Creating Monsters: The Morlocks
This is the first in a series of articles on writing Monster Stories. It is only fitting that the first author we should focus on Read More
Month: November 2019
The False Monster Tradition
The notion that a monster should prove to be a fraud is a fairly recent idea. The warriors gathered around the scop reciting Beowulf would Read More
Ramsey Campbell’s Sword & Sorcery Hero – Ryre
Writers often experiment early in their careers, trying different styles, genres or publishing opportunities. Until success pulls them in a certain direction the scribbler is Read More
Plant Monsters in the Comics
As early as 1940 comic book writers and artists have used the killer plant in their comics. Why not? Vines are easy to draw. Many Read More
Sword & Sorcery Anthologies: 1986-2008
If you missed the first one…. Barbarians (1986) edited by Robert Adams, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh1. ” Scylla’s Daughter” by Fritz Leiber2. Read More
Sword & Sorcery Anthologies 1963-1985
The Sword & Sorcery boom of the late 1960s was driven by the publication of The Lord of the Rings by Donald A. Wollheim at Read More
Marvel Movie Preview #1
As the name suggests, Marvel Movie Preview #1 was the first Marvel magazine of its kind. This one-shot publication adapted Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Land Read More
Wells Reimagined
Hugo Gernsback had a vision. The first all-Science Fiction magazine. It took him several years but in April 1926 he unveiled Amazing Stories onto an Read More
Ray Harryhausen, Sword & Sorcery Filmmaker
If you know Fantasy films at all, you know Ray Harryhausen. As successor to Willis O’Brien, the creator of King Kong, Ray gave us so Read More
Weird Wednesdays: Malcolm M. Ferguson (1919-2011)
I began this piece with one goal in mind, to find a latter day Lovecraftian tribute, preferably one that others had missed. That’s not what Read More