Chain Story 2 Project - Sword & Sorcery

The post below on the Chain Story project will be simultaneously cast on Black Gate this month (aug 4th): Click the below link to comment and read there:

Chain Story 2 Project - Sword &  Sorcery

It has been 15 years since The Chain Story project hit the internet; in 2010, Michael Stackpole led a bunch of authors to write stand-alone adventures all shared via "The Wanderers' Club."  All the stories were "chained" together with a common element but enabled every contributor to showcase their own characters/worlds. As standalone tales, they could be read in any order.  And.... all stories were free to readers (at least for several months, many times indefinitely)!

Chain Story 2 has just commenced and will follow the same approach. This round, expect Sword & Sorcery with a common magical artifact represented in the logo. Learn about the project and the first three entries now on Black Gate. Shortcuts to the free stories are included below.  Stories will be released every few weeks, so check the Chain Story website continuously, and you will also be treated to cool interviews (i.e., with S&S Champion Matthew John, who just released his second entry in his Maxus Cycle,  Within the Weeping Eye).

We'll aim to review the Chain Story project as it develops again in a few months, but read this to get onboarded!

GRAVE'S BROOD - Chain Story 2 - Sword and Sorcery by SE Lindberg

 

Grave's Brood

Doktor Grave sends Brood to recover a crown from the Red Orchard, only for Brood to find it is the source of a bloody plague caused by Grave’s experiments. Facing vampiric plants and their loyal clan, Brood must confront his past and question whether he can trust Grave or escape the nightmare himself.

Download Now free (from now until at least Dec 2025):

• Grave's Brood - PDF  [download from Google Drive: LINK]
• Grave's Brood - eBook  [LINK]

Cover Art

        “Infernal Executioner” Licensed 2020 from Antonio Jose Manzanedo Luis

Chain Story 2 Project:

The Chain Story is a cooperative effort between authors to share new work with their audiences. Each author provides a story for free (for a limited time, we do have to eat eventually) which everyone else shares with their readers, sharing new and exciting work by authors they may have missed. Each story becomes part of the chain by using bits and pieces of a central plot, which will expand as the project continues. The more you read, the more you will come to understand what’s going on between the world. If you like this idea, please let the authors know and support them in their work. The easiest way to do that, aside from buying stories, is to share news about The Chain Story on social media.

To learn more, click here: The Chain Story Project [link]. / https://www.chainstorycore.com/

Also, check out the primer posted on this blog and Blackgate.com.