D.M. Ritzlin founded DMR Books in 2015 with the aim of revitalizing sword-and-sorcery literature. DMR’s publications include reprints of classic material by authors such as Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, and Clark Ashton Smith, as well as brand-new collections and anthologies by some of the finest fantasy writers active today. Ritzlin’s first collection of his own stories, Necromancy in Nilztiria, was released in October 2020. This was followed by a novel, Vran the Chaos-Warped (2023), and a second collection, Dark Dreams of Nilztiria (2024). His tales mix action, horror, wonder, and gallows humor in varying degrees. Lately the field of role-playing games has recaptured Ritzlin’s attention. His first professionally published adventure module, The Lair of the Brain Eaters, was released through one of the best-known publishers of old school RPG material, Lamentations of the Flame Princess.

Prior to his involvement in publishing, Ritzlin worked in the antique map trade, among other fields. He lives in Chicago, the city of his birth.

Partial Bibliography

Novels and Collections
Necromancy in Nilztiria (2020)
Vran the Chaos-Warped (2023)
Dark Dreams of Nilztiria (2024)

Short Stories
”Born to Storm the Citadel of Mettathok” (Cirsova Magazine)
”Undying Thirst for Vengeance” (Whetstone)
”Slave Girls for Sacrifice” (Cirsova Magazine, reprinted by Pulp Hero Press in Savage Scrolls)
”An Unforgivable Interruption” (Whetstone)
”More Blood” (Blood on the Blade, Flinch Books)
”The Necromancer and the Forgotten Hero” (Tales from the Magician’s Skull)
”The Necromancer and the Forgotten Hero” audio version (The Wandering Tavern)

Role Playing Games
The Lair of the Brain Eaters (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
The Floating Tower from Atlantis (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

Essays
Chronicle of the Black Sword: Rock and Metal Inspired by Michael Moorcock’s Multiverse (Ride Into Glory)
Was Tolkien a Robert E. Howard Fan?
The Kingdom Unvanquishable
Clark Ashton Smith and the Complete Book of Necromancers
The Ten Greatest Sword-and-Sorcery Stories by Robert E. Howard