S.E.’s Comments (group member since Nov 01, 2012)

S.E.’s comments from the Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" group.

Peter wrote: "Currently reading Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed. Great Arabian flavored Sword & Sorcery/Epic fantasy.

I would love to read more of this type of stor..."

Peter, I have not read much Sword & Sandal, but I did enjoy The Bones of the Old OnesHoward Andrew Jones. Have you read these?

Whispersync Voice Ready: Anyone else trying this out? It is somewhat wild. If you own the KINDLE of a book, then the audiobook on AUDIBLE.com is discounted a lot... and for most books, you can flip between reading and listening.

The Whipersync cloud keeps track for you, so you can read a few pages, pick up your iPhone and listen to the audible version (then do some chore), then come back to reading.

I am trying this right now with Tom Barczak's Veil of the Dragon.

Audible Version of Lords of Dyscrasia Now Available:
I'd love to hear from the group about this audio sampler. I connected with Thomas Hackett via Amazon's ACX exchange, that enables authors to craft audiobooks.

I have a stack of promotional codes (i.e. free Audible.com credits) for reviewer/raters too!. Of course, I'd be happy to share paperback and ePub/Kindle copies.

Youtube Audio Sampler of Lords of Dyscrasia



Foreword Reviews (J. G. Stinson 2011) raves: 5/5 stars "...Lords of Dyscrasia is highly recommended, though not for the faint of heart... The pace is nearly breathless... makes the majority of current popular fantasy fiction read like recipes..."


Joe Bonadonna, Black Gate contributor & Author, 2015 raves:: "Lindberg is the real deal, a gifted writer with a strong command of language, and a soaring talent that stretches beyond the verbal: he illustrates his novel with his own wild and weird and excellent drawings. If you like action-packed dark fantasy with bizarre settings, an original premise and clever twist, then add this one to your Must Read List."

I liked Elak for the most part. There are flaws, but it is one of the better mashups of horror fantasy (Lovecraft, Smith, Howard mix)... and compared to others, Kuttner executed pretty well. Elak of Atlantis has the four stories, which seem to get slightly better each progression.

Review= https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Cripes, its June 2015, and I just finished Elak of Atlantis. Review to come soon! Over all, better than the Clonan's.

Tanith Lee - Solomon Kane - July Aug 2015 Groupread Topics (2 months, 2 topics)


1) TANITH LEE folder : With Tanith Lee's recent passing and coincidental re-release of The Birthgrave: Birthgrave Trilogy: Book One, it is timely to delve into her weird fantasy.

2) SOLOMON KANE folder : Robert E. Howard (Father of the Sword & Sorcery genre) had more heroes than Conan of course. Let us talk of his The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, and even the comic book and movie adaptions.

Banner Art Credits:
Tanith Lee's The Birthgrave - Ken Kelly ~1981 , and
the recently release The Birthgrave: Birthgrave Trilogy: Book One - Bastien Lecouffe Deharme - 2015

Robert E. Howard's The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (interior work by Gary Gianni 2004)

Robert E. Howard (Father of the Sword & Sorcery genre) had more heroes than Conan of course. Let us talk of his The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, and even the comic book and movie adaptions.

With Tanith Lee's recent passing and coincidental re-release of The Birthgrave: Birthgrave Trilogy: Book One, it is timely to delve into her weird fantasy. Any of her work suffices for discussion.

Book Giveaway of Dragon Eaters in progress


“It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

Brave reviewers being sought to hunt 17 dragons across as many centuries! Enter to win a paperback of Dragon Eaters, and learn the art of dragon killing. Dragons have been eating humans for centuries. Now you can join the heroes throughout history stalking their legendary foe. A literary feast for the bloody-minded.

In Janet Morris' anthology on the art of dragon killing, seventeen writers bring you so close to dragons you can smell their fetid breath. Tales for the bold among you.
HEROIKA 1: DRAGON EATERS , an anthology of heroic fiction featuring original stories by Janet E. Morris, Chris Morris, S.E. Lindberg, Walter Rhein, Cas Peace, Jack William Finley, A.L. Butcher, Travis Ludvigson, Tom Barczak, J.P. Wilder, Joe Bonadonna, Milton Davis, M. Harold Page, William Hiles, Beth W. Patterson, Bruce Durham, Mark Finn.

Blackgate eZine raves that Dragon Eaters is "a terrific set of stories" (follow link to review)

Greg wrote: "Is the interior art of the copy you have like that of the Fighting Fantasy books? That would add to the reading experience!"

Greg, my copy is in the mail still. I'll certainly share info when it arrives.

Nope, I never read any Zagor but I feel the need to read it.

Greg wrote: "S.E. wrote: "Greg wrote: "...The Chronicles are listed on Goodreads at least - as you already saw, Seth - and also ..."

Used book stores online have them oing for ~$100 USD each"

I found the first Zagor for under $10 (and rapidly ordered it), but the others are between ~$30 and $100.

Book Cover
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Blackgate weights in. Fletcher Vredenburgh says:

"I’m happy to report that with all that buildup, it’s a terrific bunch of stories...

The stories, and there are seventeen of them, are presented chronologically — well, the ones set in the real world anyway. Those set in more fantastical settings are fit in among the medieval ones. In the earliest tales dragons stand toe-to-toe with the gods. Slowly, they lose that stature and become mere monsters. Deadly, true, but no longer forces of raw, elemental chaos. Eventually they’re regarded only as mythical. In the future, scientific explanations have to be found for their existence.

I’m excited to see so many stories, so many of them quite good, together in on place. I’m a fan of anthologies and there aren’t enough of them for my tastes. We’ve all read that fantasy readers only want long novels and that not enough people buy anthologies. Janet Morris has done a great job and is to be commended for taking a chance and getting this out before the public.

Perhaps the best thing about Heroika is that number 1 in the full title. Right now Morris is hard at work preparing the next volume, to be subtitled Shieldless. If you’re like me, that sounds pretty awesome."

Greg wrote: "...The Chronicles are listed on Goodreads at least - as you already saw, Seth - and also ..."

Used book stores online have them oing for ~$100 USD each.

Eh gad!

Greg, glad you enjoyed the post. Now if only those Zagor Chronicles were available somewhere...

Charles wrote: "Many of you may already have it, but in case not, I've made my fantasy tale, "Harvest of War" free for the Kindle today and wanted to spread the word. http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-War-Cha......"

Awesome. I loved Harvest of War. Others should get this too.

All, this anthology is now available in paperback and electronically from online retailers around the globe.

It features 17 authors, most of which are long time members of this group. I am proud to me among this experienced cadre.

Interested in review copies? Please PM me and I'll work with Perseid Press to set you up.

If you are a Netgalley member, you can request a copy there.

Joseph wrote: "About 1/3 of the way through Birthgrave now. Best. Chariot race. Ever. Well, at least it's right up there with the one in Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay."


Joseph, LOL, you are a whole month early (Tanith Lee groupread expected in July)! You may have to read a sequel... like Vazkor, Son of Vazkor or Quest for the White Witch.

S Wagnaar, I never heard of Sorcerers blood, looks obscure. You reading it?