The Matter of Britain & Fantasy
I am currently reading Mike Ashley’s excellent A Brief History King Arthur (aka The Mammoth Book of King Arthur, 2005). Ashley does a great job Read More
I am currently reading Mike Ashley’s excellent A Brief History King Arthur (aka The Mammoth Book of King Arthur, 2005). Ashley does a great job Read More
“The Curse of the Totem” appeared in Supernatural Stories #65, October 1962. The author is R. L. Fanthorpe. Robert Lionel Fanthorpe is the author of Read More
If you missed the last one… Fiction House‘s Planet Comics was the single largest producer of space heroes in comics. The comic ran for 73 Read More
Here’s how Gold Key does Plant Monsters in the Bronze Age. Most of these appeared in Boris Karloff’s horror comic but you can find others Read More
If you missed the last one… Sword & Sorcery stories you might have missed can be found in many different places. Last time it was Read More
If you would have asked me what was the oldest Sword & Sorcery comic strip I would have said The Sword of Shannara. And I Read More
The Quintessential Monster Library might have an issue with our earlier Quintessential Ghost Story Library except it doesn’t really. The books and stories selected for Read More
If you missed the last one… Vikings on a Rampage! Last time we looked at these frightening, valiant sea rovers in the Pulps. This time Read More
Not all ghostbreakers have lengthy careers like Carnacki, Semi-Dual or Jules De Grandin. Often they are single event participants like the unnamed narrator in Bulwer-Lytton’s Read More
Frank J. Brueckel, Jr. (1910-1976) was a Hugo Gernsback writer in the early days of Pulp Science Fiction. When Hugo lost Amazing Stories, Brueckel went Read More