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 MoreIt is often said that good characters are complex like real people. The truth is that real people are complex to the point of contradiction. Four writers come to mind who understand that: Robert E. Howard, Mike Grell, Gene Wolfe, and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Read MoreToday marks the two-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, of course. However, it also marks other notable anniversaries...several with connections to Robert E. Howard.
Read MoreJames Allison remembers the days when mammoths roamed…and when eldritch horror was cloaked in deceptive beauty.
Read More"The Valley of the Worm" is one of Robert E. Howard's most celebrated tales of heroic fantasy. Howard intended for his story to narrate an archetypal legend—that of man versus monster—which has been repeated from generation to generation since the dawn of mankind.
Read More"Marchers of Valhalla" is the longest, and possibly the best, of the James Allison tales. It is a thrilling story where one can enjoy the exquisite and ferocious way in which REH narrates the adventures of Hialmar, the far-roving warrior of Nordheim.
Read MoreToday marks the ninetieth anniversary of Robert E. Howard’s death. It also marks the (official) fortieth anniversary of Howard Days. I have a few things to say about that and also some thoughts regarding Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith.
Read MoreThe Lemurian, Kelkor—also known as ‘Kelka’—was a major figure in the court of King Kull. He became the commander of the Red Slayers and, quite likely, saved Kull’s life. Read on to find out more about this neglected Thurian Age bad-ass.
Read MoreToday marks the seventy-fifth birthday of the wildly talented artist, John Bolton. While he is, perhaps, more famous for his Kull covers for Marvel Comics, I want to focus on his Dark Horse Cormac Mac Art and Bran Mak Morn covers.
Read MoreCormac FitzGeoffrey is perhaps the most notable of all the protagonists that Robert E. Howard created in his ‘Crusader’ stories; tales written with a significant element of historical realism. Cormac is reminiscent of Conan: tall stature, tigerish strength, fierce blue eyes, jet-black hair…and a force of nature on the battlefield.
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