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When Venice Ruled the… Galaxy? Miles Cameron’s Artifact Space
Artifact Space by Miles Cameron (Gollancz, June 14, 2022) Although I love to watch Sci-Fi shows & movies, I don’t tend to read a lot of Sci-fi, and never have; even though Dan Simmons’s Hyperion...
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Neverwhens, Where History and Fantasy Collide: Rebecca Roanhorse’s Fevered...
Fevered Star (Gallery/Saga Press, April 19, 2022) The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God’s eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler...
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A World of Sand and Sorrow: The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City of Lies. They say there are no friends beyond the City of Lies. But would you believe what they say in the City...
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Neverwhens: Picts, Romans, Eldritch Horrors and Giants in the Earth collide...
The Shadows of Thule (Humanoids, August 15, 2023). Cover by Lionel Marty Scotland, 2nd Century AD. The Roman conquest has stopped south of Hadrian’s Wall; beyond it lies the land of the unconquered...
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Of Lies and Truth and the Personal Narratives We Weave Between: An Interview...
Moses Ose Utomi Moses Ose Utomi is a Nigerian American fantasy writer, who weaves his unique cultural heritage with the academic chops an MFA in fiction from Sarah Lawrence College and a dash of the...
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Bringing a Whetstone to an Old Blade: New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine, Fall 2023. Cover by Caterina Gerbasi Disclosure: I was a Backer for the first four issues of this new journal. As with the Zero issue, New Edge has absolutely...
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Neverwhens: Hannibals’ Ghost(s) roams a City of Marble and Blood and a Genre...
The Chronicles of Hanuvar: Lord of a Shattered Land and The City of Marble and Blood by Howard Andrew Jones (Baen, August 1, 2023 and October 3, 2023). Covers by Dave Seeley Friends, Carthaginians,...
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A Sword Has Two (New) Edges: A Review of New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine,...
New Edge Sword & Sorcery issue #2, Winter 2023 (December 8, 2023). Cover by Gilead Artist The second issue of New Edge Sword and Sorcery has been getting far less attention than its debut, likely...
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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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Immaculate Scoundrels: That Tarantino-style Wuxia-80’s Heist-Fantasy Film…...
Immaculate Scoundrels (Flying Wizard Press, March 5, 2024). Cover by Brian Leblanc There are lots of jokes associated with being GenX; so many, in fact, that arguably, the best joke is being GenX,...
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A Paean to the Outsider: A Review of Neither Beg Nor Yield, edited by Jason...
Neither Beg Nor Yield (Rogue Blades Entertainment, April 2024) I can’t say if Jason M. Waltz and his Rogue Blades Entertainment’s swansong is the largest collection of Sword & Sorcery ever...
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Neverwhens: Ancient Civilizations Topple and the Age of Heroes ends in the...
Seriously, how many D&D encounters did this one scene inspire? (Jason and the Argonauts, 1963) I sincerely doubt any Black Gate reader needs an education in who Ray Harryhausen was or why his...
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Neverwhens: In His Sunken House of… Doggerland… Dead Cthulhu Waits Dreaming
Yeah…Doggerland. For those not in the know, during the last Ice Age Earth’s seas were about 300 feet lower, revealing a vast amount of land. While no true Atlantis or Mu have been found, examples...
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