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What is Mordschlag?


Mordschlag Sword and Sorcery Magazine is dedicated to the craft of thrilling, thew-bound tales of Sword & Sorcery and Heroic Fantasy.

Every pocket-sized issue of Mordschlag contains a fistful of new short fiction, an article analyzing the genre, and monster stat-blocks pulled straight from the tales and ready-to-play in ShadowDark RPG.

Published by The Arcanist: Fantasy Publishing. Edited by James D. Mills.

What Readers Say:

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Conan Howard. Barbarian at Thewsdays.

Musclar prose. Very good.


Elric Stormbringer. Emperor at Melniboné.

I can't control myself, I need more Mordschlag.

Submissions


SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2026.

See our full submissions guidelines on Arcanist Online.

Submit your writing on our Submission Form

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Contact


Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Phone: +1(209)479-8988

Email: editors@thearcanist.net


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Art by Diego Castro. Used with permission.

“Mordschlag: Sword and Sorcery Magazine” is an independent product published under the Shadowdark RPG Third-Party License and is not affiliated with The Arcane Library, LLC. Shadowdark RPG © 2023 The Arcane Library, LLC.”