Monday, June 29, 2026

BLACK GATE WRITINGS - THE WEEKLY POSTS 2013-2018


  1. The Best New Sword & Sorcery of the Last Twelve Months
  2. Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner
  3. Three Against the Witch World by Andre Norton
  4. September Short Story Roundup
  5. Daughter of the Bright Moon by Lynn Abbey
  6. God Stalk by P. C. Hodgell
  7. The Magic Goes Away by Larry Niven
  8. The Great Captains by Henry Treece
  9. October Short Story Round-up
  10. Deepest, Darkest Eden edited by Cody Goodfellow
  11. Battle in the Dawn: The Complete Hok the Mighty by Manly Wade Wellman
  12. A Hero in the Service of Organized Crime: A Review of Jhereg by Steven Brust
  13. The Whole Northern Thing: Hrolf Kraki’s Saga by Poul Anderson
  14. November Short Story Roundup
  15. Why I’m Here – Part One
  16. Harpy’s Flight by Megan Lindholm (aka Robin Hobb)
  17. Monthly Short Story Roundup — December
  18. Griots: Sisters of the Spear edited by Milton J. Davis and Charles R. Saunders
  19. Gonji: The Deathwind Trilogy by T. C. Rypel
  20. Duelists, Animal People, and Machinery Not Meant to be Fiddled With: The Prophecy Machine by Neal Barrett Jr.
  21. An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat by Glen Cook
  22. Monthly Short Story Roundup – January
  23. A Certain Charm Marred by an Air of the Horrible: Count Bohemond by Alfred Duggan
  24. For Want of a Dragon… The Dragon Lord by David Drake
  25. Year of the Unicorn by Andre Norton
  26. Monthly Short Story Roundup – February
  27. His Name is Vengeance: Kellory the Warlock by Lin Carter
  28. I Invoke the Voidal! Oblivion Hand by Adrian Cole
  29. An Age of Random Portents and Incoherent Miracles – Echoes of the Goddess by Darrell Schweitzer
  30. March Short Story Roundup
  31. In A Land Before Atlantis and Mu: The House of Cthulhu by Brian Lumley
  32. A World Mottled With Decay: The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton
  33. A Perfect Artifact from the Glory Days of 1970s Swords & Sorcery: Keith Taylor’s Bard
  34. April Short Story Roundup
  35. Jews With Swords: Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
  36. The Shout of a Young Man Who Finds the World a Complicated Place: The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock
