Walter Baumhofer: Pulp Art Master
Today would’ve been the one hundred and fifteenth birthday of Walter Baumhofer, one of the greatest artists to paint a pulp cover. His career spanned most of the Golden Age of the Pulps and beyond.
Read MoreStory Excerpt: "All Will Be Righted on Samhain" by Howie K. Bentley and David C. Smith
“Trees began to change, and before the young woman’s eyes, as she hurried, the very light of the moon came alive around her. The old druid’s mistletoe concoction, which the girl had drunk before entering this heavy forest, was taking effect. Immediately, everything around her burst alive—and Bunduica was walking in two worlds at once.”
Read MoreBejeweled in Weirdness — Michael Shea’s The Pearls of the Vampire Queen
When authors of a certain genre tend to draw inspiration from like sources, it is not surprising that their work might yield similar results. This makes it quite noteworthy when a very different and unique idea emerges. Michael Shea is one of the authors whom I’ve always admired for having a fresh approach to weaving interesting, out-of-the-ordinary plots into his sword and sorcery tales.
Read MoreThe Macabre Art of Stephen Fabian: The 1970s
We’ve covered a fair amount of Stephen Fabian’s art here on the DMR Blog, but we haven’t spotlighted his horror/weird illustrations…until now. While the 1980s—when Fabian was illustrating everyone from H.P. Lovecraft to Clive Barker to Stephen King—could be considered the highpoint of Stephen’s career as a horror artist, I’ve decided to look at his earlier creepy illos created in the 1970s
Read MoreTim Willocks: Killing Is His Business...
Author Tim Willocks, a Robert E. Howard fan, has written some of the best historical adventure novels of the last thirty years. His sixteenth-century protagonist, Mattias Tannhauser, is a worthy successor to Conan.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 10/27/2019
This week: Elric, John Carter, Captain Blood, werewolves, Poe, Kuttner, Bernie Wrightson, and more.
Read More"Thy name beloved, and thy mem’ry dear!" -- Lovecraft's Tribute to Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett—better known as Lord Dunsany—passed beyond the Fields We Know on this date in 1957. H.P. Lovecraft, was, without a doubt, one of the foremost Dunsany fans to ever walk the earth.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 10/20/2019
This week: Elric and Dejah Thoris comics, Karl Edward Wagner, REH, HPL, Atlantis & Lemuria, poseurs, and more.
Read MoreThe Macabre Frazetta
‘Tis the Witching Season and it seems apropos to run a post on Frank Frazetta’s macabre artwork here at the DMR Blog. Frank is, of course, known for his brawny barbarians and bodacious babes, but he had an iron in the horror fire starting in the early-mid 1960s, before he was doing actual Sword and Sorcery art.
Read MoreThe Winds of Gath by E.C. Tubb
E.C. Tubb’s Dumarest Saga is a classic SF series. The Winds of Gath is the first of the Dumarest novels.
Read More"[E.C. Tubb’s] reputation for fast-moving and colourful SF writing is unmatched by anyone in Britain.” — Michael Moorcock