Robert William Chambers died eighty-five years ago today. Once one of the most popular authors in America, Chambers' handful of weird tales—The King in Yellow paramount among them—are what keep him in the public eye a century later.
Read MoreThis week: Elric comics, Weird Tales histories, Poe, Poul Anderson, John W. Campbell, and more.
Read MoreMillhaven Press is a new publisher on the fantasy scene, but they already have quite a few anthologies to their credit. Savage Lands is the second volume in their Fierce Tales series, and contains five novellas.
Read MoreThis week: Leigh Brackett’s birthday, histories of Weird Tales and other pulps, Robert E. Howard, and more.
Read MoreAs always, December 7 is the feast day of Saint Leigh, Our Lady of Planetary Adventure.
Read MoreNot only are Pegana Press reprinting several foundational works of the horror, sword and sorcery and fantasy genres, they are packaging them in exquisitely rendered, handcrafted editions
Read MorePhalanxes of Atlans originally appeared in the February and March issues of Astounding Stories in 1931, and was recently reprinted by Armchair Fiction in their “Lost World-Lost Race Classics” series.
Read MoreI stumbled upon the fact that today marks the tenth anniversary of Jim Cawthorn’s death. Fantasy fans in the US might not be all that familiar with Jim's legacy, but he is certainly a man who deserves remembrance.
Read MoreThis week: Poul Anderson’s birthday, Manly Wade Wellman’s Silver John stories, GRRM being a bitch, Tolkien, Clark Ashton Smith and more.
Read MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard, Otis Adelbert Kline, J.K. Rowling, pulp fiction magazines past and present, and more.
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