Link: Sword & Sorcery Cliche #3: The Wizard With the Unpronounceable Name
The barbarian hero hacks his way through an army of undead to finally come face-to-face with the evil necromancer who has been terrorizing the countryside. Read More
Category: Sword & Sorcery
Gil Kane’s Conan Covers
When you say “the early Conan the Barbarian comics” different artists come to mind. The first will certainly be Barry Windsor Smith who drew the Read More
“Idol of the Valley” by Daniel Loring Keating
Four days ago I reviewed Death’s Sting – Where Art Thou? and of this story I wrote: “Idol of the Valley” by Daniel Loring Keating Read More
Guest Post: Some Thoughts on Immortality by Keith West
When I was in graduate school, one of my favorite television shows was Highlander. I’d seen the first and second movies, and while I’d enjoyed Read More
Link: Turok, Son of Plants
Looking at all the comic books that have used plant monsters, one title stands far above the others for monstrous plants. Now to be clear, Read More
Link: Close to the Edge: Albums For Science Fiction Fans
I think the first sign that you’re “getting old” is you start wishing everything was the way it “used to be.” In most things, I Read More
The Curse of Hemingway or, To Ornate or Not Too Ornate
Certain kinds of stories seem to set their own agendas as far as style is concerned; you ignore the demands of the material at your Read More
An Interview With Jason M Waltz
Jason M Waltz is the editor at Rogue Blades Entertainment, a company that focuses on action-driven Fantasy. His latest anthology is Death’s Sting—Where Art Thou? Read More
Death’s Sting – Where Art Thou? A Review
Rogue Blades Entertainment, 2020 Price: $4.01 Buy the Kindle on Amazon Sword & Sorcery anthologies have made a bit of a comeback lately. I’ve even Read More
Three Sword & Sorcery Novels You May Have Missed
The Fallible Fiend by L. Sprague de Camp (1973) originally appeared in Fantastic (December 1972 and February 1973). It is the first of the Novaria Read More