Judicar Parmour Pelevin rules the ancient kingdom of Procellarium on an environmentally decimated desert moon of a blue world. His stubborn insistence on establishing order, in the name of upholding ancient tradition, sets his own family's swords against him. But is tradition strong enough to contain the chaos that erupts all around him and throughout his kingdom? 

The Judicar was pensive. "Who say men that I am, Heterodymus?" Heterodymus' shriveled, lich-like left head answered first: "Men say that you are mad, that you should vacate the throne and let the people rule over their own interests," it croaked in a high, scratchy voice.
He nodded, thinking for a moment, then turned to the other head. "Dexter?" he asked, seemingly unaffected by the brashness of the left-head's comment.
The right head responded in a cool, reassuring voice whose cheerful tone contradicted the left head's as much as the godlike, innocent beauty of his own baby face opposed the other's extreme ugliness. "Sinistrum is mistaken. Men say that you are the greatest ruler Procellarium has ever known. A genius in trade and tactics, my lord."
The Judicar weighed their words for a moment. "Madman or genius," the noble spoke in a dignified manner, without a hint of boasting or over-confidence, "I am their leader. Judicar Parmour Pelevin. And I will uphold the traditions of my people."

An epic fantasy tragedy by World Fantasy Award winning editor and author Forrest Aguirre.

Swans Over the Moon

Aguirre, Forrest

Literature & Fiction

Wheatland Press

Heraclix was dead and Pomp was immortal. That was before Heraclix’s reanimation (along with the sewn-together pieces and parts of many other dead people) and Pomp’s near murder at the hands of an evil necromancer. As they travel from Vienna to Prague to Istanbul and back again (with a side-trip to Hell), they struggle to understand who and what they are: Heraclix seeks to know the life he had before his death and rebirth, and Pomp wrestles with the language and meaning of mortality. As they journey across a land rife with revolution and unrest, they discover that the evil necromancer they thought dead might not be so dead after all. In fact, he might be making a pact to ensure his own immortality . . .

Heraclix and Pomp: A Novel of the Fabricated and the Fey

United States

Underland Press

Heraclix and Pomp, Aguirre's first full-length novel, explores the ideas of identity and immortality through the eyes of a man-like golem and a time-bending fairy who can barely grasp the idea of now, much less the dangers of what's to come. Before being sewn-together, Heraclix was dead—merely a pile of mismatched pieces, collected from the corpses of many troubled men. And Pomp was immortal—at least, so she thought. That was before her impossible near-murder at the hands of the necromancer, Heraclix's creator. But when playing God, even the smallest error is a gargantuan weakness. When the necromancer makes his, Heraclix and Pomp begin their epic flight. As they travel from Vienna to Prague to Istanbul and, even, to Hell itself, they struggle to understand who and what they are: who was Heraclix before his death and rebirth? What is mortality, and why does it suddenly concern Pomp? As they journey through an unruly eighteenth century, they discover that the necromancer they thought dead might not be quite so after all. In fact, he may have sealed his immortality at the expense of everyone alive . . . Heraclix and Pomp is a richly textured and decadent read, filled with Baroque ideology and Byzantine political intrigue. Fans of fantasy and historical fiction alike will revel in Aguirre's layered prose and vivid characterizations. Heraclix and Pomp brings the surreal and the macabre to one of history's most violent eras, and it does so in a voice sure to resonate among this season's best new releases.

The eighteenth Tarot card is the Moon, and those who raise their arms to her know she offers Mercy and Severity in equal measure. This is the great river at night, where wolves howl and all doors are open. All futures are possible, and every truth is elusive. This is the source and passion of Eighteen: Stories of Mischief &amp; Mayhem. These twenty-four stories from voices--old and new--celebrate the inevitability of fate, the horror of prophecy, and the shivering delight of not knowing what comes next.
Cross over the threshold with us, and explore the strange, the weird, and the fantastic. Do not fear what lies ahead. It is the same as what came before. The only difference is you. This is Eighteen, and nothing will be the same.
Eighteen contains stories from Forrest Aguirre, Darin Bradley, Christopher East, Scott Edelman, Nicole Feldringer, Ben Gamblin, Ingrid Garcia, A. P. Howell, Emma Johnson-Rivard, E. E. King, Jessie Kwak, Shannon Lawrence, Gerri Leen, Mark Mills, Christi Nogle, Tammie Painter, Josh Rountree, Erica Sage, Lorraine Schein, J. Dee Stanley, Richard Thomas, John Waterfall, Wendy N. Wagner, and Todd Zack. It is edited by Mark Teppo

Eighteen: Stories of Mischief & Mayhem (Underland Tarot)

Bradley, Darin

Edelman, Scott

Teppo, Mark

Howell, A. P.

Garcia, Ingrid

East, Christopher

Feldringer, Nicole

Gamblin, Ben

Genre Fiction

There are four aspects of the eternal spark: the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. These are the ways that hope manifests. These are the ways we keep ourselves engaged. These are the ways by which we learn how to fight monsters. We stand with cup, shield, sword, and stick. This is the iconography of Arcana. These are the four quarters of the whole. These are the ways we heal, harbor, howl, and hum.\nThis, then, is the first deck of the Arcana: thirty-eight stories that celebrate these aspects. With contributions from Forrest Aguirre, Michael Barsa, Nathan Batchelor, Breanna Bright, Elou Carroll, Brandon Crilly, Sarah Day, Jetse de Vries, Eric Del Carlo, Louis Evans, Tori Fredrick, H. L. Fullerton, Manfred Gabriel, Vera Hadzic, Catherine Hansen, Christopher Hawkins, David Hewitt, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, A. P. Howell, Selah Janel, Nikoline Kaiser. Jessie Kwak, Jon Lasser, J. A. W. McCarthy, Jon McGoran, Linda McMullen, Tristan Morris, Christi Nogle, Stephen O’Donnell, Jennifer Quail, W. T. Paterson, Lexi Peréz, Jonathan Raab, Josh Rountree, Rebecca Ruvinsky, Lorraine Schein, and Ro Smith.

Underland Arcana Deck One (Underland Arcana Decks)

Kwak, Jessie

Nogle, Christi

Barsa, Michael

Crilly, Brandon

Day, Sarah

Hoffman, Nina Kirki

Fugue XXIX is the first full-length collection of short stories available from World Fantasy Award winning editor and author Forrest Aguirre. These marvelous tales come to you from the fringe of speculative literary fiction where innovative minds keep busy dreaming up the future's uncharted territories and mining forgotten treasures of the past. Whether exploring the stars or unearthing ancient cultures these stories will surprise and delight. In Aguirre's world anything can happen, and does, with regularity.

Fugue Xxix

Raw Dog Screaming Pr

Fugue XXIX

Literary

Raw Dog Screaming Press

Killer of Giants: An Umerican Survival Guide adventurer for 3+ level characters

Science Fiction & Fantasy

San Filippo, Reid

Gaming

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Underland Arcana 4: Fall 2021

De Vries, Jetse

Hansen, Catherine

Schein, Lorraine

Hadzic, Vera

Independently published

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