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Wonderful examination of the success that HITHER CAME CONAN is from Brian Murphy. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, s...
18/08/2024

Wonderful examination of the success that HITHER CAME CONAN is from Brian Murphy. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, sir!

A blog about sword-and-sorcery and fantasy literature, and related movies, music, and role-playing games.

What a beautiful write-up! Lots of info shared here.
06/07/2024

What a beautiful write-up! Lots of info shared here.

Nestled amid the rocky escarpments and dusty sage grass of the central Texas plain lies the Robert E. Howard Museum. It's in a sleepy city called Cross Plains, a rural outpost steeped in Americana and small-town simplicity. In this unremarkable place, Robert E. Howard created some of fantasy fiction...

Listen to RBF alum John C. Hocking wax Conan-ish!
16/06/2024

Listen to RBF alum John C. Hocking wax Conan-ish!

Author John C. Hocking sits down to share the tale of his famous lost Conan novel of the 1990's (Conan and the Living Plague), and how it finally found its w...

Sharing a good day with RBE.
11/06/2024

Sharing a good day with RBE.

RBF's HITHER CAME CONAN received the Robert E. Howard Foundation's Valusian Award at the 2024 Howard Days. It is a terrific salute to the hard work by many folks: Bob Byrne, who instigated and lead the whole project; Howard Andrew Jones and Bill Ward, who heroically provided and restructured their b...

RBF is super proud to have published HITHER CAME CONAN and totally grateful to Bob Byrne , Howard Andrew Jones , Bill Wa...
08/06/2024

RBF is super proud to have published HITHER CAME CONAN and totally grateful to Bob Byrne , Howard Andrew Jones , Bill Ward , and Dierk Guenther for their awesome contributions!

Check this out - RBF alum Oden makes a cool list!
04/06/2024

Check this out - RBF alum Oden makes a cool list!

Berserkers and shield-maidens, orcs and Vikings, and epic exploits...

For all my exploratory S&S writers, here's the opening thrust from a new venture from the illustrious Whetstone: Amateur...
01/05/2024

For all my exploratory S&S writers, here's the opening thrust from a new venture from the illustrious Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Pulp Sword and Sorcery as led by the Seer of S&S Jason Ray Carney
Hurled Headlong Flaming

Hurled Headlong Flaming: The Bishop's Tale is a dark fantasy novella by Matt Holder that follows a priest on a perilous quest to a hellish underworld to retrieve an ancient manuscript he believes can help prevent the apocalypse. Drawing from influences like Dante, Milton, and Robert E. Howard, an...

Charles and I had a sporadic, Internet-based relationship. I enjoyed our discussions and would have liked to pursue more...
08/01/2024

Charles and I had a sporadic, Internet-based relationship. I enjoyed our discussions and would have liked to pursue more. Editing his essay in ROBERT E. HOWARD CHANGED MY LIFE is the final correspondence exchange we had. This is a worthy article.

How a quiet journalist from Nova Scotia created a new genre of Fantasy-literature

A scholar & adventurer after my own heart! Thank you good sir!
08/01/2024

A scholar & adventurer after my own heart!
Thank you good sir!

Check out the NEW Conan.com!REH and Conan would be proud!https://conan.com/
05/10/2023

Check out the NEW Conan.com!
REH and Conan would be proud!

https://conan.com/

https://rogue-blades.com/rbf/rbf-books/hither-came-conan/Been cleaning up the website and finally have a fully functioni...
29/09/2023

https://rogue-blades.com/rbf/rbf-books/hither-came-conan/

Been cleaning up the website and finally have a fully functioning page for HITHER CAME CONAN!

Hither Came Conan: The Best Conan Story Is…HITHER CAME CONAN is a collection of essays exploring the impact and importance of each original Conan the Cimmerian story. It is a hard look into the nature of Texas author Robert E. Howard’s greatest creation. An examination through essays and discuss...

RBF gets the billing, but RBE will be there too. Come on out, support your local authors, find some great reads!
29/09/2023

RBF gets the billing, but RBE will be there too. Come on out, support your local authors, find some great reads!

Whoa, check out the Kickstarter title our RB brother has coming 8/22!
13/08/2023

Whoa, check out the Kickstarter title our RB brother has coming 8/22!

Check out the new episode from the gang! Not only do they give a good look at Howard's new book, but Howard and the boys...
11/08/2023

Check out the new episode from the gang! Not only do they give a good look at Howard's new book, but Howard and the boys have a three or four minute discussion about HITHER CAME CONAN! Thanks y'all!

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week's show is a double-feature ! We not only unpack 'The Devil in Iron,' but we're also joined by Howard Andr...

Cool book answers from esteemed RBF alum Howard Andrew Jones!
07/08/2023

Cool book answers from esteemed RBF alum Howard Andrew Jones!

Howard Andrew Jones lives in a lonely tower by the Sea of Monsters with a wicked and beautiful enchantress. He’s the author of the Hanuvar n...

Super cool looking releases from RBF alum Howard Andrew Jones!
22/07/2023

Super cool looking releases from RBF alum Howard Andrew Jones!

Get Ready for a Fantasy Revolution: Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones Get Ready for a Fantasy Revolution: Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones Friday, July 21, 2023 John ONeill Comments 0 Comment Lord of a Shattered Land and The City of Marble and Blood (Baen, August 1 and O...

