You’ve seen Lauren Gornik’s art on the covers of quite a few releases from DMR Books, the most recent being the anthology Terra Incognita. With Terra Incognita out now, I thought it would be a good time to talk to Lauren about her artistic processes and influences.
Read MoreCyber Monday is winding down. It got me to thinking about what DMR Books—and Friends of the DMR Blog—have to offer this Yuletide season. Plenty, as it turns out.
Read MoreShadowridge Press owner Robert Barr says a few words about Manly Wade Wellman, with this being the anniversary of Manly's passing thirty-five years ago.
Read MoreDungeons and Dragons has become a household name. It is firmly embedded in our pop culture. Whether you have played the game or not, you are aware of it. Within its pages, co-creator Gary Gygax shared a list of stories that inspired him. This list is known as Appendix N.
Read MoreCarcosa, the imprint founded by Karl Edward Wagner with partners David Drake and Jim Groce, came to be partially out of the concern that Arkham House would close shop after the death of August Derleth in 1971. Thankfully, that didn’t happen. But for me, the four Carcosa volumes are Arkham House books by extension. They are design-executed as traditional AH titles and are absolutely essential books in the macabre-fantasy genres.
Read MoreKarl Edward Wagner was born on this date seventy-five years ago. By the age of thirty, he was making waves in both the genres of Horror and of Sword and Sorcery. At the time of his untimely death in 1994, he was already a legend.
Read MoreOn November 2nd DMR Books will bring Manly Wade Wellman’s final novel Cahena back into print for the first time since 1986. Rich in historical detail and dramatic action, this is a story to rival the great war epics of all time.
Read MoreCahena was originally published in hardcover in 1986 and has been out of print since then. We’re very excited to bring it back into print after nearly thirty-five years! Plus, news about more upcoming releases for 2020.
Read MoreLast year DMR Books released Heroes of Atlantis & Lemuria, which quickly became one of our most popular titles. This anthology contained all of Manly Wade Wellman’s tales of Kardios, the last survivor of Atlantis—or so I thought…
Read MoreI’m sure there are DMR Blog fans out there who haven’t completed their holiday purchases quite yet. This blog entry is for them…and for those who just think they’re done spending their hard-earned ducats.
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