Lovecraftian Elements in Sword & Sorcery
The Lovecraftian elements in Sword & Sorcery often make it or break it for me. I love that blend of energy that H. P. Lovecraft Read More
The Lovecraftian elements in Sword & Sorcery often make it or break it for me. I love that blend of energy that H. P. Lovecraft Read More
Time is a fine polisher. Take for example Charles L. Grant’s words from 1983 and the Introduction to Shadows 6: “There are Critters and there Read More
Atlantis flourished during The Pulp Years, 1923-1954. In L. Sprague de Camp’s Lost Continents (1954) he discusses the romantic novels of the 1880-90s, then follows Read More
The most prolific authors in Weird Tales are names you know. You don’t appear a hundred times and not get noticed. Still, the question remains, Read More
If you missed the last one… Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed XI is all about the 1980s. Here are five stories from Read More
Paul Dallas (1921-1984) was a radio broadcaster from the UK who moved to America and wrote Science Fiction for three brief years. All of his Read More
If you missed the last one… Werewolves in Black & White continues…The creation of black & white magazines was a reaction to the Comics’ Code, 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
Victorian Medievalism The style of Sword & Sorcery was created by Robert E. Howard back in 1929. C. L. Moore amended this in 1934, as Read More
Henry Kuttner wrote fan letters to Weird Tales for eight years before he transitioned from fan to professional. Kuttner would sell his first story to Read More