personality!  But first, our... Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day: Brazier  Noun. A container... (Read More)

A Stygian Skull interviews Terry Olson

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortal dogs! Today we have another fine interview. But first let's start with the word of the day... Today's Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day: Stygian  Adjective. Literally of or relating to the river Styx; figuratively, extremely... (Read More)

The Skull Interviews Chris Arneson

November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortal dogs! Over the last few days, the Skull has spoken with many fine contributors to his magazine - but not yet an artist. Today let's hear what the Skull thinks of Chris Arneson, who has rendered many fine illustrations for Tales From... (Read More)

Did we mention EPUB? And The Skull Interviews Violette Malan

November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortals! The technology intern has asked that we clarify two things.  First, the Skull does not use an iPhone, contrary to those silly rumors circulating on the internet, as neither the fingerprint recognition or facial ID functions work... (Read More)

"Atavistic" - and the Skull Interviews Greg Mele

November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortal dogs! Today the Skull interviews Greg Mele. But first, it's time for the next Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day! "Atavistic" is really a great word and appears often in S&S tales, as well as its cousin "atavism." Today's Sword... (Read More)

Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day - and The Skull Interviews Lester the Layout Wizard

November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, minions! Today we bring you another fine interview by the Skull. But first, it's time for the next Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day! Today's Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day: Pantherish  Adjective. Resembling or suggestive of a... (Read More)

Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day - and The Skull Interviews John Chris Hocking

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortal dogs! Today we bring you another fine interview by the Skull. But first, it's time for The Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day! Today's Sword & Sorcery Word of the Day: Thew  Noun. Muscular power or development; strength or... (Read More)

The Skull Interviews Nathan Long

November 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, mortal! Thank you for the phenomenal support. This project is off to a rocketing start! It's so gratifying to see the support for our little magazine of sword & sorcery.  We've not only funded, we've passed the first stretch goal! We... (Read More)

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