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Broadswords and Blasters Issue 3 Is Live!

Posted on October 13, 2017 by

The newest issue is now available for purchase in both Kindle and Print versions. Buy one for yourself. Buy one for a friend. Buy one for your neighbor. Buy another one for yourself to put in a different location–work, dinner … Continue reading →

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Issue 3 Cover Reveal

Posted on September 6, 2017 by

Luke Spooner/Carrion House knocked it out of the park again! This cover illustrates the creepy pirate tale “Moss” by Will Bernardara, Jr. Need to catch up? Have no fear! Issue 1 and Issue 2 are still available to purchase.

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Print Proof Copies

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

We have print proof copies in hand. We appear to be on track for approving the print version for sale by May 1st. We also learned a few lessons by doing this essentially backwards through Amazon (KDP then Createspace) and … Continue reading →

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Issue 1 Now Available for Preorder!

Posted on April 8, 2017 by

  That’s right folks, issue one is now available for preorder. Featuring work by Matt Spencer, R.A. Goli, Michael M. Jones,  Dusty Wallace, Nicholas Ozment, Dave D’Alessio, Josh Reynolds, and Rob Francis. Cover art by Luke Spencer of Carrion House. … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Dashiell Hammett

Posted on March 27, 2017 by

Dashiell Hammett lived the life of a hard-boiled detective before he created one of his own. His Continental Op character was one of the most popular detectives of the 1920s pulp fiction era. Hammett’s work with the Op and other … Continue reading →

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The Pulp Appeal of Solomon Kane

Posted on February 13, 2017 by

When modern readers think about pulp fiction, they no doubt tend to imagine sword and sorcery like Conan the Barbarian, lost worlds fiction like The Land That Time Forgot, pulp detectives like Dick Tracy or The Shadow, or horror like … Continue reading →

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What, Another Magazine?

Posted on February 12, 2017 by

    The goal of BROADSWORDS AND BLASTERS is to highlight those genres that the editors enjoy reading and we hope our readers enjoy too. Whether its tales of adventurers stealing gems from ancient temples, Westerns where a six-gun is … Continue reading →

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