Broadswords and Blasters Issue 5: Pulp Magazine with Modern Sensibilities

In this issue we’ve got a tale loosely based on the legend of Yennenga of Burkina Faso. What happens when the prophesied warrior wants something more out of life than warfare? When the palace guards stage a coup against the royal family, will the young daughter of the family escape to a new world or stay where her home and heart are? What happens when a small town calls out to the evil that dwells in dark places, and the evil answers? Can a small contingent of warriors hold back the villainous forces of Kagan Kadir, whose lieutenants are each more horrific than the last? Stranded on a planet, can a frontier space man escape? If he leaves, what will he be forced to leave behind? A man can’t remember how he got on the train. He doesn’t know the other passengers, but each has a story to tell. What kind of destination is Oblivion anyway? And finally, our cover story—to what ends will an emperor go to become a god, and what might it cost a man to oppose him?