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

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

Just Preordered this. It is not due out until Oct 7th now in US.

Just finished some splendid Halloween fare: Tales from the Dark Tower, illustrated and co-authored by Joseph Vargo...known for his Nox Arcana music.

Gothic ghost stories / weird adventure

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

Sarah wrote: "Hi, everyone. I reviews series fantasy for Black Gate 15 - Spring 2011, and one of my short stories appeared in that magazine's last print issue before it went all-online. I coedite..."

Sarah, Welcome. Glad to have you here. BTW: Black Gate 15 - Spring 2011 is special issue for me, since I discovered Blackgate through their last printed issue.

Charles wrote: "Text-less gives me pause actually. I kinda like text. Part of the reason I seldom read comics. I prefer the words over the images."

I agree. However the art seems bold enough that it seems a story can be told after all. That is a lot of weight for the art to carry though.

Chronicles of Hate is a text-less graphic novel due out tomorrow in the US (9-24-2014). Anyone else eyeing this? It looks great.

https://www.facebook.com/artofadrians...

Sharon died serving the undead. Will you take her place? Spawn of Dyscrasia is dark fantasy fiction by me, S.E. Lindberg (c) 2014. Cover art by master oil painter Ken Kelly(c) 2013. Paperbacks are available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble....Ebooks via Amazon-Kindle (though I have ePub and PDFs available too).

Sword & Sorcery groupies looking for a review copy of any format? Just message me with your preferred format and address (post or email).



Please check out the creepy video trailer: Spawn of Dyscrasia Trailer - Youtube

Author Blog / Facebook - Dyscrasia Fiction

Dyscrasia Fiction: Dyscrasia literally means “a bad mixture of liquids.” Historically, dyscrasia referred to any imbalance of the four medicinal humors professed by the ancient Greeks to sustain life (phlegm, blood, black and yellow bile). Artisans, anatomists, and chemists of the Renaissance expressed shared interest in the humors; accordingly, the scope of humorism evolved to include aspects of the four alchemical elements (water, air, earth and fire) and psychological temperaments (phlegmatic, sanguine, melancholic and choleric). In short, the humors are mystical media of color, energy, and emotion; Dyscrasia Fiction presents them as spiritual muses for artisans, sources of magical power, and contagions of a deadly disease. The books explore the choices humans and their gods make as this disease corrupts their souls, shared blood and creative energies.

Greg, that's funny. I think I was subconsciously streaming your "pastiche" issues from the Conan discussion.

Greg wrote: "Well said, Mary!"

I love the tower of the elephant. Nice review of that.

Timely news: there is a new graphic novel out this month: Michael Moorcock's Elric Vol. 1: The Ruby Throne.

Titan Comics- Ruby Throne link

Interview with Michael Moorcock by Comic Book Resources on this book

Janet wrote: "Seth, Chris worked on this in his office down the hall, not sharing it until finished. I was delighted: it's difficult to tackle how arts can inform one another, but worthwhile. Thanks for posting."

This is a great interview. I love all the insights into how the crafting of spoken story builds on the written word. Reader, writers, listeners, and orators can enjoy/learn from this. There are lots of quotes from Chris that I liked. Here is one example:

"Linguistic anomalies can be heard by the ear and missed by the eye; our editing voice benefits from two sets of each. I’m frequently amazed at how much a slight alteration of pitch or emphasis can inform the net effect of syntax."

Donny Swords interviewed Chris Morris (husband of Janet E. Morris, a timely article on Chris' voicing for the audible book version of the The Sacred Band.

Neat perspective on voice and hearing-art. Here is the link:
Donny Swords interviews Chris Morris

All, thanks for the great feedback. We'll keep the status quo for sure, and we will keep the opportunities open for new features/ideas. If any of you ever want something different, just propose/ask.

BTW, re: Greg's comments... I don't know what a 'flame war' is, but it sounds bad enough to be self-evident. Unless it involves dragons. That may be good.

Welcome to both Jake and Peter. I just contributed to one of the Kickstarters and joined Peter's mailing list.

RPG players, note that Sword & Sould writer/advocate Milton Davis is developing the first ever Sword & Soul rpg:Ki-Khang.

http://wagadu.ning.com/group/sword-an...

Charles wrote: "Well, other folks may have different feelings and I'll be happy to listen, but I've liked the unobtrusive nature of the group as it is. We've had some good discussions and the moderating has been e..."

Thanks Charles for chiming in. It is tough knowing whether or not the frequency of interactions is okay without asking. Perhaps we don't have to do anything different. That' be cool.

All, this group has grown consistently thanks to Periklis pooling a bunch of us together a few years ago. It seems appropriate to (1) survey the group's current needs/desires ... and... (2) see if there are volunteers who want to organize/run any new features. For instance,a 3rd or 4th moderator role may emerge, if it makes sense.

Depending on how this discussion evolves in this thread, we may follow up with a poll to prioritize next steps. For now, please share your thoughts on what you'd like out of this group (and ideas on how to make that happen).

Holy oversight, Batman, we almost missed acknowledging Harold Lamb's birthday (born Sept 1, 1892)!

Thanks to Weird Tales Magazine Facebook feed for that alert...

And a few more of interest:
The "International REH Fan Association" on Facebook noted Edgar Rice Burroughs Bday is also Sept-1...and Weird Tales notes that C.J. Cherryh turned 72 today!

Note, that the last groupread is ending but had strong ties to this one (historical fiction). There, Derek just posted a wild/sobering experience there as he read an obscure REH work and stumbled upon the evil "Yazidi".

That experiences highlights so much about how we can enjoy/not-enjoy stories based loosely on history.

Has anyone else read the Brazen Peacock, by REH?

Link to Derek's comment:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I've never heard of the Brazen Peacock, and unfortunately can't find it in my REH collection. For one, finding obscure REH material is always cool.

Your Yazidi reading experience/observation is just wild. It is interesting that other historical/current day mashups have not been talked about yet. The present day mayhem must make that short fiction difficult to enjoy.

I look forward to learning one new thing each groupread, whether it be my own reading or other's reviews. In this case, your-review made my-groupread. Thanks for sharing this.

I'm trying out Ways of the Stygia- Fallen Song, which is a mashup of CSI/Criminal Minds with a Moorcock-like multiverse.