In the world of sword-and-sorcery fiction, one of the best-known series is Fritz Leiber‘s (1910-92) Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. Leiber, along with...
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I was recently sent a new sword-and-sorcery book, Lord of a Shattered Land, by Howard Andrew Jones. I have really only known Jones (or HAJ as some have been...
Here we have The Weird Worlds of Joel Jenkins, Vol. 2, the second in a series of three volumes. They collect several short stories by Joel Jenkins (and...
I had previously read and reviewed RazörFist’s first novel, the first of his Nightvale series, and Death Mask is the second. His Nightvale series is set on...
A classic pulp sword-and-sorcery hero who has been revived for new stories is Elak of Atlantis. He was created by Henry Kuttner (1915-58), who wrote many pulp...
Most are aware of Robert E. Howard‘s character Conan the Barbarian, as he has appeared in numerous stories by REH, further stories by others, as well as...
Kull the Conqueror. King Kull. Kull of Atlantis. Whatever you call him, Kull was Robert E. Howard‘s first sword-and-sorcery hero, years before Conan the...
As a long-time fan of H.P. Lovecraft and weird tales, I had gotten a recommendation to check out a new fanzine devoted to similar works: The Bizarchives...
Conan. Solomon Kane. Kull the Conqueror. Bran Mak Morn. Red Sonya. Sailor Steve Costigan. These and many others are the creations of Robert E. Howard (1906...
A recent New Pulp work I picked up is RazörFist‘s first novel, the first of his Nightvale series: The Long Moonlight. I have no idea what...