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By Crom: Roy Thomas & Conan the Barbarian
One Black Gate series which I have started, but is still for somewhere down the line, is a look at the first dozen-or-so issues of Roy Thomas’ Conan the Barbarian comic. And even before running that...
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Conan’s Father: William Smith, 1933-2021
William Smith We all have our end-of-year rituals, those small ceremonies that prepare us to ring out the old year and ring in the new. For me, one of the most important is watching the current TCM...
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Beautiful Plagues: An Interview with John C. Hocking
To help reveal the muses that inspire weird fiction and horror writers, this interview series engages contemporary authors on the theme of “Art & Beauty in Weird/Fantasy Fiction.” Recent guests on...
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IMHO: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF SWORD & SORCERY AND HEROIC FANTASY
Weird Tales featuring “Devil in Iron” by Robert E. Howard, art by Margaret Brundage (~1934); Conan the Conqueror by REH and Lyon Sprague de Camp, art by Frazetta (~1967); The Road of Kings by Karl...
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A Must-Buy For Any Howard Fan: Robert E. Howard Changed My Life edited by...
Robert E. Howard Changed My Life (Rogue Blades Foundation, June 9, 2021). Cover by Didier Normand Many of us “older folk” (I’m using that term very broadly) can attest to some experience in their...
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Senator, You’re No Jack Kennedy. Continautors – Yes or No?
Official continuators of a literary series can engender mixed emotions. Some folks are happy to see more stories of a character they like – even if the creator has died. Others feel that only the...
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Conan has Come Hither: The Book is in Print! (May 1)
It’s here! You probably know that back in 2019, many of the leading Robert E. Howard experts and fans contributed to a terrific series here at Black Gate on REH’s Conan stories. Prior to that, Black...
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The Complete Version of John C. Hocking’s Conan: Black Starlight is Now...
Conan: Black Starlight (Titan Books, October 17, 2023) The name John C. Hocking is well known to long-time Black Gate readers. He published several terrific stories in the print version of the...
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Steamed: What I’ve Been Playing (December, 2023)
Happy Christmas and Merry Holidays!! Whatever works for you, let’s be a little kinder to our fellow humans. This world needs it more than ever. Yeesh. I really do need to get back to doing a ‘Year-End...
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Hither Came Scott Oden: The Shadow of Vengeance, a Sequel Robert E. Howard...
Conan: The Shadow of Vengeance (Titan Books, January 30, 2024) Octavia tore her gaze from the grisly noose. Hope fluttered in her breast, for through the guttering smoke from scores of torches she saw...
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