Rogue Blades shares the goods! Authors appearing in NEITHER BEG NOR YIELD offered heroic advice in WRITING FANTASY HEROE...
07/07/2023

Rogue Blades shares the goods! Authors appearing in NEITHER BEG NOR YIELD offered heroic advice in WRITING FANTASY HEROES.

https://tinyurl.com/NBNYRBE

Another Cool Infographic from RBE for NEITHER BEG NOR YIELD, the final anthology from Rogue Blades. Follow the campaign ...
02/07/2023

Another Cool Infographic from RBE for NEITHER BEG NOR YIELD, the final anthology from Rogue Blades. Follow the campaign today!

https://tinyurl.com/NBNYRBE

So these dudes talk about Robert E Howard's Bran and yada yada yada mention REH CHANGED MY LIFE at the very end! Check i...
29/06/2023

So these dudes talk about Robert E Howard's Bran and yada yada yada mention REH CHANGED MY LIFE at the very end! Check it out!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=746923437441482&id=100063714963765&mibextid=Nif5oz

Robert E. Howard Changed My Life: Personal Essays about an Extraordinary Legacy https://a.co/d/4BzUS0M

The Rogues have assembled for a discussion about Howard's other barbarian king.

No, not Kull. The OTHER barbarian king:

Bran. Mak. Morn.

Have a listen, ye dogs!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ErrUlQEtNMSYojRdjk9ev?si=eo55zjsQSdeF-bC8SvZwgA

So if you don't take advantage of this deal I don't see how you can claim to be a fan of action-packed historical-based ...
21/06/2023

So if you don't take advantage of this deal I don't see how you can claim to be a fan of action-packed historical-based S&S.

Please pause while your host dons his polyester slacks, his button-up white shirt (with a mustard stain barely hidden by his clip-on tie), his ill-fitting plaid sport coat, and a couple of gold cha…

25/05/2023

Hmmm. 9 day trip...hotels, gas, food, vending, attendance... camaraderie, sales, discoveries...

This would be the year to attend for the first time and share REH CHANGED MY LIFE and HITHER CAME CONAN with the larger world...

Who's in?
https://pulpfest.com/

Shine bright, oh spotlight, my spotlight, shine bright!
10/05/2023

Shine bright, oh spotlight, my spotlight, shine bright!

Nominations for the 2023 Hugo Awards closed April 30 and the finalists are expected to be announced later this month. However, after the Hugos is before the next Hugos, so I’m continuing my Non-Fic…

More review love!
10/05/2023

More review love!

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Hither Came Conan: The Best Conan Story Is… at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

Yoo-hoo. Psst.Yes, you...There are over 300 followers of RBF here. It would be super, SUPER awesome if all'y'all could c...
09/05/2023

Yoo-hoo. Psst.
Yes, you...

There are over 300 followers of RBF here. It would be super, SUPER awesome if all'y'all could click the 'Notify me on Launch' button over here at RBE's final anthology Kickstarter. It doesn't commit you to anything, promise! It just really helps momentum when the numbers of followers keeps rising.

So - can you lend a brother a helping hand? 🤠👏

A symphonic heavy metal anthology of S&S filled with indomitable characters & crashing steel from my favorite contemporary S&S authors!

Have you seen the infamous Appendix REH?What?! Quick -- remedy that by following the public link in Cora Buhlert's Non-f...
09/05/2023

Have you seen the infamous Appendix REH?

What?!

Quick -- remedy that by following the public link in Cora Buhlert's Non-fiction Spotlight of REH CHANGED MY LIFE.

The 2022 Hugo nomination deadline is approaching and the Non-Fiction Spotlights are coming fast and furious now. If you’re just joining us, the Non-Fiction Spotlights are a project, where I i…

RBF alum Howard Andrew Jones' friend Cassandra Byrne says: "It's like The Iliad & Conan the Barbarian got married and th...
06/05/2023

RBF alum Howard Andrew Jones' friend Cassandra Byrne says: "It's like The Iliad & Conan the Barbarian got married and their blood-soaked love child emerged from the ocean's murky depths intent on justice."

A VAST EMPIRE'S GREATEST FOE. A CONQUERED PEOPLE'S LAST HOPE. HIS NAME IS HANUVAR, AND HE WILL SET HIS PEOPLE FREE! The Dervan Empire has at last triumphed over Volanus, putting the great city to the torch, its treasures looted, temples defiled, and fields sown with salt. What little remains of Vola...

Rogue Bros Rogues in the House Podcast hosted a mega-panel of luminaries who talked shop for over an hour, discussing Ho...
04/05/2023

Rogue Bros Rogues in the House Podcast hosted a mega-panel of luminaries who talked shop for over an hour, discussing Howard Days hauls, Conan poetry, current S&S markets, and of course, the newly released HITHER CAME CONAN and the pending NEITHER BEG NOR YIELD.

Woah! What's this? A new episode of RitH for your ear pits! Jason Ray Carney (of Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Pulp Sword and Sorcery), Jason Waltz ( Rogue Blades Entertainment), and Brian Murphy ( author of Flame and Crimson) joined us for a talk about Robert E. Howard Days and contemporary swords and sorcery! Come for the wisdom, stay for the Arnold reciting 'Cimmeria'!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Ogoa2BEzoXxk6Nebli0c1?si=uWeSYmTHSDes9Vn6EjypPw

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