Richard Martin Stern (1915-2001) won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel for his novel The Bright Road to Fear . His most notable novel is ...

Robert E. Howard 's “Red Shadows” story featured Puritan hero Solomon Kane . Howard had initially pitched the story to Argosy but was m...

Under the pseudonym Owen John, Welsh author (and accountant!) Leonard Owen-John (1918-1995) wrote seven espionage paperbacks featuring a Ru...

British publisher Corgi took advantage of the 1970s sword-and-sorcery fascination by publishing five books starring a female warrior named R...

According to The Herald , a newspaper in Scotland, Paul MacTyre (1924-1999) was a pseudonym for Professor Robin James Adam. He joined St And...

Western Publishing Company, a Wisconsin company, made a huge splash in the world of home entertainment in the early 20th century. The compan...

The Other Woman by Charles Burgess was a Beacon Books title from 1960 that has found new life as a reprint from Black Gat Books . It’s a f...

Ed Lacy , real name Leonard S. Zinberg, experienced success with his diverse 1957 private-eye novel, Room to Swing . The book introduced the...

I’ve been making my way through the literary work of William Ross , evident with seven of the author’s novels reviewed right here on the blo...

Robert E. Howard's 16th century Puritan hero Solomon Kane made his first appearance in the August, 1928 issue of Weird Tales . The stor...

Author Ted Wood (1931-2019) was born as Edward John Wood in Shoreham, Sussex, England. He joined the RAF Coastal Command and in 1954 he immi...

Jean Potts , who lived most of her life in New York City, began her writing career by contributing short stories to the glossy magazines of ...

Frank Slaughter was a best-selling novelist and successful surgeon. His specialty was both medical thrillers, like Air Surgeon and Surgeon...

The Savage Sword of Conan #2 was published in October, 1974. For a complete history of the making of this magazine title, including reviews...

Max Brooks hit a home run with his first novel,  World War Z,  in 2006 proving that he was an author with a knack for innovative military co...

Like many of the new breed of acclaimed indie horror authors, Boris Bacic started as a Creepypasta short story writer on Reddit. He since h...