  37. To The Dark Tower He Came: Warlock of the Witch World by Andre Norton
  38. The Constant Tower by Carole McDonnell
  39. May Short Story Roundup
  40. Dark of the Moon by P. C. Hodgell
  41. Changa’s Safari: Volume 2 by Milton Davis
  42. The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers
  43. June Short Story Roundup
  44. The Start Of A Grand Adventure  Goblin Moon by Teresa Edgerton
  45. Gonji: Fortress of Lost Worlds by T. C. Rypel
  46. August Short Story Roundup
  47. Dueling Rakes, Mysterious Women, and the Goblin Aristocracy: The Queen’s Necklace by Teresa Edgerton
  48. Three Men And A Dog: The Elfin Ship by James P. Blaylock
  49. A Rogue’s Early Days: Yendi by Steven Brust
  50. September Short Story Roundup
  51. Red Queen, White Queen by Henry Treece
  52. On the Road to Khurdisan: Brak the Barbarian by John Jakes
  53. The End of the Story: Sorceress of the Witch World by Andre Norton
  54. Epic Fantasy from the Father of Sword & Soul: Abengoni: First Calling by Charles R. Saunders
  55. October Short Story Roundup
  56. Some Things Need to Be Broken: Seeker’s Mask by P.C. Hodgell
  57. Thongor of Lemuria – Part One by Lin Carter
  58. November Short Story Roundup
  59. Swords & Sorcery Gold from a Master of Horror: Far Away & Never by Ramsey Campbell
  60. A Look At The Year Gone By – 2014
  61. December Short Story Roundup
  62. Swords & Sorcery edited by L. Sprague De Camp
  63. What Price Immortality? In Yana, the Touch of Undying by Michael Shea
  64. The Long Reach of Night: The Voidal Vol. 2 by Adrian Cole
  65. January Short Story Roundup
  66. The IX by Andrew P. Weston
  67. Legion from the Shadows by Karl Edward Wagner
  68. February Short Story Roundup
  69. Metal on Metal: Swords of Steel edited by D.M. Ritzlin
  70. Return of the Master Cheeser: The Disappearing Dwarf by James P. Blaylock
  71. Return to the Witch World: The Crystal Gryphon by Andre Norton
  72. March Short Story Roundup
  73. The Tears of Ishtar by Michael Ehart
  74. Dragonfly: A Tale of the Counter-Earth at the Cosmic Antipodes by Raphael Ordoñez
  75. Into the Wastelands: Enchanted Pilgrimage by Clifford D. Simak
  76. Dragon’s Rook (The Lost Sword, Book 1) by Keanan Brand
  77. May Short Story Roundup
  78. Heroika 1: Dragon Eaters edited by Janet Morris
  79. Death Angel’s Shadow by Karl Edward Wagner
  80. The Dark Island by Henry Treece
  81. June Short Story Roundup
  82. July Short Story Roundup
  83. For Gonji Lovers: A Hungering of Wolves by T.C. Rypel
  84. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
  85. August Short Story Roundup
  86. It Is A Busy Omniverse: The Sword of Shadows: The Voidal Vol. 3 by Adrian Cole
  87. You Can’t Go Home Again: The Annotated Sword of Shannara: 35th Anniversary Edition by Terry Brooks
  88. September Short Story Roundup
  89. The Testament of Tall Eagle by John R. Fultz
  90. Against Despair: Lord Foul’s Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
  91. Red Moon and Black Mountain by Joy Chant
  92. October Short Story Roundup
  93. The Fionavar Tapestry Book 1: The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
  94. The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia McKillip
  95. November Short Story Roundup
  96. Fantastic Reference and Non-fiction Books
  97. The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 1, 2009-2011 Compiled by the Editors of HFQ
  98. Guides to Worlds Fantastic and Strange
  99. December Short Story Roundup
  100. Despair All The Way Down: The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson
  101. The Power That Preserves by Stephen R. Donaldson
  102. January Short Story Roundup
  103. The Fionavar Tapestry Book 2: The Wandering Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay
  104. Changa: Before the Safari by Milton Davis
  105. The Lost Level by Brian Keene
  106. February Short Story Roundup
  107. The IX: Exordium of Tears by Andrew P. Weston
  108. The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
  109. March Short Story Roundup
  110. Cirsova and Pulp Literature
  111. Once More Into the P rimal Land: Tarra Khash: Hrossak! by Brian Lumley
  112. More Metal on Metal: Swords of Steel II edited by D.M. Ritzlin
  113. April Short Story Roundup
  114. Beneath the Shining Jewel by Balogun Ojetade
  115. Lyonesse: Suldrun’s Garden by Jack Vance
  116. Logical Swords & Sorcery: The Tritonian Ring by L. Sprague de Camp
  117. Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
  118. May Short Story Roundup
  119. The Conclusion to a Grand Adventure: Hobgoblin Night by Teresa Edgerton
  120. To Ride a Rathorn by P. C. Hodgell
  121. Dark Sleeper by Jeffrey E. Barlough
  122. Return to Balumnia: The Stone Giant by James P. Blaylock
  123. Summer Short Story Roundup: Part One
  124. Summer Short Story Roundup: Part Two
  125. Cugel in Golarion: Song of the Serpent by Hugh Matthews
  126. The Religion by Tim Willocks
  127. Return to Enoch: The King of Nightspore’s Crown by Raphael Ordoñez
  128. September Short Story Roundup
  129. Horror and Swords & Sorcery
  130. Into the Mystic: The Mask of the Sorcerer by Darrell Schweitzer
  131. One Last Time into the Primal Land: Sorcery in Shad by Brian Lumley
  132. Another Term: Bound in Blood by P.C. Hodgell
