Links of Steel, 7/16/2023
This week: Conan, Michael Moorcock, Clark Ashton Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Frazetta, and more.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 7/9/2023
This week: Red Sonja, Solomon Kane, Dune, Ken Kelly, Frank Frazetta, Michael Moorcock, Clark Ashton Smith, and more.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 7/2/2023
This week: Joe Abercrombie, Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, Jack Vance, Excalibur, Jim FitzPatrick, Farnsworth Wright, and more.
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: Christopher D. Schmitz
“I don't really fear the idea of being derivative. I think we are all constantly consuming content and being inspired by it... stealing content is definitely derivative, but being inspired by something? I think that's a high water mark and I hope to be an inspiration some day.”
Read MoreREVIEW: Futures That Never Were
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 MoreLinks of Steel, 6/25/2023
This week: Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Tarzan, She film adaptations, Jim FitzPatrick, H.P. Lovecraft, and more.
Read MoreA Sanjulian Birthday Gallery
Sanjulian 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 MoreLinks of Steel, 6/18/2023
This week: Robert E. Howard, Hawk the Slayer, Ray Stevenson, Jack Vance, S.T. Joshi, The Count of Monte Crisco, and more.
Read MoreDon Maitz at 70
Having 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 MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: Lisa Kuznak
“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’.”
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