The Skull Greets His Worthies On The Day of Might!
In the Lands of the Skull — Today is the Mightiest of Days! Rejoice, mortals, for today is the day to celebrate all things sword-and-sorcery! Today, Tales From the Magician’s Skull editor Howard Andrew Jones is joined by that Mighty Bone-Apart of Buckle and Swash, the Magician’s Skull himself, as they discuss both the old glories and new worthies of sword-and-sorcery! Join Howard and the Skull below for a celebration...
A Black Wind Blowing: Robert E. Howard and The Weird Menace Horror Pulps
A Black Wind Blowing: Robert E. Howard and The Weird Menace Horror Pulps by Ryan Harvey Robert E. Howard was a pulp professional, always searching for new markets to sell his fiction. Unlike his friends in the Weird Tales bullpen, H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, both of whom kept to a narrow fictional style and a handful of magazines, Howard experimented to target different markets. Sometimes the experiments were a bust. He...
The Magician’s Skull Musical Playlist (of Dread!)
Can mortal ears dare to hear such eldritch strains? Many and diverse are the powers of the Magician’s Skull. He commands a fell host of be-winged monstrosities, his smoldering gaze means instant immolation for the unwary, and, of course, it was the Skull himself that devised the infamous Power Word: Make Intern Cry spell. But it is The Skull’s otherworldly puissance in the musical sphere that goes most remarked upon in the...
The Day of Might is Today! Howard and Joseph Commend The Day of Might!
Whether whispering around a flickering campfire or crashing flagons in an echoing mead hall — today the mighty gather to celebrate the Day of Might! It has been a full year since the Peerless Skull reinaugurated his Mighty Day — the Day of Might — that day upon which we mere mortals gather to discuss, reflect, and partake (vicariously) in the deeds and daring-do of the highest form of storytelling: sword-and-sorcery!...
A Sit Down With the Magician’s Skull (and Editor) at Gen Con!
Mortal Dogs, tremble at his glory! Few believed it was possible — and all quaked at the mere thought! Indeed, the Overlord of Sword-and-Sorcery, the Pontifex Maximus of Maximal Pontification, the Voivode of the Vorpal Blade himself, the one-and-only Magician’s Skull, manifested in the physical realm at Gen Con 2022 in, err, approximate human form. With a peel of thunder and the shivering of a gong, a chuff of acrid smoke...
Announcing Pre-Orders for Tales From The Magician’s Skull #7
We are happy to announce the next issue of the premier magazine of sword-and-sorcery fiction, Tales From the Magician’s Skull #7! And you can pre-order your copy today! Let’s look at some details! A gong shivers… the mists part to reveal a grisly visage lying upon a mound of rubble, dead but for one glowing, malefic eye… It speaks, in a voice of cold command: Silence, mortal dogs! It is time now for Tales...
A Preview of John C. Hocking’s “The Gift of a Poison Necklace”
A preview of John C. Hocking’s “The Gift of a Poison Necklace” Benhus returns once again to the pages of Tales From the Magician’s Skull to confront the mystery of a necklace that kills. When his patron, the Lady Thale, survives both an assassination attempt and the follow-up robbery to recover the deadly jewelry sent by her enemy, Benhus must investigate a twisty trail of murder and intrigue in “The Gift of a Poison...
The Best Of The Conan Pastiche Novels
The Best Of The Conan Pastiche Novels by Howard Andrew Jones If I didn’t love the writing of Robert E. Howard I would probably never have bothered with any Conan pastiche. As a matter of fact, those Conan novels on store shelves in the ’70s and ’80s made me so skeptical of Conan that I didn’t try Robert E. Howard’s fiction until years later. I wrongly assumed that because the series looked cheap and...
Only 24 Hours Remain in the Tales From The Magician’s Skull Kickstarter!
THE TALES FROM THE MAGICIAN’S SKULL KICKSTARTER ENDS AT 11:00 p.m. EST ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021. YOU ONLY HAVE HOURS LEFT TO PLEDGE! As was foretold by the Skull himself, the Kickstarter campaign which shall bring MORE Tales From the Magician’s Skull to a public hungry for eldritch peril, dazzling imagination, and intense action, has roared into life like an Octobear provoked from its slumber. Already the Skull has reached...
A Look at Ramsey Campbell’s Far Away & Never
A Look at Ramsey Campbell’s Far Away & Never by Bill Ward Legendary British Horror author Ramsey Campbell’s prolific and best-selling output has been the stuff of nightmares – in a good way! – for more than a half-century. From his Lovecraftian roots to his contemporary novels of psychological and supernatural horror, Campbell continually pushed the frontiers of both his chosen genre and his own stylistic expression. A...
Ken Kelly and Sanjulian to Illustrate Covers to Tales From The Magician’s Skull
We feel it is fair to say that Tales From the Magician’s Skull features some of the best sword-and-sorcery fiction in the industry today! Fantastic writers such as Violette Malan, James Enge, John Hocking, Nathan Long, and many more have contributed to the interior of the magazine. But let’s take a moment to talk about the outside of the book. The next two issues of Tales From the Magicians Skull feature artwork by two...
Prepare for More Tales From The Magician’s Skull
The Skull has issued his orders, and we have obeyed! The journey of Tales From the Magician’s Skull shall continue past issue #6 and into the future! It is time for More Tales From the Magician’s Skull! Tales From the Magician’s Skull is a printed fantasy magazine dedicated to presenting all-new sword-and-sorcery fiction by the finest modern crafters in the genre. These stories are the real thing, crammed with...
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