Old Moon Quarterly
@oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social
oldmoonpublishing.com
Old Moon Quarterly is an indie magazine of weird sword-and-sorcery in the vein of Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee and Karl Edward Wagner.
Old Moon Quarterly is an indie magazine of weird sword-and-sorcery in the vein of Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee and Karl Edward Wagner.
First stretch goal SLAIN! More art has been achieved. At $14,000, we unlock the first pay raise for our authors: we'll go from 8c USD a word to 9c. Onward!
July 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
First stretch goal SLAIN! More art has been achieved. At $14,000, we unlock the first pay raise for our authors: we'll go from 8c USD a word to 9c. Onward!
Old Moon Quarterly is funded! This is as good a time as any to remind everyone that we open for submissions on July 7th. We're looking for dark Arthurian short fiction up to 10k words. We pay 8c a word. We're looking for Arthurian poetry, up to 50 lines. We pay $50 a poem.
July 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Old Moon Quarterly is funded! This is as good a time as any to remind everyone that we open for submissions on July 7th. We're looking for dark Arthurian short fiction up to 10k words. We pay 8c a word. We're looking for Arthurian poetry, up to 50 lines. We pay $50 a poem.
Will we fund TODAY? Just one more Moonlit Blade or Short Story edit-tier pledge would push us over the brink! Then it's stretch goal time!
July 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Will we fund TODAY? Just one more Moonlit Blade or Short Story edit-tier pledge would push us over the brink! Then it's stretch goal time!
We're almost at $10,000! And we still have one Tuckerization and six short story edit pledges available!
July 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We're almost at $10,000! And we still have one Tuckerization and six short story edit pledges available!
90%! We're right there! We still have one Tuckerization (get your name in a story in the magazine!) and six short story edits (We've worked with authors large and small) available too! If they were all purchased, the magazine would fund TODAY and we'd be on our way to some stretch goals!
July 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
90%! We're right there! We still have one Tuckerization (get your name in a story in the magazine!) and six short story edits (We've worked with authors large and small) available too! If they were all purchased, the magazine would fund TODAY and we'd be on our way to some stretch goals!
Author Spotlight!
John Langan ( @johnlangan.bsky.social ) returns to Old Moon for another round! Stoker Award winning author of The Fisherman, and numerous short fiction collections, John is writing the prequel to his novelette in OMQ 8, "The Fourth Intruder."
John Langan ( @johnlangan.bsky.social ) returns to Old Moon for another round! Stoker Award winning author of The Fisherman, and numerous short fiction collections, John is writing the prequel to his novelette in OMQ 8, "The Fourth Intruder."
July 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Author Spotlight!
John Langan ( @johnlangan.bsky.social ) returns to Old Moon for another round! Stoker Award winning author of The Fisherman, and numerous short fiction collections, John is writing the prequel to his novelette in OMQ 8, "The Fourth Intruder."
John Langan ( @johnlangan.bsky.social ) returns to Old Moon for another round! Stoker Award winning author of The Fisherman, and numerous short fiction collections, John is writing the prequel to his novelette in OMQ 8, "The Fourth Intruder."
80% funded! Woot! If you'd like to help us reach some of our stretch goals, like more art and pay raises for our artists/authors, check us out on BackerKit!
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June 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
80% funded! Woot! If you'd like to help us reach some of our stretch goals, like more art and pay raises for our artists/authors, check us out on BackerKit!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
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Artist Spotlight!
Mark Jarrell ( @markjarrellart.bsky.social ) draws some absolutely incredible stuff, including a cover for Old Moon 4, and all of the interior illuminations for our next two issues! We can't wait to share some more of his art in the upcoming weeks.
Mark Jarrell ( @markjarrellart.bsky.social ) draws some absolutely incredible stuff, including a cover for Old Moon 4, and all of the interior illuminations for our next two issues! We can't wait to share some more of his art in the upcoming weeks.
June 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Artist Spotlight!
Mark Jarrell ( @markjarrellart.bsky.social ) draws some absolutely incredible stuff, including a cover for Old Moon 4, and all of the interior illuminations for our next two issues! We can't wait to share some more of his art in the upcoming weeks.
Mark Jarrell ( @markjarrellart.bsky.social ) draws some absolutely incredible stuff, including a cover for Old Moon 4, and all of the interior illuminations for our next two issues! We can't wait to share some more of his art in the upcoming weeks.
