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Malcolm T. North
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Short-story writer of heroic fantasy and sword & sorcery. Academic posting here under my pen name. I was chaotic good in the days of 5e. | He/him.
https://malcolmnorth.carrd.co/
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To all who celebrate, from ours to yours.
#Halloween
Three carved pumpkins on a porch.
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Tonight I'm sipping scotch, handing out candy, and reading this:
Book: Vampires Save the XDayX Night (the word "Day" is crossed out)
October 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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I'm honored to have my story "The Vault of the Sleeper" in the October issue of Crimson Quill Quarterly. It is the follow up to "Into the Siege," which was published in the July issue of CQQ. #HeroicFantasy #SwordsandSorcery
Table of contents for Volume 8 (October) of CQQ, which includes Malcolm North - The Vault of the Sleeper.
September 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Very excited to see my short story "Into the Siege" in the July issue of Crimson Quill Quarterly: Volume 7.
The first page of the story, showing the title ("Into the Siege") and the authorship (Malcolm North). Between the two is a drawing of a battle axe. The page's header reads: CRIMSON QUILL QUARTERLY: VOLUME 7: JULY 2025
July 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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This came in the mail. Really looking forward to diving headlong into it.
Matt Holder’s book Hurled Headlong Flaming.
June 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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I very much recommend Neil's Eliza Sky stories. While it's easy enough to search the name on the weblink below, I'm posting the specific story names in order in the attachment.
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Willcox, Neil. “Eliza Sky and the Lodestar Warrior.” Swords & Sorcery Magazine, April 2022. ———. “Eliza Sky and the Elfborn Herald.” Swords & Sorcery Magazine, December 2022. ———. “Eliza Sky And The Iron Smelter’s Devil.” Swords & Sorcery Magazine, October 29, 2024. ———. “Eliza Sky and the Gallows Tree.” Swords & Sorcery Magazine, August 2023.
May 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Happy Superb Owl Sunday!

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A silver coin from Athens, called a Tetradrachm, depicting an owl.
February 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Detail from the scene decorating the Sosibios Vase, which was Keats' inspiration for his "Ode on a Grecian Urn."
February 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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"My name is OZYMANDIAS, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" - Percy Shelley
Statue fragment from Egypt known as the Younger Memnon, now on display in the British Museum. It was the inspiration for Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" (the Greek name for Ramesses II)
January 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM