“A Rose for Ecclesiastes” was a triumphant re-telling of the great pulp story. Mars as the home of a mysterious alien civilisation, a secret history of triumph and collapse, played out in a past age while Earthmen fought battles with swords and spears.
Read MoreWill Oliver decided to get like-minded Karl Edward Wagner fans together in Knoxville this coming October to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Karl’s mortality. Read on to find out more.
Read MoreThis week: Conan, Celtic fantasy, Karl Edward Wagner Day, Robert Holdstock, Ramsey Campbell, Greg Staples, Lovecraft, and more.
Read MoreDistrust of technological and scientific progress, of Modernism, of Realism, et cetera: that sort of pessimism inhabits H. P. Lovecraft’s “Pickman’s Model,” the storyline of which expresses the wickedness engineered in the nightmare that it envisions, a world haunted by atrocities and fanaticism.
Read MoreSarcasm and swear-words have returned to Rusty Burke’s repertoire, indicating more cognitive progress after his near-fatal fall in December.
Read More“The Horror From the Mound”, is a favorite weird western of mine written by Robert E. Howard. It’s possible that Cabeza de Vaca’s early accounts of exploring Texas inspired Howard to write his classic yarn.
Read MoreAs free-agents of the hard-boiled school, Conan and Mattias Tannhauser share a deep skepticism of the State. Kingship, the demands and prerogatives of the State, all that is meaningless in comparison to a man’s honor and loyalty to his dearest friends.
Read MoreThis week: Edgar Allan Poe, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Tim Powers, C.L. Moore, Beowulf, Lord Dunsany, and more.
Read MoreFor me personally, A. Merritt’s greatest achievement was in opening my eyes to a wider conception of fantasy.
Read MoreThere are few terrors more gripping than the prospect of being buried alive. Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the horror tale, wrote a number of stories about that horrific yet fascinating topic.
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