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
Category: Fantasy
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
How Does Your Garden Grow? (Gardening For Horror Writers)
Last summer I had the chance to plant and harvest my first garden. The tranquility of weeding is a pleasure I’d recommend to any writer. Read More
“Thurnley Abbey” by Percival Landon
I have been reading the first issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It was only The Magazine of Fantasy for this first Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Ernie Chan (1940-2012)
Ernesto Chan was born in the Phillipines in 1940. He came to America in 1970 but had to work as Ernie Chua because of an Read More
The Ballantine Fantasy Series by Per. J. Okerstrom
Late in the summer of 1968 the publishing team of Betty and Ian Ballantine recognized that the success of their edition of J. R. R. Read More
The Dark Poets of Weird Tales
I would describe Marvin Kaye’s Weird Tales: The Magazine That Never Dies (1988) as an anthology for people who hate Weird Tales. Despite his loving Read More
Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Comics
In a previous post, we looked at the Pulp illustrations of Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd & Gray Mouser. This time we will look at the comic Read More
The Lost Continent’s Monsters
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (1866-1944) was famous in the day (now largely forgotten) for a series of stories about a sailor named Captain Kettle. These Read More
Link: Dark History: Bran Mak Morn:
Robert E. Howard, more than anything, wanted to sell to Adventure Magazine. This publication of the Buttrick Co. was considered by many the best Pulp Read More