Careful What You Wish For III: I Want a New Genre
One piece of advice most writing books make is that a new writer should familiarize themselves with their chosen genre so they don’t repeat worn Read More
Category: Dark Worlds Quarterly
Rhoda Broughton, Niece to Nightmares
Rhoda Broughton (1840-1920) was the niece of J. Sheridan Le Fanu, the dark prince of horror writers. It should be no surprise that she should Read More
Top Ten Favorite Robert E. Howard Monsters
My top ten favorite Robert E. Howard monsters appear here chronologically because I can’t bring myself to pick a number one favorite. It was hard Read More
Conan and the Cthulhu Mythos
A Man From the North Conan, the black-haired, red-skinned Cimmerian, has become over the last fifty years a different fellow than the legendary swordsman who Read More
The Missing Miss Bartendale
The Missing Miss Bartendale of the 1942 film version of The Undying Monster: A Tale of the Fifth Dimension (1922) is typical of the changing Read More
H. P. Lovecraft & Virgil Finlay
H. P. Lovecraft and Virgil Finlay seem like a match made in horror heaven. HPL created the weirdest tentacular monsters and ultra-dimensions that only a Read More
The Towers of Fantasy
The Pulps The towers of fantasy fiction have always been locations of sorcery, mystery and strife. If the bad guy lives in a tower, whether Read More
When the Wind Blows
When the winds blow…autumn! The wind was spectacular last night while I was out walking my dog. Gusty, shaking the trees, which still have most Read More
The Gothic in Sword & Sorcery
Pulp Origins Sword & Sorcery, from its very first story in 1929 was steeped in the Gothic. Robert E. Howard published “The Shadow Kingdom” in Read More
Wraiths on Wings! A Gallery
“Wraiths on wings!” Recently I rewatched The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings movies and that line by Gollum stuck in my head. Both Read More