Reviews and retrospectives of fiction: Sword and Sorcery, Fantasy, Horror, and the like.
DMR Books has traveled to the far corners of the Million Spheres and brought together a new collection of rare and overlooked works from some of the greatest writers of the sword-and-sorcery and heroic fantasy genres in their newest volume, Renegade Swords II.
Read MoreWelcome back to Screentone Nightmares. This week we’re taking a look at a manga I picked totally at random. This is a single volume anthology of stories from mangaka Sachiko Uguiso called Beyond The Bad Dream.
Read MoreIn this edition of Screentone Nightmares we’re taking a step away from the supernatural and grotesque and diving full force into the psychological side of horror. Happy Sugar Life was created by Tomiyaki Kagisora and ran in the magazine Gangan Joker from 2015 to 2019.
Read MoreGod's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand, translated from the Japanese Kami no Hidari-te Akuma no Migi-te, is an anthology of five interconnected stories all centered around Sou Yamanobe, a young school boy plagued by nightmares. And what nightmares they are.
Read MoreIf you aren’t familiar with the countless legends and origin stories of King Arthur and his Knights of The Round Table, fret not. BOOM! Studios and writer Kieron Gillen are here to change all of that. Volume one of Once & Future contains the complete first arc of the series: six action-packed issues of old sorcery, undead knights, and forgotten folklore - all bound by bits of British nationalism and some not-so-social commentary. Bloody, funny, and authentic, Once & Future is the holy grail you’ve been chasing. Fans of monsters and myth pick this up immediately. Full disclosure, this comic is my jam.
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