A mere $15 away from $8,000! Who shall send us over the edge?
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A mere $15 away from $8,000! Who shall send us over the edge?
Author Spotlight!
E. Catherine Tobler @ecatherine.com returns (this time with Arthuriana)! Her short fiction and poetry has appeared in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Nightmare, and others. A multiple-award finalist, she currently edits @thedeadlands.com.
E. Catherine Tobler @ecatherine.com returns (this time with Arthuriana)! Her short fiction and poetry has appeared in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Nightmare, and others. A multiple-award finalist, she currently edits @thedeadlands.com.
June 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Author Spotlight!
E. Catherine Tobler @ecatherine.com returns (this time with Arthuriana)! Her short fiction and poetry has appeared in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Nightmare, and others. A multiple-award finalist, she currently edits @thedeadlands.com.
E. Catherine Tobler @ecatherine.com returns (this time with Arthuriana)! Her short fiction and poetry has appeared in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Nightmare, and others. A multiple-award finalist, she currently edits @thedeadlands.com.
Artist spotlight!
Marco Sabbione is drawing much of the interior art for our upcoming issues. He has a gritty style that reminds us a bit of old-school Warhammer art mixed with Renaissance illustrations.
Marco Sabbione is drawing much of the interior art for our upcoming issues. He has a gritty style that reminds us a bit of old-school Warhammer art mixed with Renaissance illustrations.
June 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Artist spotlight!
Marco Sabbione is drawing much of the interior art for our upcoming issues. He has a gritty style that reminds us a bit of old-school Warhammer art mixed with Renaissance illustrations.
Marco Sabbione is drawing much of the interior art for our upcoming issues. He has a gritty style that reminds us a bit of old-school Warhammer art mixed with Renaissance illustrations.
We've cracked 70%! And, as promised, our backers get a little freebie: a fun little pdf copy of Alexander Atreya's Arthurian story from Old Moon Quarterly Issue 8, "Galatine." It combines two of our favorite things: bloody knights, and sentient swords. Enjoy!
June 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We've cracked 70%! And, as promised, our backers get a little freebie: a fun little pdf copy of Alexander Atreya's Arthurian story from Old Moon Quarterly Issue 8, "Galatine." It combines two of our favorite things: bloody knights, and sentient swords. Enjoy!
Author Spotlight!
James Enge ( @jamesenge.bsky.social ) lives in northwest Ohio with his wife and their dog, Reuben Sandwich PhD. Enge teaches Latin and mythology at a medium-sized public university, and is the creator of Morlock the Maker, a modern classic of the s/s hero!
James Enge ( @jamesenge.bsky.social ) lives in northwest Ohio with his wife and their dog, Reuben Sandwich PhD. Enge teaches Latin and mythology at a medium-sized public university, and is the creator of Morlock the Maker, a modern classic of the s/s hero!
June 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Author Spotlight!
James Enge ( @jamesenge.bsky.social ) lives in northwest Ohio with his wife and their dog, Reuben Sandwich PhD. Enge teaches Latin and mythology at a medium-sized public university, and is the creator of Morlock the Maker, a modern classic of the s/s hero!
James Enge ( @jamesenge.bsky.social ) lives in northwest Ohio with his wife and their dog, Reuben Sandwich PhD. Enge teaches Latin and mythology at a medium-sized public university, and is the creator of Morlock the Maker, a modern classic of the s/s hero!
Artist Spotlight:
@teradiamart.bsky.social will be creating the cover for our Arthurian issue, currently funding on BackerKit. Her art looks absolutely awesome--just look at that armour! Let us know your favorite in the comments :)
@teradiamart.bsky.social will be creating the cover for our Arthurian issue, currently funding on BackerKit. Her art looks absolutely awesome--just look at that armour! Let us know your favorite in the comments :)
June 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Artist Spotlight:
@teradiamart.bsky.social will be creating the cover for our Arthurian issue, currently funding on BackerKit. Her art looks absolutely awesome--just look at that armour! Let us know your favorite in the comments :)
@teradiamart.bsky.social will be creating the cover for our Arthurian issue, currently funding on BackerKit. Her art looks absolutely awesome--just look at that armour! Let us know your favorite in the comments :)
We've cracked 7k! If we get to 70% before the weekend's over, we shall release a FREE story from the archives for our backers!
