Tag Archives: sword and sorcery

Pulp Appeal: Jirel of Joiry

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

C.L. Moore, stands out as one of the godparents of sword and sorcery and science-fiction, and nowhere is this more apparent than in her creation, Jirel of Joiry. Jirel stands out for several reasons as a character of the Golden … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Egil & Nix

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

I first came across Paul S. Kemp’s characters of Egil and Nix in the highly recommended Blackguards anthology put out by Ragnarok Press, and I have been sure to pick up their individual novels . Coming across as a couple … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Elric of Melniboné

Posted on May 1, 2017 by

  I can pinpoint exactly when I first came across Elric, the doomed albino sorcerer-king of Melniboné. I was a freshman in high school, and there, among the rest of the science-fiction and fantasy books in the school library were … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Conan the Barbarian

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

Trying to pin down when I originally was exposed to Conan, the world-travelling barbarian created by Robert E. Howard, is tricky. It might have been watching edited versions of Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer when I was a … Continue reading →

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Issue 1 Now Available!

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

Issue 1 is now available on Amazon!  We are really pleased with how this issue came out and have nothing but praise for the writers who contributed. So go on, check it out, and maybe leave a review when your … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Kull

Posted on April 3, 2017 by

  Kull, yet another creation of the inestimable Robert E. Howard, is easy to write off as simply a precursor to Conan when you realize that Howard worked on the stories immediately prior to debuting his more famous barbarian. It … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser

Posted on February 20, 2017 by

Originally conceived in collaboration between Fritz Leiber and Harry Otto Fischer (Leiber would long credit Fischer with the original conception of the characters), and born in the middle of the Great Depression, the seven-foot tall barbarian Fafhrd and his diminutive … Continue reading →

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