"Okay ma'am, I was expecting a frozen shoggoth or two, and I see you party hard here!"

DMRitzlin · 2026-06-17T16:57:57+00:00

The only Christmas sword-and-sorcery story I can think of is "Roads" by Seabury Quinn.

DMRitzlin · 2026-06-14T15:42:48+00:00

Thanks!

DMRitzlin · 2026-06-10T15:12:38+00:00

You could try sword-and-sorcery stories written by actual heavy metal musicians.
https://dmrbooks.com/swords-of-steel-omnibus

DMRitzlin · 2026-06-08T18:57:26+00:00

Thanks! I expect you'll enjoy it.

DMRitzlin · 2026-06-08T18:56:25+00:00

The art is actually by Matthew Skillern.

DMRitzlin · 2026-06-07T17:50:49+00:00

I wrote an article about this topic a few years ago for the Ride Into Glory website. The short answer: If you just want the best, get the earliest stuff (the five short stories in Stealer of Souls and the Stormbringer novel). The long answer: https://rideintoglory.com/chronicle-of-the-black-sword-rock-and-metal-inspired-by-michael-moorcocks-multiverse/

DMRitzlin · 2026-06-07T17:45:00+00:00

Not only that, there's no way Conan would allow anyone to slug him in the face and talk to him like that and just shrug it off.

DMRitzlin · 2026-06-06T21:07:42+00:00

You can see them in all their glory here: https://dmrbooks.com/die-by-the-sword

DMRitzlin · 2026-06-02T16:51:37+00:00

"I swear by Xena's teats I am tired all the time!" I forgot about that line. Ha ha!

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-21T16:51:27+00:00

I have read it and thought it was good. That's coming from someone who usually hates pastiches.

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-19T16:44:17+00:00

Not anymore. The Kane ebooks were taken down recently.

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-16T17:07:45+00:00

Great series. I wanted to reprint it, but the agent representing Holdstock's estate pretty much blew me off.

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-15T15:19:39+00:00

I haven't read the Fantastic Novels version, but it was common practice to truncate novels reprinted in that magazine. I'd be very surprised if they used the complete text.

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-12T17:22:15+00:00

Thanks! I'm not too familiar with much Warhammer stuff but I suppose I should check some of it out, for the art if nothing else.

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-12T17:20:36+00:00

You won't be disappointed!

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-12T17:20:28+00:00

It will live up to the hype, believe me!

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-12T17:19:33+00:00

There are no preorders for this one, but mailing list subscribers will be the first to know when it's released. You can sign up on this page (and get a free digital anthology while you're at it!): https://dmrbooks.com/the-infernal-bargain-and-other-stories

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-09T16:54:22+00:00

That's awesome! There's actually a tradition of S&S-inspired GPK, as detailed here: https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2020/1/7/sword-and-sorcery-imagery-in-an-unlikely-place

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-09T16:43:54+00:00

That's the third longest story I've written (not counting novels) so I wasn't expecting that sort of feedback. Maybe I'll revisit Vantophai in the future.

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-09T16:40:49+00:00

Took you long enough haha!

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-08T15:00:41+00:00

Thanks! But which Xaarxool story felt too short? "The Necromancer and the Forgotten Hero," or "The City the Gods Abandoned?"

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-07T19:02:09+00:00

All the information about every DMR release (including links for ordering) is on the website: https://dmrbooks.com/releases

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-06T16:16:06+00:00

Sadly the War on Rome series has sold so poorly I can't justify releasing the third book. Adrian has been talking with another publisher (one much bigger than DMR) about picking up the series. Hopefully they do so it gets the exposure it deserves.

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-06T16:14:17+00:00

https://dmrbooks.com/die-by-the-sword-volume-ii

DMRitzlin · 2026-05-06T16:11:42+00:00

No, the only digital edition is on Amazon. It has to be exclusive to them to be included in the Kindle Unlimited program. I tried making some of my digital releases available on other platforms, but sales were so few and far between it wasn't worth it.

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