Links of Steel, 3/12/2023
This week: Conan, Jim Fitzpatrick, Tanith Lee, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Weird Tales, Argosy, and more.
Read MorePeter Beresford Ellis: Championing the Celts for 80 Years
Peter Beresford Ellis is one of the foremost popularizers of Celtic fiction and non-fiction of the last hundred years. In addition, he has authored biographies of H. Rider Haggard and Talbot Mundy.
Read MoreREVIEW: Track of the Snow Leopard by Dariel R.A. Quiogue
In the foreward Dariel explains to the reader the genesis of Orhan Timur. What if Genghis Khan had a blood-brother who had betrayed him? Would this hunted man ever give up his lost khanate?
Read MoreDoug Moench: A Half-Century of Bringing the 'Pulp' to Comics
If Roy Thomas is taken out of the reckoning, Doug Moench can lay a rock-solid claim to bringing more pulpish goodness to mainstream comics than any other comics scribe, living or dead. Even then, Doug gives Roy a run for his money.
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: Robert Poyton
“I feel confident writing action scenes, maybe my martial art background helps. I’ve helped trained stunt people in the past, and work a lot with weapons. I’ve yet to stand, bloody battleaxe in hand, atop a mound of slain enemies, but the day is young!”
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 3/5/2023
This week: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Gary Gygax, Conan, Thongor, Stephen King, Lovecraftian death metal, and more.
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: Paul R. McNamee
“I think some of the weakness of social media is getting stuck in a circle. You need to have multiple circles, especially if you work in different genres.”
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 2/26/2023
This week: Frank Frazetta, Red Sonja, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Andre Norton, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, and more.
Read MoreRoy G. Krenkel -- Forty Years Gone
Admired and revered by the likes of Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Michael Wm. Kaluta and Bernie Wrightson, Roy G. Krenkel was an “artists’ artist”. Despite his aversion to the spotlight, RGK’s legacy and influence continue to this day, four decades after his death.
Read MoreI Was Walking to Thessaloniki When… A Review of “A Feast of Ambrosia” by Glenn Rahman
A Feast of Ambrosia is a collection of stories about two mismatched adventurers, Donalbain and Bingor the Arab. Their stories take place in the Byzantine Empire around the year 1000 AD. Feast feels like a real world, there’s always a lot going on and the narrative is descriptive, colourful, and fast moving.
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