Black Vulmea’s Vengeance is a collection of three Robert E. Howard stories (novellas and/or novelettes–I didn’t perform a word count.) Two feature the title character, Black Terence Vulmea, an Irish pirate of the sixteenth century. The third, while not a Vulmea story, carries on the piratical theme. As you’d expect, Howard sinks his teeth into… Continue reading Black Vulmea’s Vengeance. REH Hoists the Skull and Crossbones.
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On Stranger Tides: Tim Powers’ Swashbuckling Adventure
It has been years, decades, since I first read On Stranger Tides. I suppose I have been busy reading other things. It’s a pity those other things couldn’t all have been as fun as this. It’s long for a work of (perhaps) sword and sorcery, 322 pages in my paperback edition. But despite the length… Continue reading On Stranger Tides: Tim Powers’ Swashbuckling Adventure