Link: Cosmic Mojo – Part 2
The authors of cosmic creepiness mentioned in the previous piece, “Cosmic Mojo Part 1”, were English, for Lovecraft was an anglophile of the first order. Read More
Category: Fantasy
Link: Cosmic Mojo – Part 1
Critics of horror fiction have labeled Lovecraft’s brand of storytelling “cosmic” horror to differentiate it from the regular legions of werewolves and murderers that filled Read More
Link: Fantasy, Oh Fantasy, Where Art Thou Gone?
The 1960s saw an explosion in heroic fantasy fiction with Ballantine’s The Lord of the Rings and the Lancer Conan paperbacks. Suddenly barbarians and hobbit-like Read More
Link: August Derleth: Hack or Hero?
August Derleth has been the whipping boy for HPL fans since 1939, when he created Arkham House with Donald Wandrei, a publishing concern specifically created Read More
An Interview with D. K. Latta
D. K. Latta is a Canadian writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror as well as superheroes. His work began appearing in 1995 with “Ancient Read More
Link: EAP-HPL-PKD: Shades of the Gothic
The word ‘Gothic’ has many definitions, all conflicting. First, it means the Germanic people who, amongst other tribes, sacked Rome in 410 AD. Because of Read More
“The King of the Ring” by Wally Wood
Plop #23 (September-October 1976) featured a very special comic for Fantasy fans. This was “The King of the Ring” by Wally Wood. By 1976, The Read More
Swords vs. Tentacles
The 1970s saw an explosion in Sword & Sorcery comics and with it a trope that has become almost a cliche: the tentacled monster. The Read More
Link: H. P. Lovecraft, Fantasist
If you look at the contents page of The Best of H. P. Lovecraft (Del Rey, 1982) you will find only one story from HPL’s Read More
Link: Conan the Cimmerian: Sword & Sorcery Superstar
When many people hear the words “Sword & Sorcery”, they immediately think of Conan. He might be Robert E. Howard’s original, or the L. Sprague Read More