Clark Ashton Smith was a writer that made an indelible contribution to the genre of sword and sorcery fiction. However, his work is usually associated with the cosmic horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, rather than the father of sword and sorcery, Robert E. Howard. In truth, Smith acts as a sort of connective tissue between the two.
Read MoreHoward, Leiber, Zelazny, Wolfe, GRRM, and more.
Read MoreIn 1991 Dark Horse Comics published an adaptation of the Robert E. Howard sword and planet story, Almuric. Later that year, Dark Horse commissioned a four issue follow up entitled, Ironhand of Almuric.
Read MoreHoward, Lovecraft, Smith, and plenty more pulp fantasy and horror.
Read More“The Black Abbot of Puthuum” is a fine example of golden age pulp sword and sorcery, teeming with sinister magic, deeds of valor, ancient mummies, and a beautiful damsel in need of rescuing.
Read MoreToday would be the one hundred and fourth birthday of Donald A. Wollheim. To put it bluntly, Wollheim is the most important editor/publisher in the history of sword and sorcery fiction.
Read MoreNew Conan comics, classic sword and sorcery, current small press publications and more this week.
Read MoreA magician named Pandelume from the idyllic dimension of Embelyon has created a woman named T’sais, but has erred and her brain is flawed. She tires of life in Embelyon and asks Pandelume to send her to dying Earth.
Read MoreSword and sorcery, science fantasy, occult detectives… A little bit of everything this week.
Read MoreThe tale concerns Halfdan Halfdansson, an aging Viking disgusted by the conversion of Sweden to Christianity. King Igne has cast aside the old heroic pagan virtues in favor of the new foreign creed of meekness. Halfdan refuses Igne’s command to allow a priest into his household and prepares for an assault by the king’s army.
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