The DMRtian Chronicles, 12/11/2022
This week: Conan, Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber, Shub-Niggurath, A. Merritt, Cauldron Born, new Startling Stories, and more.
Read MoreREVIEW: The Lost Empire of Sol
“Sword and Planet is my favorite genre. Traditionally an earthman arrives somehow, and has to make his way on an alien world with his wits and prowess. When I heard about this anthology I was very excited. What I encountered was something different than I was expecting.”
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: John E. Boyle
“It seems to me that there is something abroad in our world that seeks to kill heroes and the idea of heroism itself. Anyone who gives full-throated support to tales of adventure is a necessary defense against that enemy.”
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 12/4/2022
This week: Elric, Poul Anderson, Conan, Arthur Machen, Michael Whelan, and more.
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: Lars Walker
“The thing I tell people most often is some variation of, “Don't be afraid to write dreck.” You look at your day's work and you think, “This is crap.” So what? It's something. Something is better than nothing. For a writer, even dreck (and we don't always know what is or isn't dreck when we write it) is raw material. It's the clay we make good stories out of.”
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 11/27/2022
This week: Robert E. Howard, Jim Steranko, Nictzin Dyalhis, Clark Ashton Smith, The Illiad, viking weapons, and more.
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: Chase A. Folmar
“The use of strange and esoteric diction, especially the kind which has totally fallen away from societal use, can immediately invoke a sense of otherness within a story, an immediate feeling that the setting you’ve entered is weird and fantastical in nature.”
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 11/20/2022
This week: George R.R. Martin, Clark Ashton Smith, Ramsey Campbell, Guillermo del Toro’s cancelled Lovecraft adaptation, Manly Wade Wellman, Solomon Kane, and more.
Read MoreFrank Frazetta and Hal Foster: Dragon Lords
Frank Frazetta freely acknowledged Hal Foster as his biggest artistic influence. In this post, I look at the (possible) Foster influence on a little-known Frazetta painting from 1983.
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: M.C. Tuggle
“I grew up in an environment that stoked my imagination. Within hiking distance of my home were the castle-like ruins of a gold smelting mill from the early 1800s. Growing up on a tobacco farm, we spent our spare time finding Indian artifacts in plowed fields. Ancient lore has always fascinated and inspired me.”
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