New Book: The Masterless Assassin on Kindle and Paperback
The necromancer Tin and his band of assassin friends are back in the sequel to The Masterless Apprentice! The Masterless Assassin continues the adventures Read More
Tag: Sword & Sorcery
Top Ten Sword & Sorcery Fight Scenes by Ray Harryhausen
Heroic Fantasy needs two things: Monsters and a good fight scene. Imagine Conan winning in a story by political debate. Or the Witcher settling a Read More
Neither Beg Nor Yield
So, the other day I received a monster through the mail. It’s an anthology called Neither Beg Nor Yield and I received both the paperback Read More
The Dark Worlds Podcast: Oliver Brackenbury
M. D. Jackson and G. W. Thomas talk with Oliver Brackenbury about Sword & Sorcery, fundraising, New Edge Sword & Sorcery and other topics like Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Manor Books
Manor Books was the bottom of the barrel in the late 1970s. Ballantine, ACE, later DAW were the prime markets for Sword & Sorcery in Read More
Joe Kubert’s Son of Sinbad
Joe Kubert’s Son of Sinbad is a Sword & Sandal comic that will appeal to Sword & Sorcery fans. Joe got his start as a Read More
The Definition of Sword & Sorcery
I don’t waste much time on defining Sword & Sorcery but it seems to be a thing again on the Internet. Men like Lin Carter Read More
Alberta Connections to Pulps and Comics
On August 19th I gave this talk to an audience at the Central Alberta Fanfest. I figured after all that research, why not make a Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed XIII
If you missed the last one… “The Seal of Zaon Sathla” by Lin Carter was first published in Carter’s anthology, The Magic of Atlantis (1970). Read More
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