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
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Conan in Black & White 4: Val Mayerik
Val Mayerik is no stranger to Sword & Sorcery. He drew Marvel’s Thongor back in 1973. He pencilled original Brak in “Spell of the Dragon!” Read More
Gardner F. Fox’s Crom the Barbarian
Gardner F. Fox’s Crom the Barbarian is special. I have avoided it for a while because I really wanted to do it properly. I want Read More
Snake Gods & Were-Serpents
Snake gods and were-serpents are the rarest of creatures! Finding Pulp stories with snakes in them is not hard. Finding weird tales or even Science Read More
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
Mythos Sites: Nan-Matol
Nan Matol is special to the Cthulhu Mythos. This ruined city in the Western Pacific, resting on the largest of the Caroline Islands, is a Read More
Lin Carter & His Pastiches
On Facebook somebody said why doesn’t somebody do a list of all the authors that inspired Lin Carter’s many pastiches? Well kids, let’s give it Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Vincente Alcazar (1944-)
Spanish-born artist, he found work in America thanks to Gray Morrow and Neal Adams who recommended him to publishers. Much of his work was in Read More
A Brief History of Sword & Sorcery
So, What the Heck Did You Think It Was Made Of? This piece is a condensed history dedicated to a sub-genre of fantasy called “Sword Read More
Thongor of Lemuria
Uninformed critics have written off the Thongor novels as a bad Conan the Barbarian copy. This really isn’t true. Thongor the character is very much Read More