Saturday, 23 October 2021

A Grim God's Revenge: Dark Tales of Fantasy & Horror

Front & back cover artwork by Jim Pitts

My next collection of stories will be published in November: A Grim Gods's Revenge: Dark Tales of Fantasy & Horror.

This will include fourteen stories in the horror, fantasy and science fiction genres all of which have previously been published from the early 1970s to last year.

Dead Ronnie and I was first published in Sanitarium issue 44, 2016
Corpse-Maker was first published in Weird Window issue 2, 1971
The Urn was first published in Whispers issue 1, 1972
Gwargens was first published in Beyond issue 3, 1995
Retribution was first published in Peeping Tom issue 3, 1991
The Bequest was first published in Dark Horizons, 2008
They Pissed on My Sofa was first published in Malicious Deviance, 2011
Old Grudge Ender was first published in The Screaming Book of Horror, 2012
A Girl, a Toad and a Cask was first published in The Unspoken, 2013
Scrap was first published in Dark Visions 1, 2013
Lem was first published in The Eleventh Black Book of Horror, 2015
A Grim God’s Revenge was first published in Mythic issue 4, 2017
Grudge End Cloggers was first published in Scare Me, 2020
Hanuman was first published in Phantasmagoria issue 16, 2020

 

Artwork by Jim Pitts



Monday, 18 October 2021

Two great deliveries today

Two great deliveries today. A bluray "Legacy Collection" boxset of Dracula, containing Dracula (1931), Dracula's Daughter (1936), Son of Dracula (1943), House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). I won this on ebay with a bid made exactly 5 seconds before the auction ended.

Also arrived today is the latest issue of the science fiction and fantasy magazine Mythic, which contains my story Baal the Necromancer, and a half-page advert for Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy.
 

 

Sunday, 17 October 2021

My latest story: Baal the Necromancer in Mythic magazine

My latest story to be published is Baal the Necromancer in the Summer issue of Mythic. The magazine also includes a half page advert for the Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy series. See below.

 



 

Saturday, 16 October 2021

My old collection of Conan Comics

 

I've been meaning for a while to take a look at my collection of Conan comics from back when I used to collect them, along with other Marvel and DC titles. Unfortunately I no longer have all my original collection, but I have managed to hang on to just over 50, the oldest of which is 50 years old next month!
 
Here they are in all their glory.

No 249 October 1991


No 221 August 1989

No 217 April 1989

No 76 July 1977

No 69 December 1976

No 66 September 1976

No 65 August 1976

No 64 July 1976

No 63 June 1976

No 62 May 1976

No 61 April 1976

No 60 March 1976

No 58 January 1976

No 57 December 1975

No 54 September 1975

No 53 August 1975

No 52 July 1975

No 51 June 1975

No 50 May 1975

No 49 April 1975

No 48 March 1975

No 47 February 1975

No 46 January 1975

No 45 December 1974

No 44 November 1974

No 43 October 1974

No 42 September 1974

No 41 August 1974

No 35 February 1974

No 34 January 1974

No 33 December 1973

No 32 November 1973

No 31 October 1973

No 30 September 1973

No 29 August 1973

No 28 July 1973

No 27 June 1973

No 26 May 1973

No 25 April 1973

No 24 March 1973

No 23 February 1973

No 22 January 1973

No 21 December 1972

No 20 November 1972

No 19 October 1972

No 19 September 1972

No 17 August 1972

No 16 July 1972

No 15 May 1972

No 14 March 1972

No 12 December1971

No 11 November 1971