Jim FitzPatrick's Beltaine Art
Beltaine and Samhain were the two main anchor-points of the Gaelic calendar. Jim FitzPatrick has created classic art over the years that illustrates events in Ireland associated with Beltaine.
Read MorePeter Beresford Ellis: Championing the Celts for 80 Years
Peter Beresford Ellis is one of the foremost popularizers of Celtic fiction and non-fiction of the last hundred years. In addition, he has authored biographies of H. Rider Haggard and Talbot Mundy.
Read MoreA. Merritt and the Irish
For Saint Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d look at how A. Merritt viewed Ireland and the Irish. A. Merritt's ancestors came from the southwest of England, but he had a sincere admiration for the Emerald Isle.
Read MoreA Voice from the Past - The Book of Taliesin
As someone who writes a great deal of heroic fantasy set in a Dark Age Britain (or an ‘early medieval’ Britain, as the scholars would have it now, but they have no ear for poetry) with the serial numbers filed off, it behoves me to have some idea of what those ages were actually like. Thankfully, I have the recently-published The Book of Taliesin.
Read MoreRed Bull Tries To Gore Jim FitzPatrick
Artist Jim Fitzpatrick created a logo for an Irish filmmaker. Now, the Red Bull corporation is trying to sue over infringement.
Read MorePalamides, Felimid and Arthurian Legends
I’m really pleased that DMR Books is publishing a short story of mine about Palamides, that Thracian horse soldier who first appeared in the yarn “Buried Silver.” I always thought he – and some others – should have main roles in more stories. Those “others” include a few more characters lifted from Arthurian legend.
Read MoreRobert E. Howard and the Heroic Tradition
Howard distilled the proud, heroic tradition of works like the Iliad and the Odyssey into pulse-pounding, blisteringly-paced novelettes, novellas, and shorts. Nowhere is this more obvious than in "Spears of Clontarf" and "The Grey God Passes."
Read MoreSacred to the Memory of Scottish Strangers: Edgar Allan Poe in Scotland
Edgar Allan Poe, who was born on the 19th of January 1809, has a great literary – and personal – connection to Scotland.
Read MoreQuality Celtic Fantasy Fiction: Part One
Awhile back, Dave Ritzlin here at the DMR blog asked me to recommend some good Celtic fantasy fiction. Today being Celtic New Year’s Day, it seemed appropriate to start off the New Year with a list of quality Celtic fiction.
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