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Tales of Attluma

David C. Smith

Dark fantasy in the tradition of Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. A doomed island-continent faces its final days. Gothic tales of sorcery, war, and apocalypse—from darkly comic adventures to grim epics as Attluma collapses into the ocean. David C. Smith has been writing best-selling fiction since the 1970s. He is the 2018 recipient of the Atlantean Award from the Robert E. Howard Foundation.

The Solomon Kane Companion

Fred Blosser

The definitive guide to Solomon Kane, Robert E. Howard’s original sword-and-sorcery hero. This essential companion charts Kane’s crimson trails from Elizabethan England to fiend-haunted Africa, detailing his confrontations with demons and devils, despots, and eldritch horrors. Traces Kane’s influence on literature and comics. Fully illustrated. Complete with Kane chronology, concordance, and the very first Kane story, “Red Shadows.”

The Making of King Kong

George E. Turner

An in-depth look at the making of the 1933 classic King Kong. This expanded work reveals how filmmakers Cooper, Schoedsack, and stop-motion animator Willis H. O’Brien brought the cinema classic to life. Explore the production challenges, the legendary lost spider pit sequence, and Max Steiner’s influential original score. Essential reading on the creation of a landmark film.

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Spotlight on Robert E. Howard

Robert E. Howard

Definitive Biography

Discover the man behind Conan the Barbarian. David C. Smith’s comprehensive literary biography reveals the creative genius who invented sword-and-sorcery and changed fantasy forever.

Barbarian Life: Volume 1

Conan in the Comics

Roy Thomas takes you behind the scenes of Marvel’s legendary Conan comics. From script to page, experience the making of one of the most influential comic-book series ever created.

Western Weirdness and Voodoo Vengeance

Scholarly Analysis

Fred Blosser, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Robert E. Howard Foundation, investigates REH's often overlooked weird tales of the American West and haunted South.

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Roy Thomas

John Jakes

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Bill Crider

Tony Isabella

Edith Wharton's Gothic Fiction: Gods, Ghosts, and Vampires (Fred C. Adams, Ph.D)

Arcane Arts and Cold Thrones: Writing Sword-and-Sorcery Fiction (David C. Smith)

The Pulp Jungle: A Memoir (Frank Gruber)