num_pages: 78
description: Issue 2, Winter 2020 CONTENTS:Editor’s Note Jason Ray CarneyThe City of Tombs George JacobsAn Unforgiveable Interruption D.M. RitzlinThe Stain on the Skull Simon RulemanThe Augur of Khoalse Corey GrahamDark Meditations J. Thomas HowardThe Mortal Essence Ulysses Maurer Hounds Chuck ClarkMother of Malevolence Chase Folmar Raising Daughters S.E. LindbergThe Slain of Talhn R. SagusUnder the Oak Zack TaylorBest Left to Professionals Jace PhelpsRolf's Ride Frank CoffmanWHETSTONE is an amateur magazine that seeks to discover, inspire, and publish emerging authors who are enthusiastic about the tradition of "pulp sword and sorcery." Writers in this tradition include (but are not limited to) the following: Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, David C. Smith, and many more. "Pulp sword and sorcery" emphasizes active protagonists, supernatural menaces, and preindustrial (mostly ancient and medieval) settings. Some "pulp sword and sorcery" straddles the line between historical and fantasy fiction; at WHETSTONE, however, we prefer "secondary world settings," other worlds liberated from the necessity of historical accuracy.
language: English
title: Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue Two
publisher: Whetstone