  133. Last Term: Honor’s Paradox by P.C. Hodgell
  134. October Short Story Roundup
  135. Into the Maelstrom: Berserker: Shadow of the Wolf by Chris Carlsen
  136. Why Swords & Sorcery?
  137. Last of a Series… For Now: The Sea of Time by P.C. Hodgell
  138. The Blue Lamp by Robert Zoltan
  139. December Short Story Roundup
  140. Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
  141. The Killingest Book I Know: The Twelve Children of Paris by Tim Willocks
  142. Mad Shadows II: Dorgo the Dowser and The Order of the Serpent by Joe Bonadonna
  143. The Pastel City by M. John Harrison
  144. A Storm of Wings by M. John Harrison
  145. January Short Story Roundup
  146. In Viriconium by M. John Harrison
  147. The End of the Matter: Viriconium Nights by M. John Harrison
  148. February Short Story Roundup
  149. Space Viking by H. Beam Piper
  150. Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
  151. Three Ghosts in a Black Pumpkin by Erika M. Szabo and Joe Bonadonna
  152. The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh
  153. March Short Story Roundup
  154. Trader to the Stars by Poul Anderson
  155. Spacial Delivery by Gordon R. Dickson
  156. April Short Story Roundup
  157. Even More Metal on Metal: Swords of Steel Volume III 
  158. Stories from a S&S Griot: Nyumbani Tales by Charles R. Saunders
  159. “A World Gone to the Dogs”: City by Clifford D. Simak
  160. It’s Large: Ringworld by Larry Niven
  161. Half Past Human by T.J. Bass
  162. May Short Story Roundup
  163. Disasterville U.S.A.: The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
  164. The Best of Cordwainer Smith , edited by J. J. Pierce
  165. July Short Story Roundup
  166. Dune by Frank Herbert
  167. Purity of Blood by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
  168. A Gathering of Ravens by Scott Oden
  169. August Short Story Roundup
  170. Lore of the Witch World by Andre Norton
  171. Dilvish, the Damned by Roger Zelazny
  172. The Hammer and the Blade by Paul S. Kemp
  173. September Short Story Roundup
  174. The Past Remembered
  175. A Tale Most Gruesome and Bonkers: Dark Ventures by T.C. Rypel
  176. October Short Story Roundup
  177. Thick As Thieves by Ken Lizzi
  178. A Tale from the Archonate: A Wizard’s Henchman by Matthew Hughes
  179. The Road of Azrael by Robert E. Howard
  180. A Homecoming: Son of Mfumu by Milton J. Davis
  181. December Short Story Roundup
  182. Helen’s Daimones by S.E. Lindberg
  183. From the Vaults: The Lands of the Earthquake by Henry Kuttner
  184. Grimmer Than Grim: The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien
  185. The High House by James Stoddard
  186. Son of Tall Eagle by John R. Fultz
  187. Why I’m Here – Part Two: Some Thoughts on Old Books and Appendix N
  188. February Short Story Roundup
  189. The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
  190. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
  191. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
  192. Mythic Landscape: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner
  193. Tales of the Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson
  194. March Short Story Roundup: Part 1
  195. Witch World by Andre Norton
  196. March Short Story Roundup: Part 2
  197. Sorcery and Science: The Broken Lands by Fred Saberhagen
  198. Demons and Monsters: The Black Mountains by Fred Saberhagen
  199. A Demon Rising: Ardneh’s World by Fred Saberhagen
  200. May Short Story Roundup 
  201. The Roots of Grimdark: The Black Company by Glen Cook
  202. Into the Grimness: Shadows Linger by Glen Cook
  203. Announcing the Black Gate Book Club: Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh
  204. The Final Battle Comes: The White Rose by Glen Cook
  205. June Short Story Roundup
  206. An End to the End: The Silver Spike by Glen Cook
  207. On to Khatovar: Shadow Games by Glen Cook
  208. The Book of Lady: Dreams of Steel by Glen Cook
  209. July Short Story Roundup
  210. A Ball of Confusion: Bleak Seasons by Glen Cook
  211. Next Year in Khatovar: She Is the Darkness by Glen Cook Part 1
  212. Into the Night: She Is the Darkness by Glen Cook Part 2
  213. Fifteen Years Gone: Water Sleeps by Glen Cook, Part 1
  214. Water Sleeps by Glen Cook, Part 2
  215. Ticking Up and Winding Down: Soldiers Live by Glen Cook, Part 1
  216. And in the End: Soldiers Live by Glen Cook, Part 2
  217. VIVE LA COMPAGNIE! : In Conclusion, The Black Company Series by Glen Cook
  218. In the Beginning: The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories by Clifford Ball, edited by D.M. Ritzlin
  219. Autumn Short Story Roundup
  220. Under a Blood-Red Sun: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
  221. The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
  222. In Which Severian Becomes Human: The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
  223. Ouroboros: The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
  224. I, Severian: The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
  225. That’s All (for now
  226. Endings and Beginnings: The IX: Prelude to Sorrow by Andrew P. Weston
  227. Rescued from the Vaults of Time: The Sapphire Goddess – The Fantasies of Nictzin Dyalhis 

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