Keith Taylor is the author/co-author of 11 novels and dozens of short stories, for fans of the sword-and-sorcery subgenre most notably the Bard series, featuring the wandering Felimid mac Fal and his picaresque adventures in early Dark Ages Britain.
Read MoreDMR Books is branching out! Digital editions of several of our pulp reprint titles, including Renegade Swords II, are now available through Barnes & Noble’s website. Furthermore, we’ve created a special offer for our readers. For a limited time, for every one you purchase, you’ll get one for free!
Read MoreThis week: Tanith Lee, King Arthur, The Shadow, Jack Vance, martial arts, Burroughs’ The Moon Maid, Robert E. Howard Foundation awards, and more.
Read MoreGardner F. Fox was a true pulpster who could write a fine tale of swordplay and passion. He brought sword-and-sorcery to comics and he also authored some of the most bad-ass historical novels of the twentieth century.
Read MoreFor the last fifty years, Ken Kelly has been painting iconic covers for cool books and cool albums. His seventy-fifth birthday is certainly something to celebrate.
Read MoreThe connection between Fantasy and Sword and Sorcery is easy enough to see, but what kind of sub-class of Fantasy should Sword and Sorcery call home? Should it fit closer to the Low or to the High Fantasy fields? And what is Fantasy on its own? Is there such a thing as a purely “Fantasy” work? Is Fantasy only a label for works that came after the 1600s?
Read MoreHow could understanding the differences between Romanticism and Dark Romanticism be of any benefit to the readers of Sword and Sorcery? Fantasy birthed Sword and Sorcery, but not alone, for it was Romanticism that spawned Dark Romanticism, and it also had a hand in the conception of Sword and Sorcery. These four genres might not appear to be related, but they absolutely do branch together, and understanding the similarities and differences between them can help pulp-readers better appreciate the legitimate literary value of works in these genres.
Read MoreFor those who are new to it, StoryHack is an adventure magazine in the spirit of the pulps. I have enjoyed the previous issues of StoryHack but No. 7 is maybe the best yet. So we could call it Lucky 7 or we could call it the unremitting devotion of its publisher and editor, Bryce Beattie. Let’s just call it a “A Constellation of Wonders.”
Read MoreThis week: The Brothers Hildebrandt’s Atlantis, Clark Ashton Smith, Henry Kuttner, Keith Taylor, H. Rider Haggard, Fritz Leiber, and more.
Read MoreToday we salute the life and work of one of the founding masters of modern speculative fiction, H. Rider Haggard. Though his creations remain classics in world literature, his name isn’t widely recognized among the general public. So today, May 14th, on the ninety-sixth anniversary of Haggard’s death, let’s take the opportunity to celebrate him and his legacy.
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