The full and proper title of this book is Fritz Leiber and H.P. Lovecraft: Writers of the Dark. There is an introduction by Ben S. Szumskyj and an afterward by S.T. Joshi, the two of them together serving as editors for this volume, which talk about the relationship between the two authors and the latter’s … Continue reading
Dedication This book is dedicated to Harry Otto Fischer, Poul Anderson and Paul Turner. We have already talked about Fischer in the introduction to Swords and Deviltry, and his contribution to the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser mythos appears in this book. Poul Anderson was a Golden Age science fiction and fantasy writer who won … Continue reading
The Cold War, so called because there was no direct military conflict or official declaration of hostilities, is generally considered to be the period following World War II and ending with the dismantling of the Berlin Wall in 1991. Although they had been successful allies in World War II, the United States and the Soviet … Continue reading
In 1768, British troops were sent to Boston, Massachusetts to aid in the enforcement of the Townsend Acts, which imposed trade regulations on the colonies and established that Parliament had the right to levy taxes on the colonies. Merchants in Boston organized boycotts, and in turn were branded smugglers. They felt the tax was unfair … Continue reading
A friend is planning to run a Supernatural RPG game set in 1935. She advertises it as a cross between SPN and Indiana Jones, and we’ll be playing a group of hunters specifically working against the Nazi’s Thule Society. It sounds really cool. I wanted a character that would fit, familiar yet different enough to … Continue reading
Continuing from the last episode, the party continues on to the village of Forest Edge and meet Jeerdan. He’s not only the local priest, he doubles as the local ranger. His main concern, other than the blight that’s befallen the area, is the band of raiders led by a bugbear. The party question the townspeople, … Continue reading
The Wrong Branch Following “When The Sea King’s Away”, our lads are having problems with rough weather and sea monsters. They come to the conclusion that they’ve been cursed by the sea king. If they flee to land, they reckon, they’ll still have problems with rivers and rainfall, so they seek to have the curse … Continue reading
