The Taint of the Deep Ones in 13 Tales and 3 Poems
The decadent, smugly rotting, secret-filled town of Innsmouth is a supreme creation of Howard Philips Lovecraft. It so finely mixes the carnal and the metaphysical that writers continue to take inspiration from it. New readers squirm in encountering Lovecraft's horrifying vision, then return to revel in the tale's grim wit and careful... [click here for more]
All the Tales Pertaining to the Fabulous Realm of Pegana, by Lord Dunsany"... Dunsany has influenced me more than anyone else except Poe—his rich language, his cosmic point of view, his remote dream-world, & his exquisite sense of the fantastic, all appeal to me more than anything else in mordern literature. My first encounter with him ... gave an immense impetus to my... [click here for more]
If you have never read Lord Dunsany's work, you are in for one great experience. His classic, wonder-drenched short fiction has inspired generations of fantasy writers, from H.P. Lovecraft to Ursula K. LeGuin, from George R.R. Martin to L. Sprague de Camp. H.P. Lovecraft wrote: "[Dunsany's] rich language, his cosmic point of view, his remote dream-worlds, and his exquisite sense of the fantastic,... [click here for more]
Lin Carter’s Simrana Cycle
Edited and with an introduction by Robert M. Price
Lin Carter, enthralled by the “Dreamland” tales of Lord Dunsany and others, contributed to the growing genre with a series of his own stories, dubbed “The Simrana Tales.” Some of them were published in a variety of small-press magazines and other publications, but they were never collected into... [click here for more]
A Brief History of Gnolls: Anthropophagy and Emeralds from Wales to Wisconsin and Beyond traces the history of the title fantasy creatures in literature and gaming, from when they were first introduced more than a century ago up through the present. Features of this unique and intriguing volume include two entertaining quasi-academic essays by writer Paul Haynie that examine the literary history... [click here for more]
This very special 80% off bundle contains 22 titles, including two works on gaming by H.G. Wells; a reminiscence on a months-long wargame by Robert Louis Stevenson; our "Stories from the Northern Myths," "Guns and Super-Guns," and "Ironclads"; Andrew Lang’s “The Story of the Golden Fleece” and eight other short stories; four copies of a World War I comic; a... [click here for more]
Journey into worlds of adventure!
Take a trip into realms of imagination. Magic is in the air and monsters are in the shadows. A collection of Fantasy stories that will shock and amaze!
A stableboy lost in a blizzard,comes face to face with a demigod.A young man runs for his life from a wizard,who hunts him... [click here for more]
How well do you know your gaming roots?
Many of the older gamers among us can recall reading Howard, Lieber, or Tolkien, but how many harken back to the tales of Lord Dunsany's The Book of Wonder? Now is your chance to catch up with this Fantasy Classic in PDF (eBook) format. Inside are such classic short stories as...
The Bride of the Man-Horse
Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller
The... [click here for more]
In my collection The New Death and others, I published several poems which were based on public domain fantasy stories.
I thought some people might be interested in reading the original stories. This free ebook brings them together in a single document. ... [click here for more]