When I seek out Sword and Planet fiction I typically look for and enjoy the type of story Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote. Fast paced and action packed with plenty of derring-do. Many of the stories in this collection attempt to ape this style. Some succeed, some exceed, some are dead on arrival.
Read MoreThis week: Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Tarzan, She film adaptations, Jim FitzPatrick, H.P. Lovecraft, and more.
Read MoreSanjulian celebrated his eighty-second birthday today. He is still painting great covers for the likes of Tales from the Magician’s Skull and Creeps. His, it seems, is a well-nigh immortal talent.
Read MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard, Hawk the Slayer, Ray Stevenson, Jack Vance, S.T. Joshi, The Count of Monte Crisco, and more.
Read MoreHaving achieved his threescore and ten, Don Maitz stands tall as one of the true Grand Old Men of SFF/weird art. His paintings have adorned the covers of books by Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, C. J. Cherryh, Keith Taylor, Tanith Lee, Gene Wolfe, Michael Moorcock and many other acclaimed authors. Plus, he created Captain Morgan! Sorta.
Read More“I’m always experimenting, everything I write is an experiment in one way or another. Often I put ‘controversial’ themes in my work, consciously or subconsciously, which I’ve had readers get upset over. I’m a firm believer in ‘The author is not your babysitter’.”
Read MoreMatthew Pungitore talks to Cirsova Magazine editor Alex about Italian cinema, sword and sorcery, and the Decadent movement.
Read MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard, The Witcher, Brak the Barbarian, Fu Manchu, the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Weird Tales, and more.
Read More“I try to keep the reader reading and guessing. So whether it’s slice-of-life weird horror or dark heroic fantasy, I try to set up and pay off a twist or an image a reader couldn’t possibly anticipate. But the weirdness has to be justified within the story and compelling, not just a gimmick.”
Read MoreThis week: The Weird Tales sword & sorcery issue, Fritz Leiber, Robert E. Howard, Fred Saberhagen, Robert Holdstock, Fantastic Magazine, and more.
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