Sword & Sorcery Break & Enter
There is a small group of Sword & Sorcery tales that involve a hero in a break & enter into a wizard’s domicile. This is Read More
There is a small group of Sword & Sorcery tales that involve a hero in a break & enter into a wizard’s domicile. This is Read More
Arthur W. Saha (1923-1999) was editor for DAW’s Year’s Best Fantasy #7-14 (1981-1988). The previous editor had been Lin Carter, whose selections leaned towards Sword Read More
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
How often is the artist also the author of a Fantasy work? After looking over a selection of J R. R. Tolkien’s own artwork for Read More
Great monster stories you may have missed are lurking out there in old anthologies and magazines. I’ve been feeling autumnal early this year. That means Read More
Plant monster comics go back to the 1940s. What’s easier to draw that branches or vines that catch? Pretty much every comic company used them Read More
Charlton Comics in the 1970s wasn’t immune to the power of H. P. Lovecraft. Both Marvel and DC had their dalliances, why not Charlton? Tom Read More
The Terror Garden has looked at plant monsters in past posts. Today it is “The Growing Terror” from Suspense #19 (June 1952). (And as I Read More
Sometimes, the day job gives you pearls. I was sitting in a seminar on Childhood Anxiety when I realized I was looking at something important Read More
The Addams Family and its close competitor, The Munsters, were shows based on Horror clichés. By 1965 the idea of a vampire, a Frankenstein monster, Read More