Jason Waltz’s Reviews > Savage Realms Monthly: July 2025: A collection of dark fantasy sword and sorcery short adventure stories > Status Update

Rubin, "The Blood Dagger of Dilgare": passably entertaining S&S-ish. Obviously a newer writer, so that's cool, with a decent story, some okay action. Better writing and editing would have helped. Author did have a great answer in the interview about having a striking opening paragraph.

Tarassenko, "Recruitment Drive": actually well done twist and humorous, I enjoyed the read, but epic DnD party-esque that ended too much with a familiar feeling of shire wizards machinations. The interview reveals the influences and ideas that support the story style. I look forward to the author improving as a straight up SnS writer.

Lindberg, "Immolating Ember": This is probably my favorite of Seth's dyscrasia tales. The imagery is mind-blowing, the action fierce, and the promise of so much more powerful. It's written in first person which can be a challenge, but this is super smooth, pulling the reader nicely within. I'm not 100% sold on it being truly S&S but it is a great heroic dark fantasy tale that is a joy to experience.