Six Quarter-Centuries of Clark Ashton Smith

He and his followers were well armed and accoutered. Some of the men bore coils of rope and grapplinghooks to be employed in the escalade of...

Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams

... Interesting choice of cover illustration. Since it's C.L. Moore's birthday, I thought I'd talk a wee bit about Jirel. I disc...

The Problem with Humans

The plight of the misunderstood orc Taking a brief time out from my work, I've been having a gander at several things. One was G. Willow...

The Bones of the Old Ones

Technically speaking, I shouldn't be reading this book, since it isn't out in the UK. However, I just couldn't wait, so I ordere...

World Book Day 2013

World Book Day 2013 falls on my 29th birthday, which makes me almost as happy as this little chap: So I'm going to try out something dif...

Locus Online's 2012 All Centuries Poll is Very Confusing

Courtesy of Black Gate , I came across Lotus' latest write-in poll for The Best Fantasy/Science Fiction works of the 20th and 21st centu...

The Blog That Time Forgot, Bite-Sized: SFX Fantasy - The Ultimate Celebration, Fantasy Author Favourites, and Martin vs Tolkien

(I have a post regarding the comic launch in the works, but until then, here's a quick post) On a whim, I decided to pick this up back i...