Mad Amos Malone is a well known figure in the west. The people, when they speak of him, whisper. His size and formidable mien discourage casual contact with other folks. Regardless, people still see him out with their strange and sometimes otherworldly problems.
Read MoreIn this issue: Hugh B. Cave, Donald A. Wollheim, Robert Silverberg, part two of “The Devil’s Bride” by Seabury Quinn, and more.
Read MoreOn this day in 1921, Joseph Clement Coll died suddenly of appendicitis at the age of forty. Widely-respected for his pen-and-ink technique, Coll had illustrated classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle and Sax Rohmer. After his death, JCC's work would influence the likes of Frank Frazetta and Gary Gianni.
Read MoreThis week: Michael Moorcock, Weird Tales, Fritz Leiber, Virgil Finlay, Clark Ashton Smith, Hercules films, and more.
Read MoreIn this issue: “The Devil’s Bride” by Seabury Quinn, the first of David H. Keller’s “Tales from Cornwall,” and more weird fiction.
Read MoreIf it’s going to succeed in the 21st century sword-and-sorcery needs writers that know and respect its forms, classic authors, and traditions, but are unafraid to take these elements and create something new. In short, it needs writers that deliver what we know and love about sword-and-sorcery while breaking a few rules along the way in the service of their art.
Read MoreThis week: Poul Anderson, Cauldron Born, Weirdbook, Weird Tales, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, bootleg Conan LSD blotter paper, and more.
Read MoreDoom, death, and time weigh upon everything within “The Werewolf Howls,” written by Clifford Ball, which creates associations to the inhuman and the profane unknowable, the scapegoat otherness, the satanic animalism, the wizened barbarism.
Read MoreAt the recent Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention I picked up a stack of copies of Magazine of Horror. For its 36-issue run between 1963 and 1971, editor Robert A.W. Lowndes published lots of reprints from Weird Tales, but some original fiction as well. I thought it would be interesting to take a closer look at the contents of the issues I acquired. I’ll begin with the earliest issue I have, No. 14 (Winter 1966/67).
Read MoreMany people have asked when DMR Books will open for submissions. The time is nigh! On All Hallows’ Eve we will begin accepting submissions for the Halloween-themed sword-and-sorcery anthology Samhain Sorceries.
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