“This is an intense story, the literary equivalent of a balls-to-the-walls death-metal song, a narrative enactment of assault.” Sword and Sorcery and the Aesthetics of Assault in D.M. Ritzlin's "The Infernal Bargain" (Spiral Tower)

Ablaze to Publish “Uncensored” Conan Comics (ICv2)

“Focusing on male wish fulfillment fantasy is a symptom of immaturity, lack of sophistication, and boorishness.” A Critical Comparison of Sword and Sorcery and Espionage Fiction (Spiral Tower)

“This is an example our modern society’s obsession with equalitarianism. De-gendering the genre strikes me as post-modernism.” Men are From Cimmeria, Women are From Earthsea (Castalia House)

“Tales like The Iliad and Beowulf weren't born in the classroom or the lecture hall. They weren't even born in the grand auditoriums of the classical world. They were born by the fireside.” Sharpening Spears to the Songs of Great Men (Brain Leakage)

Dungeon Masters: How Role-Playing Games Influenced Heavy Metal (Kerrang)

More FANTASTIC Covers by Herbert McCauley (Davy Crockett’s Almanack)

From the Pen of a Great Pulpster: The Best of Robert Bloch (Black Gate)

H.P. Lovecraft: A Titan of Terror (M.C. Tuggle)

Muriana Press, Bill Maynard, and more: Our PulpFest 2019 Dealers, Part Three (PulpFest)

Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta Book in the Works (Scoop)

Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher: A Two-Minute Summary and Analysis of the Classic Horror Story (The Classic Horror Blog)

Ep 125 – Jim Fitzpatrick : Myth Master (John Dalton Podcast)

Savage Sword of Conan #5 and #6 (S.E. Lindberg)

The Rook: A Report From the Seventies (Castalia House)

Dan Simmons’s Hyperion Cantos adventure Hyperion (1989) (Hilobrow)

Rediscovered: Mundy (Up and Down These Mean Streets)

Bedford-Jones’ “The Master of Dragons” (The Pulp Super-Fan)

Books read in 2019: No. 37 -- The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (Books, Beer and Barbarians)

The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair (Castalia House)