Links of Steel, 3/19/2023
This week: Clark Ashton Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Arkham House, Robert E. Howard, Piers Anthony, Macbeth, Stephen King, Celts and barbarians, and more.
Read MoreWhat If? -- Jim FitzPatrick and the 'Danans' Novels
I’ve long thought about what a shame it was that Irish fantasy artist extraordinaire, Jim FitzPatrick, hadn’t been hired by Ace Books to do the covers for Keith Taylor’s ‘Danans’ series of heroic fantasy novels. Thus, this post.
Read MoreThe Saga of Swain the Viking Volume III: Swain Kingsbane Coming Soon
Swain the Viking returns once more! DMR Books has already reprinted two volumes of Arthur D. Howden Smith’s critically acclaimed but hard to find historical adventure series, and the third shall appear in early April.
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: Jack Massa
“My “background as a writer” is a deep and misty vista. My first fantasy novel, Mooncrow, was released by a New York publisher in 1978. I’ve been writing full-time for the past several years and have three different fantasy series that I now consider complete.”
Read MoreLinks 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.
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