From a time-lost age of arcane legendry, the barbaric warrior-king Caylen-Tor rises once more to hack and hew his way to blood-spattered glory! The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor Volume III is the first of three titles to be released in early 2024.
Read MoreThis past year has given everyone their fair share of trials and tribulations. It's a wonderful thing to find respite from our daily grind in a good book. In this past year I read about sixty books. In this post I wanted to share some of the books that made my year not only bearable but enjoyable.
Read MoreIt seemed to me that I should revisit my old essay for The Cimmerian blog, “The Sword-and-Sorcery Legacy of Clark Ashton Smith”. While recognition of Klarkash-Ton as the co-founder of Sword-and-Sorcery has increased since I wrote that essay in 2010—most notably in Brian Murphy’s excellent Flame and Crimson—it appears to me that Smith’s influence on the S&S genre is still very undervalued.
Read MoreAfter this book’s release, I began receiving emails from readers asking very detailed specific questions about Karnov and his universe. One particular reader was relentless in his enthusiastic questioning. I have compiled all of his thoughtful questions into a single interview.
Read MoreTwo years ago DMR Books published Byron A. Roberts’ first collection of tales about his barbarian hero, Caylen-Tor. Now the release of the second volume draws nigh!
Read MoreIn his project Haunted Abbey Mythos, Matthew Knight performs dramatic readings of classic weird fiction enhanced by music and effects contributed by Jon Zaremba. Their latest production is “A Feasting of Blood and Souls,” an audio excerpt from Karnov. This is the closest thing we’ve ever had to an audiobook of a DMR release so far. A glimpse of things to come?
Read MoreAn idea struck me to organize a collaboration with my two friends and heavy metal fantasist brothers-in-arms, Byron A. Roberts and Howie K. Bentley. I thought of an idea to do something with a ‘sword and sorcery meets Hammer Films’ kind of vibe.
Read MoreByron A. Roberts, mastermind behind the bombastic British metal band Bal-Sagoth, is one of the most talented individuals active in the sword and sorcery field today. His latest work is Karnov: Phantom-Clad Rider of the Cosmic Ice, a collaboration with Matthew Knight and Howie K. Bentley, written round-robin style.
Read MoreMatthew Knight, Howie K. Bentley and Byron A. Roberts unite to pen this blood-drenched tale of Gothic-inspired sword and sorcery. Classic horror film atmosphere meets pulp-style swashbuckling adventure, this action-packed epic is sure to please any fan of dark fantasy.
Read MoreDMR Books is proud to present the Swords of Steel Omnibus Edition, which collects all 23 stories from the three original volumes, plus three new tales. The massive trade paperback version weighs in at a whopping 454 pages!
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