Today marks the seventy-fifth birthday of Ian Miller. While not a marquee name here in the States, I guarantee that many readers of the DMR Blog have seen his artwork over the years. Intricate, grotesque and very recognizable, Ian’s style is uniquely his own.
Read MoreJack Williamson died on this date in 2006. He started out his career being praised by the likes of A. Merritt and Isaac Asimov. By the time his life ended, Williamson was known as the 'Dean of Science Fiction' with Hugos and Nebulas on his wall. His works of science fiction and fantasy remain classics to this day.
Read MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard and C.L. Moore, The Spine of Night, Tales from the Magician’s Skull, Karl Edward Wagner, Ray Bradbury, Robin Hood, and more.
Read MoreP. Craig Russell is an artist with a nearly half-century career in comics. His renditions of Killraven, Elric, Doctor Strange and Sandman are considered iconic, if not definitive. Russell has collaborated with the likes of Roy Thomas, Neil Gaiman and Michael Moorcock during his illustrious career.
Read MoreToday marked the anniversary of the passing of Donald A. Wollheim. Today also marks—perhaps exactly, perhaps within a few weeks at most—the founding of DAW Books by Wollheim in 1971. Throughout the 1970s and well into the 1980s, DAW Books kept the pulp aesthetic alive, publishing far more sword-and-sorcery and sword-and-planet than its competitors.
Read MoreThe Thief of Forthe and Other Stories (2018), published by DMR Books, includes an engaging, thought-provoking story that should not be ignored by enthusiasts of dark fantasy or sword-and-sorcery: I am referring to “The Thief of Forthe” by Clifford Ball.
Read MoreNew pulp publisher Flinch Books is diving into the sword-and-sorcery realm with their upcoming anthology Blood on the Blade. Featuring cover art by Mark Wheatley, Blood on the Blade includes tales by ten authors, including Adrian Cole and D.M. Ritzlin.
Read MoreIn this Halloween edition of the DMRtian Chronicles: H.P. Lovecraft, Ramsey Campbell, Fritz Leiber, Dune, zombies in Weirdbook, Lin Carter, and more.
Read MoreIn this issue: The conclusion of “The Devil’s Bride” by Seabury Quinn, poetry by Robert E. Howard, weird fiction by Ambrose Bierce, and more.
Read MoreThis week: Plenty of horror, including Frankenstein, Lovecraftian films, and sword and sorcery monsters. Plus Elric, C.L. Moore, Dune, vikings, and more.
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