The Barbarian and the Playwright
Robert Ardrey wrote for Broadway. Robert E. Howard wrote for the pulps. Both perceived the bloody savage lurking beneath the veneer of civilization.
Read MoreReviews of DMR's The Ship of Ishtar Across the Webz (Part One)
The Black Friday weekend is behind us. It’s been nearly a month since DMR Books published the centennial edition of A. Merritt’s The Ship of Ishtar. Now seems a good time to do a round-up of reviews from across the ‘Net and see what our fellow Netizens have to say about this newest edition of a truly classic American fantasy.
Read MoreAudio Version of "The Necromancer and the Forgotten Hero" Now On Spotify
Good news for lovers of audiobooks: An audio version of my story “The Necromancer and the Forgotten Hero” is now available!
Read MoreThe Savage Swords of Jim Steranko
The birthday of the mighty Jim Steranko has rolled around again. A living legend of pop culture, I’ve written previously about Mr. Steranko. This time, I’m gonna look specifically at Jim’s awesome legacy of Sword-and-Sorcery/S&S-adjacent art.
Read MoreThe Weird Fiction of the Unjustly Forgotten Allison V. Harding
It is hard to say why certain authors are remembered and others are forgotten. There are also writers who aren’t well known that I believe deserve more respect. One such case is that of Weird Tales writer Allison V. Harding.
Read MoreA. Merritt's "Adventurer Archaeologists"
A. Merritt helped create and define the 'adventurer archaeologist' trope. Without his influence, we might not have the likes of Indiana Jones, Dirk Pitt or Lara Croft.
Read MoreEdgar Allan Poe -- 175 Years On
The one-hundredth and seventy-fifth anniversary of the day when—in the lonesome October—Edgar Allan Poe mysteriously passed beyond this mortal coil, came and went a few days ago. The anniversary of such a literary titan shall not go unrecognized, albeit belatedly.
Read MoreCentennial Edition of A. Merritt's Ship of Ishtar Coming in November
On November 8, 1924, The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt hit the stands. Drenched in blood, sex and the supernatural, nothing like it had ever seen print before in American popular culture. On November 8, 2024, DMR Books will release a special Centennial Edition of Merritt’s classic proto-sword-and-sorcery novel.
Read MoreHoward Andrew Jones: Tragic News
A little over a week ago, John C. Hocking called me and told me about fantasy author, Howard Andrew Jones. Since then, several websites have reported on Howard’s condition. To put it very briefly, Mr. Jones is suffering from advanced, terminal brain cancer.
Read MoreWhen the Best is Mediocre
While reading The Best of Jules De Grandin by Seabury Quinn, I kept thinking, “How on earth was this guy more popular than Robert E. Howard or H. P. Lovecraft?”
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