“I’m influenced by more than a few authors and prose styles—the Weird Tales school, classic ghost stories, American hardboiled crime and mystery fiction… I like to think that this oddball bundle of influences comes together in a fashion that doesn’t seem derivative to the reader.”
Read MoreThis week: Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Ken Kelly, prehistoric/cavemen stories, Fritz Leiber, more Howard, and more Moorcock!
Read MoreThis volume can stand alongside most sword-and-sorcery/sword-and-planet published during the heyday of the 1960s and ‘70s. That’s about the highest praise I can give it. Hernstrom is a new writer of note, and one that we who love this type of thing sorely need.
Read More“I write what I find entertaining: action oriented fiction (S&S, HF, SF, Historical Novels, hard boiled crime, etc.) The avant-garde wouldn't have me as a literary trooper even if I wanted to enlist.”
Read More2022 marks several landmark anniversaries in the history of the Sword and Planet genre, so skipping Mars Day this year entirely was out of the question.
Read MoreThis week: Ken Kelly, Schuyler Hernstrom, Planet Stories, Black Sabbath, Oliver Stone’s ideas for a Conan the Barbarian movie, and more.
Read MoreWhether browsing the shelves of a bookstore or the catalog of an online dealer, when you come across a really striking image, you’re going to want to pick it up and find out what the book is all about. Unfortunately, sometimes the contents of the book don’t match up to what’s promised on the cover.
Read MoreAdrian Cole is one of the most talented and prolific writers working in the field of fantasy adventure fiction today. This fall DMR Books will unveil the first installment of his most ambitious project to date, the War on Rome trilogy.
Read MoreThis week: Ken Kelly, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Manly Wade Wellman, Simon Bisley, Seven Samurai, and more.
Read MoreI have a hard time writing about artists because their images speak so much louder and more potently than words. Just spend a minute looking at the covers of the Berkley Medallion Conans, and your tribute to Kelly’s passing is paid.
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