Links of Steel, 11/19/2023
This week: Conan, H. Rider Haggard, Robert Adams, Hal Foster, Poe, Eerie Magazine, Robert W. Chambers, Lovecraft, and more.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 11/12/2023
This week: Robert E. Howard, new Highlander movie news, A. Merritt, Weird Tales, The Thing, H.P. Lovecraft, and more.
Read MoreJim Steranko: Living Legend
Jim Steranko is a true living legend. Artist, writer, rock n’ roll guitarist, stage magician, historian and publisher. A friend of Spielberg, Lucas and Coppola. Raise a glass of something expensive in honor of Jim's time thus far on this mortal coil. He's already lived the lives of at least three average cool dudes.
Read MoreREVIEW: Swords and Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume Six
Like a freight train, Parallel Universe Publications continues to come down the line filled with S&S stories from authors new and old. Volume Six features many names that have appeared in previous installments. Several are active authors in the community with stories appearing in different venues.
Read MoreLinks 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.
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