June 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We've cracked 7k! If we get to 70% before the weekend's over, we shall release a FREE story from the archives for our backers!
Author Spotlight!
Welcome to one of our returning authors for Old Moon 2025: R.L. Summerling ( @rlsummerling.bsky.social . Appearing in such august tomes as Interzone, and The Dark (and also Old Moon), she's back this year to grace us with weird, unhappy little stories about a world gone to pot.
Welcome to one of our returning authors for Old Moon 2025: R.L. Summerling ( @rlsummerling.bsky.social . Appearing in such august tomes as Interzone, and The Dark (and also Old Moon), she's back this year to grace us with weird, unhappy little stories about a world gone to pot.
June 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Author Spotlight!
Welcome to one of our returning authors for Old Moon 2025: R.L. Summerling ( @rlsummerling.bsky.social . Appearing in such august tomes as Interzone, and The Dark (and also Old Moon), she's back this year to grace us with weird, unhappy little stories about a world gone to pot.
Welcome to one of our returning authors for Old Moon 2025: R.L. Summerling ( @rlsummerling.bsky.social . Appearing in such august tomes as Interzone, and The Dark (and also Old Moon), she's back this year to grace us with weird, unhappy little stories about a world gone to pot.
We have a bit of a surprise! Another artist has joined us for Old Moon 2025, Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social! We're very excited to have Rune with us, and we're really looking forward to the woodcut-style art Rune shall contribute to our magazine!
June 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We have a bit of a surprise! Another artist has joined us for Old Moon 2025, Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social! We're very excited to have Rune with us, and we're really looking forward to the woodcut-style art Rune shall contribute to our magazine!
Over 100 backers and over 60% funded in four days! Thank you to everyone who has backed us thus far! And, if you have not yet backed us, perhaps pop on over to BackerKit and see what we've got cooking: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
June 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Over 100 backers and over 60% funded in four days! Thank you to everyone who has backed us thus far! And, if you have not yet backed us, perhaps pop on over to BackerKit and see what we've got cooking: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
50% reached...and then some! As promised, some ART!
Who is depicted here? Who is she beckoning? How did they even build that castle in the middle of that lake? These are the questions we ask ourselves.
Who is depicted here? Who is she beckoning? How did they even build that castle in the middle of that lake? These are the questions we ask ourselves.
June 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
50% reached...and then some! As promised, some ART!
Who is depicted here? Who is she beckoning? How did they even build that castle in the middle of that lake? These are the questions we ask ourselves.
Who is depicted here? Who is she beckoning? How did they even build that castle in the middle of that lake? These are the questions we ask ourselves.
Only 4 Tuckerizations left! Immortalize yourself in Arthurian legend--or ordain one of your favorite authors slay one of your direst foes (in print only, of course)!
June 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Only 4 Tuckerizations left! Immortalize yourself in Arthurian legend--or ordain one of your favorite authors slay one of your direst foes (in print only, of course)!
Close to 50% Once we hit 50%, we shall reveal some of the interior art for this issue!
June 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Close to 50% Once we hit 50%, we shall reveal some of the interior art for this issue!
Only two hours left to back and earn an exclusive early bird bookmark!
June 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Only two hours left to back and earn an exclusive early bird bookmark!
33% funded in the first 24 hours! If we can hit 50% by the first 48, we'll be well on our way not only towards funding, but towards hitting some of our stretch goals as well! This includes MORE ART, and AUTHOR/ARTIST PAY RAISES as well.
June 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
33% funded in the first 24 hours! If we can hit 50% by the first 48, we'll be well on our way not only towards funding, but towards hitting some of our stretch goals as well! This includes MORE ART, and AUTHOR/ARTIST PAY RAISES as well.
Over $1,000 in half an hour! Keep it up and we'll be funded by dinnertime!
June 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Over $1,000 in half an hour! Keep it up and we'll be funded by dinnertime!
Behold! Cover art for our upcoming issue of Old Moon Quarterly! Hand-drawn and inked by Robin Harris of Mystic Barbarism (and Wormwitch)!
June 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Behold! Cover art for our upcoming issue of Old Moon Quarterly! Hand-drawn and inked by Robin Harris of Mystic Barbarism (and Wormwitch)!