Links of Steel, 8/27/2023
This week: Howard Andrew Jones, Conan, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, H.P. Lovecraft, viking sagas, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Warren comics, and more.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 8/20/2023
This week: The Book of the New Sun, Elric, Fritz Leiber, Conan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, weird menace pulps, Castle Amber, and more.
Read MoreREVIEW: The Viking Gael Saga by J.T.T. Ryder
The Viking Gael Saga opens with a duel. A debt is owed and must be paid. The debt is challenged, and the duel will settle the matter once and for all. Tragically Asgeir ends up serving as an oarsman in Ulf the Old's crew. Adding salt to the wound, a stranger now wields his father's blade.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 8/13/2023
This week: The Witcher, Conan, Fritz Leiber, Clark Ashton Smith, Howard Andrew Jones, the state of new sword-and-sorcery, and more.
Read MoreSubmissions for Die By the Sword Volume II Will Open Later This Year
Since the release of Die By the Sword, DMR Books’ latest sword-and-sorcery anthology, we’ve received requests from readers and writers alike for a follow-up volume. Who are we to refuse? Today we can announce that we will take submissions for Die By the Sword Volume II throughout the month of November.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 8/6/2023
This week: Elric, Conan, Solomon Kane, Fritz Leiber, Karl Edward Wagner, Tarzan, Clark Ashton Smith, and more.
Read MoreIn Remembrance of Robert Adams
While mostly forgotten today, Robert Adams was a towering figure in the SFF Adventure genre during the Eighties. He sold millions of his own novels while also editing numerous worthy anthologies.
Read MoreTwo New Titles Coming This Fall From DMR Books
This fall fans of heroic fantasy will be treated to two new outstanding novels: Germanicus, Lord of Eagles by Adrian Cole and Vran the Chaos-Warped by D.M. Ritzlin.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 7/30/2023
This week: Frank Frazetta, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lord Dunsany, “The Lair of the Brain Eaters,” H.P. Lovecraft, the Internet Ooze, Blobs, Jellies, & Slime Database, and more.
Read MoreRemembering Mark Shelton and Manilla Road, Masters of Sword-and-Sorcery
After the death of founder, vocalist, and lead guitarist Mark “The Shark” Shelton on July 27, 2018, Manilla Road disbanded. But their metal legacy remains, hewn into the living rock of our favorite fantasy subgenre.
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