Masters of the Double Splash
This post is brought to you by The Cryo Game and Other Stories by Jack Mackenzie. This collection of Science Fiction tales features Mackenzie’s special Read More
Tag: Conan the Barbarian
Lost Tales From The Gamers: Kalgar
Today’s post is brought to you by an upcoming collection of Sword & Sorcery stories called The Beacon House and Other Young Arthan Stories by Read More
Top Ten Fantasy Fight Scenes From the 1980-1985
If you missed the last one… The 1980s heralded a new interest in Fantasy films, much of it driven by the anticipation then success of Read More
Plant Monsters in Heroic Fantasy Fiction
Heroic Fantasy offers sword-swingers all kinds of monsters to fight: dragons, harpies, ape creatures, just about anything you can imagine. The Sword & Sorcery hero Read More
Monsters of the Hyborian Age 15: The Slug of Larsha
If you missed the last one… “The Hall of the Dead” was an L. Sprague de Camp composition based on a Robert E. Howard outline. Read More
I Can’t Believe It’s More Plant Monsters!
If you missed the last one… It gets harder to talk about plant monsters in comics because there have been literally hundreds of them. My Read More
Conan the Barbarian: Archie Style!
If you missed the last one… Everything Archie #111 (May 1984) offers a new Conan for the 1980s. An epic, like all good Fantasy, begins Read More
Conan vs. Werewolves
Conan vs. Werewolves is a problematic title. Conan as Robert E. Howard wrote him never met an actual werewolf. Howard wrote only six pieces that Read More
Bronze Age Dragons: 1980s
If you missed the last one… The 1980s offered some new wrinkles to old dragons. One of these was the new paper quality of independent Read More
Bronze Age Dragons: 1970s
Fire-breathing dragons! You won’t find any T. rexes or giant snakes here. These are Bronze Age Dragons, with wings and fiery breath. (well, mostly.) I Read More