Recognizing Goth, the Gothic, and the Neo-Gothic in 2026
For World Goth Day, Matthew Pungitore shares his appreciation of Gothic literature.
Read MoreA Birthday Tribute to Ken Kelly
In honor of Ken Kelly’s birthday, I reminisced a little bit and posted a gallery drawn from his amazing body of artwork.
Read MoreCormac FitzGeoffrey: Howard's Mighty Irish Crusader
Cormac FitzGeoffrey is perhaps the most notable of all the protagonists that Robert E. Howard created in his ‘Crusader’ stories; tales written with a significant element of historical realism. Cormac is reminiscent of Conan: tall stature, tigerish strength, fierce blue eyes, jet-black hair…and a force of nature on the battlefield.
Read MoreWeird Architecture Part II: Other Worlds and Times
Fantasy literature can give you new sensations and images. Most of the stories mentioned here have a hallucinatory weirdness and a brooding atmosphere. This comes from not only the description of these buildings but their nature.
Read MoreWeird Architecture Part I: Our World and Time
The aesthetics of architecture is interesting. The design, the shape, the decoration of buildings can produce strong feelings in a person. This is true even in fictional buildings. Perhaps more so in Sword and Sorcery and Weird Fiction which is overrun with strange, often decaying structures.
Read MoreKingdoms Trembling by M. Stern Coming in June
This June DMR Books will proudly present M. Stern’s first collection, Kingdoms Trembling. All twelve of the tales in this book take place at various locales in K’Zal and the surrounding lands, and all of them are previously unpublished.
Read MoreRobert E. Howard and the Fate of Empires
Robert E. Howard wrote a great deal about the rise and fall of empires. John Glubb, a formidable soldier and historian, wrote a book called The Fate of Empires which aligns with many of Howard’s themes and attitudes.
Read MoreWalpurgis Witcheries Roundtable Discussion on Monsters, Madness and Magic
Earlier this week four authors in the Walpurgis Witcheries anthology convened at the Monsters, Madness & Magic podcast to discuss the upcoming book and sword-and-sorcery fiction in general.
Read MoreTwo Tales of Witchery Coming April 30
Recently we announced our new sword-and-sorcery anthology Walpurgis Witcheries, to be released on April 30. The nine stories contained in this book should satisfy every afficionado of fantasy adventure and horror. But for those who still crave more, we’ve got a special supplementary release in store for you: Two Tales of Witchery!
Read MoreGil Kane: A Centennial Tribute
Gil Kane was a titanic force in comics during the 1960s and 1970s, and he kept on creating cool comic art almost until his death in the year 2000. Mr. Kane was known for being a fan of the pulps. He played a special role in my own Sword-and-Sorcery journey.
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