Earlier this year Pulp Hero Press attempted to release their first anthology of original sword-and-sorcery fiction, Flashing Swords #6. That didn’t happen (details in this post, if you need to know). After the deletion of Flashing Swords, PHP needed a substitute and they needed it soon, so they brought Jason Ray Carney on board to edit a new anthology. That anthology is entitled Savage Scrolls (the first in a series), and it is available now.

There are plenty of well-known names in the Savage Scrolls lineup: David C. Smith, Adrian Cole, and Howard Andrew Jones, among others. I was invited to contribute, but since I had no unpublished stories to submit, Carney accepted my tale “Slave Girls for Sacrifice,” which previously appeared in my collection Necromancy in Nilztiria.

Details on all eight stories in Savage Scrolls appear below.

Adrian Cole. "Tower in the Crimson Mist." Elak of Atlantis braves a mysterious extradimensional portal to face down the sensuous Araccneris, Queen of Utterzanek!

Steve Dilks. "Tale of the Uncrowned Kings." In the streets of Uhremon, Erich Von Tormath and Zaran seek to plunder the city's most powerful sorcerer’s sanctum!

Steve Lines. "The Eyes of the Scorpion." Shamal the Warrior, enthralled by the wizard Zarallu’s magic, must brave ghul-haunted ruins to uncover a fell artifact!

David C. Smith. "Born of the Serpent." The Great Oron returns to combat the eldritch evil of an inhuman race, whose arcane secrets are more coveted than all the world's treasure!

Fred Blosser. "Under the Basilisk Moon." Prince Raynor is drawn into skullduggery and palace intrigue including a captive princess, bloodthirsty pirates, and a scheming mage!

D.M. Ritzlin. "Slave Girls for Sacrifice." Avok the Cytheran, bonded by slavers, must win his freedom from a sorceress dead-set on sanguine ritual!

Howard Andrew Jones. "Crypt of Stars." Hanuvar of Volanus seeks vengeance against the cruel Dervans; only with the aid of ancient spirits can he free his countrymen!

James Enge. "Laws for the Blood." The plundering of an ancient city awakens a lost weapon from a forgotten war. Only Morlock the Maker can stop it!

Savage Scrolls is available on Amazon.