Secrets of Cold Steel: An Interview with Howie Bentley
“Sword-and-sorcery is masculine fiction that incorporates a strong sense of individualism triumphing over collectivism.”
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: David J. West
“I came to the conclusion that even with the ebook revolution going on these last ten odd years, it takes some work to market and be read. Now that I’ve accepted it, I’ve even helped some friends and small publishers with their marketing angles. It all came down to wanting to share what I love with others – what I would call old school pulp regardless of the perceived genres.”
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 6/26/2022
This week: Robert E. Howard, Frank Frazetta, lost worlds, Vampirella, Fu Manchu, Jack Vance, Tanith Lee, and more.
Read MoreReview: Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe by George Takei and Robert Asprin
For several years in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s Playboy Press published quite a few speculative fiction books by some pretty well known authors, even one written by George Takei, of Star Trek fame, and Robert Asprin, editor of Thieves' World!
Read MoreThe H. Rider Haggard Project: An Update
The H. Rider Haggard Project was created and funded by a husband-and-wife team of SFF art collectors, Howard and Jane Frank. The Project contributed greatly to the Haggard legacy and its paintings are excellent in their own right.
Read MoreREVIEW: Cirsova Magazine Summer Issue 2022
Brazen imagination. If there’s a succinct summing-up of this issue of Cirsova Magazine, it’s those two words. There are some outrageously imaginative pulp stories in this issue.
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: John C. Hocking
“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 MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 6/19/2022
This week: Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Ken Kelly, prehistoric/cavemen stories, Fritz Leiber, more Howard, and more Moorcock!
Read MoreREVIEW: Thune’s Vision by Schuyler Hernstrom
This 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 MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: Ken Lizzi
“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.”
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