Posts: 1,248 Location: New Mexico
Sat 26 Nov, 2011 7:49 pm
I'll use this as an opportunity to promote my own work. I have three fantasy stories up on
Elfwood at the moment. Each prominently features weapons and warfare inspired by this world's history. I hope to get a fantasy short story published soon; I've managed that with two science fiction short stories, though they're quite different from my fantasy.
My favorites and influences include Ursula Le Guin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Torquato Tasso, and Ludovico Ariosto. I enthusiastically recommend Ariosto's
Orlando Furioso. The poem alternatively resembles 1960s superhero comics, pulp sword-and-sorcery novels, and medieval fight books. I'm fairly out of touch with recent fantasy and historical fiction. I appreciate the suggestions here. Few portrayals of combat with medieval- or Renaissance-era weapons satisfy me.