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Glory to you…and your House if you can identify that featured image. Holy cow, it’s been nearly 5 years! I’m not quite sure what possessed me to barge…
Hallowread: Robert E. Howard’s Pigeons from Hell
Howard’s one of those authors who gets me pumped, excited to read. That excitement is key these days, as I’ve tended to pick up a book, get 20-30…
Clark Ashton Smith and D&D: It’s a Trap!
It’s always a little bit of a pot-stir to grouse about a particular author having been wrongfully omitted from Appendix N. I know, because I’ve gotten into it…
Getting Gor’ed
Gor is one of those series/settings you hear mixed things about, if you hear of it. So far the story strikes a lot of Burroughsian chords, with…
It’s Been a Year?
Egad and by the Power of Grayskull! I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I last posted. I’d like to recount some of my amazing exploits…
Micro-SFF: The Anome
After a couple of disappointing SFF pickups (which I may talk about at a later time), I recently started grazing on another Jack Vance book. It’s been a…
Bloody Fruit
I was born in the mountains, in a small village amid pine and snow. My baptism was conducted in the river Sho, and my mother said that I…
Something Witchy about Netflix’s the Witcher
Thanks to the virulence sweeping through the world, I’m working from home this week and perhaps more to come. The half-boiled Bushi thoughts are percolating. I’ve been trying…
The Decent Dickson
I made an important announcement on Twitter the other day: I don’t have much time these days, but I did trade a few hours of sleep recently to…
Jack Vance, Big Planet, and the Spirit of D&D
The withdrawal symptoms were getting to me. The mind-tendrils prod and poke whenever I pass the bookshelf and my eye is drawn to the as of yet unread…