Stephen Fabian: In Lovecraft's Shadow (Part Two)

March 13, 2021 by Deuce Richardson

Back in May, 2020, I did a blog entry on In Lovecraft's Shadow, which was published in 1998. That book contained most of Derleth's Mythos-related short stories and poetry. It was beautifully illustrated by the legendary Stephen Fabian and those illos were the focus of that post. This post, Part Two of what looks to be a four- or five-part series, picks up from where Part One left off, covering two more chapters from In Lovecraft's Shadow.

Keith Taylor: "Felimid mac Fal is back!"

March 07, 2021 by Deuce Richardson

When Richard Fisher wrote his December 2020 post in honor of Keith Taylor’s birthday, I expected it to be a well-wrought tribute to one of sword-and-sorcery's living legends. And it was. What I didn't expect was a bombshell announcement from Mr. Taylor himself in the comments section.

The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/7/2021

March 07, 2021 by D.M. Ritzlin

This week: Michael Moorcock’s first Corum trilogy, Clark Ashton Smith, Frank Frazetta, Edmond Hamilton, Iron Maiden, and more.

Review: Runemaster: Shield Maiden's Blade

March 06, 2021 by Richard Fisher

Skarl Kirwall has been banished. His crime was consorting with the enemy. Innocent, he yearns for justice. His only hope is dashed when he returns home to a bloody, burning ruin. With only his wits and his father's Runeblade, Skarl carves a bloody furrow across land and sea.

Painting Metal -- Simon Bisley

March 04, 2021 by Deuce Richardson

Simon ‘Biz’ Bisley has been creating covers for metal albums for nearly thirty-five years, on top of playing in various metal bands himself. The man is one of us, sword-brothers.

The DMRtian Chronicles, 2/28/2021

February 28, 2021 by D.M. Ritzlin

This week: Julie Strain, Conan, Northwest Smith, Rowena Morrill, Edgar Allen Poe, and more.

New Arrival -- Lovecraft: The Great Tales by John D. Haefele

February 24, 2021 by Deuce Richardson

Two events of note happened today: the anniversary of August Derleth’s birth rolled around again and my copy of Lovecraft: The Great Tales by John D. Haefele fell from the Outer Dark--like a planet-killer asteroid--into my mailbox. The two events are certainly related and, thus, must be a sign from the Great Old Ones.

A Fitting, Final Honor for Charles Saunders, Author of Imaro

February 22, 2021 by Brian Murphy

After dying alone and unknown in May of this past year, his death unreported until September, author Charles Saunders of Imaro fame has, through the actions of fans, received recognition worthy of his contributions to sword-and-sorcery.

The DMRtian Chronicles, 2/21/2021

February 21, 2021 by D.M. Ritzlin

This week: Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Adrian Cole, Flash Gordon, men’s adventure fiction, Jack Vance, and more.

Reading Willocks' The Religion, Ten Years On

February 20, 2021 by Deuce Richardson

Ten years after I first read it, The Religion by Tim Willocks still speaks to me in a language filled with brutal beauty and beautiful brutality.