DMR Books to Reprint Ramsey Campbell's Fantasy Collection Far Away & Never

DMR Books has acquired reprint rights to the dark swords and sorcery collection Far Away and Never by Ramsey Campbell. The agent was John Jarrold. The collection, originally published 25 years ago by Necronomicon Press, contains all of Campbell’s stories of Ryre which appeared in the Swords Against Darkness anthologies.

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REVIEW: Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons

Dungeons 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.

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Ramsey Campbell: Swords and Horrors

Author Ramsey Campbell turned seventy-five today. One of the most honored horror authors on the planet, Ramsey has received three Bram Stoker Awards, four World Fantasy Awards, ten British Fantasy Awards, and the Horror Writers' Association's Lifetime Achievement Award. Before taking the horror genre by storm, however, Campbell wrote some bloody tales of darksome sword and sorcery back in the '70s.

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Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Arthur Machen

Machen’s influence upon REH is patent. Yarns like “Worms of the Earth” would not exist without the fiction of Arthur Machen. Clark Ashton Smith, the other co-founder of Sword and Sorcery was also a huge Machen fan, citing “The White Powder” as one of his ten favorite weird tales.

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