Much has been made of the correspondence between H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, but Lovecraft corresponded with more writers, including a young Fritz Leiber, Jr. His work bears much influence of the Gent from Providence and Lovecraft was somewhat of a literary mentor of Leiber.
Read MoreDungeons and Dragons has become a household name. It is firmly embedded in our pop culture. Whether you have played the game or not, you are aware of it. Within its pages, co-creator Gary Gygax shared a list of stories that inspired him. This list is known as Appendix N.
Read MoreThis week: Frazetta, Stormbringer, Conan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. Rider Haggard, The Book of the New Sun, and more.
Read MoreThe mighty Ken Barr passed away on this date in 2016. He painted some of the coolest book and comic covers of the ‘70s and ‘80s, many of them in the sword-and-sorcery/heroic fantasy vein.
Read MoreWorlds Beyond Worlds - The Short Fiction of John R. Fultz collects 11 fantasy tales published during 2010 to 2020, most of them set in various imaginary worlds of wonder.
Read MoreThis week: Elric reprint news, H.P. Lovecraft, Tarzan, Robert E. Howard, Eric Brighteyes, and more.
Read MoreHe was a Victorian force of nature; a devil-driven, raging-to-live legend in his own time. Richard Francis Burton wrote The Book of the Sword and translated the--Arabic--Book of Love. He was an anthropologist, an archaeologist, a geographer, a linguist, a poet, a mystic, a spy and a sexologist. Withal and besides, RBF still found time to be the best horseman, swordsman and pistol-shot in the British Army...when he wasn't romancing the ladies and infuriating polite society.
Read MoreRichard Francis Burton is one of the odder Victorian heroes. He had amazing abilities to absorb new languages and a zest to study other cultures which made him perfect for undercover work.
Read MoreClover Press' Rattle of Bones is a loosely horror-themed collection of Robert E. Howard yarns published last summer. The artist for the book was Gabriel Rodriguez. Born in Chile, Rodriguez has that Old World sense of craftsmanship and draftsmanship that I've always associated with artists from Spain and her colonies.
Read MoreThis week: Frank Thorne, The Cimmerian, Lovecraft, Leigh Brackett, Heinlein, Fafhrd & Mouser, Michael Moorcock, and more.
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