“People read sword and sorcery fiction because they want some of the tropes to be there. But subverting those tropes without completely ignoring them is what makes a story truly engaging. I choose to subvert expectations a bit and make stylistic and thematic choices that are a little more modern, without losing that classic tone and feel.”
Read MoreOut of Tanith Lee’s many fantasy series, her “Tales from the Flat Earth” is arguably her most highly regarded. All five uncollected Flat Earth stories will appear in the upcoming DMR Books release, The Earth is Flat: Tales from the Flat Earth and Elsewhere.
Read MoreThis week: New Conan and Elric novels, Kane, The 13th Warrior, Virgil Finlay, Manly Wade Wellman, and more.
Read MoreThis week the spotlight shines on regular Cirsova contributor and author of Tales of The Mongoose and Meerkat, Jim Breyfogle.
Read MoreThis week: Conan, Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber, Shub-Niggurath, A. Merritt, Cauldron Born, new Startling Stories, and more.
Read More“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 More“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 MoreThis week: Elric, Poul Anderson, Conan, Arthur Machen, Michael Whelan, and more.
Read More“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 MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard, Jim Steranko, Nictzin Dyalhis, Clark Ashton Smith, The Illiad, viking weapons, and more.
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