Links of Steel, 11/5/2023
This week: Brom, Conan, Jeff Jones, Beowulf, Piers Anthony, Ray Harryhausen, Fu Manchu, Poe, and more.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 10/29/2023
This week: Conan, Poul Anderson, David Gemmell, Evil Dead, Jim FitzPatrick, Lovecraftian horror, and more.
Read MoreThe Dark and Fantastickal Art of John Austen
John Austen was one of the many English artists inspired by the ground-breaking work of Aubrey Beardsley in the 1890s. Along with contemporaries like Harry Clarke and R.S. Sherriffs, Austen created stylized art possessing a unique beauty and power.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 10/22/2023
This week: Conan, Poul Anderson, Leigh Brackett, Lin Carter, Berni Wrightson, Dracula, Lovecraftian horror, and more.
Read MoreThoughts on Night Gallery’s “The Return of the Sorcerer”; a Review and Contemplation
“In this article, I will be not only contemplating the current state of entertainment but also briefly reviewing “The Return of the Sorcerer” of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, because it is, I feel, one of the best episodes in that series, it is good fun for a Samhain night, and said episode was inspired by the short story “The Return of the Sorcerer” by Clark Ashton Smith.”
Read MoreThe Novels of Jean Ray
Ray was a major of the Belgian School of the Strange. He is considered a Francophone equivalent to Poe or Lovecraft. Poe was undoubtedly an influence. Ray was a contemporary of Lovecraft, as translations of his stories, under the pseudonym John Flanders, were published in Weird Tales.
Read MoreREVIEW: Swords and Heroes
The table of contents boasts a who's who of authors writing S&S today. Many of the stories contained within feature series characters.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 10/15/2023
This week: Conan, Howard Andrew Jones, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Hammer films, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, atomic werewolves and man-eating plants, and more.
Read MoreFrazetta Black Light Posters!
Upon discovering that a black light poster had been made from Frazetta’s painting for The Secret People, I did a bit of searching and discovered that there are several Frazetta black light posters for sale out there.
Read MoreThoughts on Dagon (2001); a Review
Samhain Sorceries author Matthew Pungitore reviews Dagon, a movie that was directed by Stuart Gordon and inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
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