Robert E. Howard: Songs of Death and Images of Night
A Halloween look at Night Images from 1976. Plus, some bonus morbid and spectral verses from the Underwood of Robert Ervin Howard.
Read MoreThe Battle of Hastings, 1066: The Echoes Still Reverberate After Almost 1,000 Years
The Battle of Hastings was, to borrow a phrase from Churchill, a “hinge of fate”. On October 14, 1066, the destiny of Europe—and by extension, the entire world—turned on the outcome of one battle on an island of middling size off the coast of the Eurasian landmass.
Read MoreCervantes, Chesterton, Robert E. Howard and C.L. Moore: Lepanto 1571
Miguel de Cervantes—the author of Don Quixote—fought in the epic Battle of Lepanto. Four centuries later, G.K. Chesterton wrote a poem about it. That epic saga deeply impressed Robert E. Howard and C.L. Moore.
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 MoreContradictions of Character: Howard, Grell, Wolfe, and Dostoevsky
It 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 MoreDeclarations, Derleth and Howardian Fourths
Today 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 MoreHoward's "The Garden of Fear": Flowers of Evil and a Tower of Dread
James Allison remembers the days when mammoths roamed…and when eldritch horror was cloaked in deceptive beauty.
Read More'The Valley of the Worm": Forging the Myth Behind the Myths
"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 MoreHoward's "Marchers of Valhalla": Battles, Cults, Love and Honor
"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 More"To the Memory of Robert E. Howard..."
Today 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.
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