Earlier this week four authors in the Walpurgis Witcheries anthology convened at the Monsters, Madness & Magic podcast to discuss the upcoming book and sword-and-sorcery fiction in general.

Recently we announced our new sword-and-sorcery anthology Walpurgis Witcheries, to be released on April 30. The nine stories contained in this book should satisfy every afficionado of fantasy adventure and horror. But for those who still crave more, we’ve got a special supplementary release in store for you: Two Tales of Witchery!

Gil Kane was a titanic force in comics during the 1960s and 1970s, and he kept on creating cool comic art almost until his death in the year 2000. Mr. Kane was known for being a fan of the pulps. He played a special role in my own Sword-and-Sorcery journey.

Lee Breakiron, on top of being a great guy with the coolest name ever, was also one of the finest Howardian scholars out there. His contributions to the Robert E. Howard United Press Association and to the Robert E. Howard Foundation were invaluable. He died on March 29, 2026.

In 2022, DMR Books released Samhain Sorceries, a collection of sword-and-sorcery tales set on All Hallows’ Eve. As it proved to be one of our most popular anthologies, we decided it was time for a new seasonal foray into might and magic: Walpurgis Witcheries!

“The Omega Glory” remains one of the strangest Star Trek episodes from the Original Series. Believe it or not, there are strong ties between it and a book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs four decades earlier.