Renegade Swords IV Cover Art Revealed
After two weeks of announcing the contents of Renegade Swords IV, it’s time to reveal the cover!
Read MoreRare Michael Moorcock Story to be Reprinted in Renegade Swords IV
We’re proud to announce the Renegade Swords series will make its long-awaited return in September—and will feature an obscure sword-and-sorcery story by Michael Moorcock!
Read MoreDMR Books 2026 Summer Sale
Struggling through the scorching summer heat can be a draining ordeal. When you’re baking in the hot sun, you’re desperately longing for the one thing that can revive you—a nice, cool, refreshing dose of sword-and-sorcery! Fortunately, your friends at DMR Books have you covered this summer.
Read MoreOf Ships and Merritt and Moorcock
A. Merritt’s classic fantasy novel, The Ship of Ishtar, influenced—in my opinion—not one, but two Elric novels from Michael Moorcock.
Read MoreDMR Books Winter Sale
We’re going to close out 2025 by offering a wide variety of our titles at 25% (or more) for the rest of the year.
Read MoreWhen Conan Met Elric: A Sword & Sorcery Milestone (Part One)
Yesterday was Michael Moorcock’s birthday. Today, I tell the tale of when I first encountered Moorcock and Elric of Melniboné. It was a landmark in my Sword-and-Sorcery journey.
Read MoreA. Merritt and The Ship of Ishtar
A. Merritt's landmark heroic fantasy novel, The Ship of Ishtar, still resonates a solid century after its first publication. Since that time, it has inspired classic tales from the likes of Robert E. Howard, Leigh Brackett and Michael Moorcock.
Read MoreWhy I Read Sword and Sorcery (And Why You Should Too)
There are various things about S&S that appealed to me but a big one is the outsider protagonists. Conan is often alone against a dangerous world. That feeling is something I understand. Another thing I like about it is the sense of adventure which is rare in modern society.
Read MoreA Fantastic Chapter for Conan and Sword-and-Sorcery
The late 1960s and early ‘70s were peak sword-and-sorcery. The Lancer Conan Saga was at its zenith of popularity, eventually selling by some estimates upwards of 10 million copies. And as the ‘60s gave way to the ‘70s a struggling magazine was about to get a signal boost from S&S’s mightiest hero.
Read MoreThe Sword and Sorcery Legacy of Donald A. Wollheim: Part Three
Donald A. Wollheim debuted—or ‘broke out’—Tanith Lee’s various S&S/heroic fantasy works, Moorcock’s Elric and Dorian Hawkmoon, Saunders’ Imaro and Dossouye and Shea’s Nifft the Lean. In other words, most of the major sword-and-sorcery protagonists of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
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