Sword & Sorcery Radio
This post is brought to you by the Swords of Fire anthology series, with the fourth book due in Summer of 2026. Like the three Read More
Tag: The Phoenix on the Sword
10 Sword & Sorcery Pulp Era Firsts
This month RAGE machine Books is all about Sword & Sorcery. Jack Mackenzie has released his first of two collections about Sirtago & Poet, Blades Read More
Top Ten Favorite Swords in Heroic Fantasy
The enchanted sword has been a part of heroic fantasy since the beginning. Beowulf slays Grendel’s mother with an elder blade he conveniently finds in Read More
Death…Ten Feet Tall: Conan Vs. The Hulking Beast
Looking at covers for the old Conan the Barbarian comics, I was struck by a few thoughts. First off, a number of covers feature Conan Read More
Link: Sword & Sorcery Cliche No. 1: The Ming the Merciless Haircut
I am currently re-reading John Jakes’s entire Brak the Barbarian saga, and I was struck by an odd thought. Why do wizards in sword-and-sorcery always Read More