To me, the word “Rakehell” conjures images of swashbuckling derring-do and perhaps a little illicit romance. Historically a rakehell was a man who habituated immoral conduct, particularly womanizing. This issue includes six stories of varied interest and relevance to the title.
Read MoreWhen I seek out Sword and Planet fiction I typically look for and enjoy the type of story Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote. Fast paced and action packed with plenty of derring-do. Many of the stories in this collection attempt to ape this style. Some succeed, some exceed, some are dead on arrival.
Read More“My day job is in film, and I realised last year that my creative outlet had become tied up with what I did to pay the bills. I needed to rekindle my joy in writing, and so I turned back to weird fiction and sword-&-sorcery – the stuff I’d loved writing as a child, and which had perhaps been squeezed out by adult life.”
Read MoreDMR Books has a Halloween treat in store for fans of both horror and fantasy: the new anthology Samhain Sorceries! In these haunting tales of swords and sorcery, the dead will rise, dark rituals will be performed, and gateways to the afterworld will open.
Read MoreThe Sword & Sorcery renaissance continues with the release of Volume Four of David A. Riley's ongoing anthology series Swords and Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy. Eleven total stories. Out of the eleven authors, five are returning. Most notably, Adrian Cole returns with another new Voidal story.
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