A little over a week ago, John C. Hocking called me and told me about fantasy author, Howard Andrew Jones. Since then, several websites have reported on Howard’s condition. To put it very briefly, Mr. Jones is suffering from advanced, terminal brain cancer.
Read MoreThe mid-to-late 2000s were a time of incredible energy in the small press community that published Sword-and-Sorcery. Howard Andrew Jones was right in the middle of it all, editing and writing for both the Flashing Swords ezine and at Black Gate. Meanwhile, he was also getting Harold Lamb’s pulp tales reprinted and saw his first S&S novel published in hardcover.
Read MoreThe 1990s were a pretty horrible time for Sword-and-Sorcery. However, by the early 2000s, there were signs of a new dawn for S&S.
Read MoreBaen is billing this as a S&S series. I have to disagree. It is something else entirely. Something different. Something more.
Read MoreBeing that Lord of a Shattered Land is an S&S story you would expect that it is a tale of revenge. That is simply not the case. Hanuvar, a man in his later years, simply wants to locate and free his people from bondage.
Read More“Sword and Planet is my favorite genre. Traditionally an earthman arrives somehow, and has to make his way on an alien world with his wits and prowess. When I heard about this anthology I was very excited. What I encountered was something different than I was expecting.”
Read MoreFans of pulp adventure rejoice! Next month will see the release of Swain’s Vengeance, the first of four volumes of Arthur D. Howden Smith’s rousing saga of Swain the Viking. The stories of Swain, which were based on the Orkneyinga saga, appeared in the pages of Adventure magazine in the early 20th century. With few exceptions, these tales have gone unreprinted since then.
Read MoreDMR Books is proud to announce that we have acquired the rights to reprint the entirety of Arthur D. Howden Smith’s stories of Swain the Viking. For years pulp fans have clamored for a complete collection of Swain’s saga, and now it shall finally come to pass!
Read MoreHere we are, sixty years after Harold was laid in his grave. Sword-and-Sorcery authors like David Drake, Howard Andrew Jones, Scott Oden and S.M. Stirling still sing his praises.
Read MoreIn May DMR Books will release the anthology Terra Incognita: Lost Worlds of Fantasy and Adventure. This project was masterminded by Doug Draa, editor of Weirdbook Magazine. Doug assembled an all-star team of writers, including David C. Smith, Howard Andrew Jones, Adrian Cole, and John C. Hocking.
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