In 2019, DMR Books released The Infernal Bargain and Other Stories, our first free digital “sampler” anthology. It contained ten tales from some of our then-current releases and authors. In the past seven years, there have been plenty of changes, both at DMR and in the sword-and-sorcery scene in general. No small number of authors, publishers, and readers have come and gone—but DMR Books is still here, soldiering on with banners raised high.

With the influx of new readers discovering what the genre has to offer in recent years, it’s high time for a second sampler. In this free anthology, you’ll find six stories by the cream of the crop of currently active S&S writers and two tales by masters from the pulps, spanning the broad spectrum DMR Books has to offer. This is your chance to discover what you’ve been missing!

Table of Contents:

“Introduction” by D.M. Ritzlin
“The Hill of Breaking Bones” by Adrian Cole
”The Tears of Blood” by M. Stern
”In the Hall of the Wolfborn Liege” by Byron A. Roberts
”Through the Dragon Glass” by A. Merritt
”Forerunners” by Ethan Sabatella (previously unpublished)
”Reflections of a Haunted Mind” by Howie K. Bentley
”Swain’s Stone” by Arthur D. Howden Smith
”The Demon’s Oak” by D.M. Ritzlin