L. Sprague de Camp -- Twenty Years Gone
Lyon Sprague de Camp died on this date in 2000 AD. He left an interesting legacy, to say the least.
Read MoreThe Terror of Nature and the Nature of Terror
There is something unique to the fear of being out alone in the wild. It is this elemental fear that, along with Algernon Blackwood’s craftsmanship, gives the stories their power.
Read MoreDon Wollheim: Memories of a Legend
Legendary publisher Donald A. Wollheim died on this date 30 years ago. We asked author and journalist Cliff Biggers, who knew Wollheim personally, to share his memories of the man behind DAW Books.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 11/1/2020
This week: HPL, Jeff Jones, Tarzan, Hawkwind, Manly Wade Wellman, and plenty more weird horror and sword and sorcery.
Read MoreJohn Keats and "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"
John Keats’ poem, “La Belle Dame sans Merci”, remains a classic and it inspired Tim Powers’ novel, The Stress of Her Regard.
Read MoreReview: Gunthar, Warrior of the Lost World by Steve Dilks
Gunthar, Warrior of the Lost World combines the first three Gunthar stories and adds a new previously unreleased novella. The setting is a post-apocalyptic world filled with lost technology, mutants, and magic. A world where you must survive by the strength of your arm and sharpness of your wit.
Read MoreThe Edgar Allan Poe Portfolio by Bernie Wrightson
The Edgar Allan Poe Portfolio by Bernie Wrightson was the first portfolio he ever published, setting the stage for even greater triumphs.
Read MoreTim Willocks: Quotes from The Religion
Tim Willocks' birthday has rolled around again. I've had my hardcover copy of The Religion at my bedside the last couple of weeks, doing fairly random rereads . What strikes me now, just as it did in the winter of 2011, is just how quotable the novel is. Like The Iliad--to which I've compared it on numerous occasions--The Religion has sentences and passages on nearly every page which can stand on their own as things of worth. Sometimes bloody, sometimes beautiful, sometimes philosophical. Often all three at once.
Read MoreKeith Parkinson -- 15 Years Gone
Before his untimely death, Keith Parkinson created cool art for book covers, RPGs and collectible card games.
Read More1932, The Year of Conan: Sword and Sorcery and Historical Pessimism
Although Robert E. Howard had previously worked out the conventions of sword and sorcery in his earlier Solomon Kane and Kull tales, the publication of “The Phoenix on the Sword” marks an important event in the history of the genre: Conan, the most famous sword and sorcery barbarian, had arrived.
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