Purple Unicorn Media

Scimitar Edge is a registered publishing imprint of Purple Unicorn Media. We focus upon:-
- History
- Biography
- One Place Studies
- Alternate History
- Science Fiction
- Fantasy
- Historical Fiction

Query editor@scimitaredge.com

REOPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS - Novellas and Short Novels preferred for the moment. Biography/Autobiography also actively sought.

Please QUERY with fiction/non-fiction, genre, word count, full document or first chapter, ideas for cover art (if any), information on illustrations needed (if any). Author bios, social media links, blogs, and websites also useful please.

Scimitar Edge

The Middle Years is Jon N. Davies' latest 'Family Legacy' book, filling in the gap between the Summer of 1982, and 1985, and thus allowing his series of books to complete from the late 1960s to 2000 in an unbroken sequence.

Part of 'A Year as a Book' series, it comes after The First Year, and precedes the year-only books: 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988. It's main foci are on the 2nd to 4th years of the author's secondary school, family holidays in the motorhome, and the school holiday to Paris in Easter 1984.

Surviving primary sources have been used, mainly a 1983 diary of the few-lines-a-day type, and his father's logbooks for the motorhome. In addition, the author repurchased the Beyond games for the ZX Spectrum 'Lords of Midnight' and 'Doomdark's Revenge' to have a look at the guidebook and material that came with them, as these games were an important part of this period.

Infinity Wanderers is a magazine dedicated to promoting alternate history and the associated genres of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Historical Fiction and Fantasy. In addition we aim for between 1/3 and 1/2 real history and writers of Historical features are welcome to submit.

Whilst considered part of the Scimitar Edge stable, Infinity Wanderers goes out under the self-publishing 'Selornia' marque as a magazine, and not a book.

Please send submissions to editor@scimitaredge.com.
Issue 16 of Infinity Wanderers has been published in January 2026.

View the current issue of Infinity Wanderers here.

NEWEST BOOKS

The Middle Years by Jon N. Davies

Dreams of Good and Evil by Brad Bass

A Memory of Greatness by L. G. Parker

Ribbons of Time by Grey Wolf

FORTHCOMING BOOKS

The Wounded Eagle by Grey Wolf

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Various cover artists have been used for books published by Purple Unicorn and Scimitar Edge, and several of them are featured here. Where those artists also did artwork for books by a demised imprint, those books or magazines will also be featured on their page.

We have grouped all of the cover artists here, under one heading, whether their work has been published by Purple Unicorn Media, Scimitar Edge, or the now demised Dancing Unicorn marque.

Scimitar Edge introduces Little Books, a range of publications at 4.33" x 6" (11cm x 15.24cm) and intended for novellas, or short novels.

Artwork by Robin Stacey