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An Interview With Claude Lalumière, Part Two

Here’s Part Two of my interview with writer, critic, and editor Claude Lalumière. You can find Part One here. This time around, we discuss Claude’s influences, his work as an anthologist, his criticism, and his process as a writer. My great thanks to Claude for his generosity, thoughtfulness, and candor. An Interview with Claude Lalumière, Part Two Conducted and Transcribed by Matthew David Surridge Your fiction shows the powerful influence of a number of different writers, and the fusion of…

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The Best KULL Comic Ever: “Demon in a Silvered Glass”

Happy Birthday, Robert E. Howard… I am a huge Conan fan, but I have to admit that I like Howard’s King Kull stories even better. The Kull tales are more poetic, more lyrical, more mystical … and they reveal more of Howard’s Shakespearean influence than any of his Conan tales. All of those terrific Kull tales are collected in a terrific illustrated volume from Del Rey entitled Kull: Exile of Atlantis.  If you want the true Kull experience, this book has…

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Original Fiction: “THE WEIRD OF IRONSPELL” by John R. Fultz

“The Weird of Ironspell” by John R. Fultz Illustrations by Alex Sheikman  6. The Tomb of Azazar   The crypt lay on an uncharted isle off the wild coast of southern Mydrithia. A triple-sailed war galleon dropped anchor in the narrow cove, but only five men came to shore. If there had been any living sentinels watching from the jungle depths, they would have counted only two of the group as human men. The other three were strangelings: two tall…

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