Welcome, Intrepid Adventurer!
Welcome to Rediscovered Realms! - the 2,000+ subscriber-strong FREE weekly Fantasy newsletter for Adventurers at Heart & Fellow Creators. Unearth fun once again within heroic worlds of games, books (and gamebooks!), shows, magazines, toys, creator interviews, and enchanting art - old school & new.
“Going old-school with nostalgic epic fantasy and RPG storytelling! J.Q. Graziano covers retro fantasy with incredible dedication and unearths new treasures weekly from his personal collection, along with interviewing popular artists and authors in the space.”
- Monica Leonelle, The World Needs Your Passion
What You’ll Get:
Subscribing to Rediscovered Realms means that every Sunday you'll receive an email with FREE access to explore exclusive content inspired by the heroic fantasy and Sword & Sorcery genres.
Enjoy access to 75+ (and growing!) past newsletters and hang out virtually with our adventuring community.
From fan-favorite games like Dungeons & Dragons to Fighting Fantasy & Lonewolf gamebooks to vintage Fantasy books & magazines full of amazing stories & art to brand new fantasy product creations, Rediscovered Realms is a treasure chest of heroic fantasy adventure awaiting your discovery.Plus, we include exclusive content like Fantasy artist/author/creator interviews that aren’t available anywhere else.
And did I mention the Giveaways? . . .
Since March, we’ve been celebrating surpassing 1,000 subscribers (we’re now almost at 3,000!) by doing monthly themed Fantasy Giveaway Contests. I’ve committed to doing this through the rest of this year!
“Rediscovered Realms is a wonderful Substack curated by J.Q. Graziano, who gleefully showcases all manner of unearthed arcana, from tatty adventure modules covered in notes scribbled by kids back in the ‘70s to novelties you saw once in a magazine but never got your hands on, a treasure trove of fantasy ephemera - truly, a bazaar of the bizarre.
Rediscovered Realms celebrates that lightning-bolt that strikes the fan upon their first contact with fantasy… that sense of wonder, of the intangible and ineffable, of that I-dunno-what-the-heck-this-is-but-it’s-the-coolest-thing-I’ve-ever-seen-in-my-life!
It’s that revelatory sense of discovery we felt when the boundaries of sword and sorcery were still swathed in swamp-mist, when dungeons were yet to be mapped, monsters yet to be catalogued, when the land felt unfamiliar, ripe with strangeness and danger.”
- Alec Worley, Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic
My Purpose:
My mission with Rediscovered Realms is to re-energize grownups and give them permission to have fun. To prioritize Play and Imagination. To Create.
I do this through an enthusiastic lens of epic Fantasy and Sword & Sorcery. Providing escape from the grind into legendary realms full of heroes, myth, monsters, magic, and maidens.
Exploring & Celebrating badass Fantasy books, art, games, shows, and toys - nostalgic and new - and rediscovering that childlike wonder we so often lose in adulthood.
Oh, and of course, what’s Adventure without a little humor?
If all that sounds like fun, then say “YES” to your imagination once again and level up your life as I personally invite you to join Rediscovered Realms where you will get back in touch with your Inner Adventurer. Rediscovered Realms is where we Keep the Adventure Going Strong!
Welcome & Well Met,
- J.Q. Graziano
