David Drake: Salve atque vale
David Drake’s career spanned six decades. The bloody thread running through it was the waging of war and the wages thereof.
Read MoreDerleth, Drake and Don Herron
Legendary pulp scholar, Don Herron, has a few things to say about August Derleth and David Drake.
Read MoreStephen Hickman: 1949-2021
Word got out last weekend that the highly-respected SFF artist, Stephen Hickman, had died of natural causes. Hickman’s art has a timeless quality that would look equally at home on a pulp from 1921 or on a Baen paperback in 2021.
Read MoreRenegade Swords II to Include Stories by Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Karl Edward Wagner
With last year’s Renegade Swords a rousing success for DMR Books, it’s only natural to follow it up with a second volume.
Read MoreDavid Drake: An Appreciation
I'm damned glad David Drake still walks amongst us. He has consistently created quality horror and SFF fiction for fifty years. Drake's also been a notable publisher and editor when he's found some time away from writing his own tales.
Read MoreForefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Rudyard Kipling
Today is Rudyard Kipling’s birthday. A fitting occasion on which to bestow the rank of Forefather upon him and it’s an honor he richly deserves. Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and L. Sprague de Camp were all admirers of his work.
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