Mini-interview: Nathan Meyer

Jason | November 30, 2008

What drives your art? What forces you, rides you, hustles you, controls you until its latest needs have been met? What really drives you to create speculative fiction art, be it words or images?
Deadlines. Love of genre. Strange compulsion to write.
If there was the possibility of becoming any speculative fiction character ever created (except your [...]

Website’s shaping up

Jason | November 23, 2008

 Somewhat. I’ve added:

contact info
staff info
other info scattered about
PayPal purchase buttons for all sorts of things
RotB pre-release prices, including those of the limited edition Collector’s Covers!

I’m sure there’s still things to add and I know there’s lots of things to fix up, but RBE is almost moved into the place! I may play around with themes until I [...]

Mini-interview: Ty Johnston

Jason | November 23, 2008

What drives your art? What forces you, rides you, hustles you, controls you until its latest needs have been met? What really drives you to create speculative fiction art, be it words or images?

Originally, it was the drive to create, to be creative, something that comes as natural to me as breathing. It is my [...]

Rogue Blades Presents: Return of the Sword

Jason | November 20, 2008

It’s finally in house, folks! RBE’s first title, Return of the Sword: An Anthology of Heroic Adventure, is officially available today. Same great contents withina refreshed cover, under a new series name, published by a new imprint. Those of you out there with links to the old cover, the old publisher, the old PayPal code — [...]

RotB: First slush author announced!

Jason | November 19, 2008

Sean T.M. Stiennon joins Rage of the Behemoth with “Black Water,” a tale featuring the kabrisk Shabak and an ancient foe determined to avenge an old wrong by ridding the world of all kabrisks.

Special Deals

Jason | November 16, 2008

Return of the Sword – There are a limited number of the old, original editions with the FSP covers left. These will soon be no more, so if you want a one-of-a-kind collector’s cover, now is the time to buy it! Watch the RBE Deals & Sales page for more information.

Sages & Swords – By [...]

Submissions

Jason | November 16, 2008

To All Novel, Verse, Collection Submitters: I am behind schedule. There are certain things I must address before I can return to evaluating your submissions. I cannot promise you a particular timeline or response, so I will understand if anyone desires to withdraw his/her submission from consideration. I hope to have all RBE issues addressed [...]

Rage of the Behemoth

Jason | November 16, 2008

Open Submissions:
         - June 1st, 2008 to January 1st, 2009 (or until filled)
         - View the submission guidelines and chart of acceptance here
         - The following habitats are CLOSED to further submissions:
                                                            ~ Seas
                                                            ~ Mountains
                                                            ~ Wastes
                                                            ~ Sands

To All RotB Submitters:  I am reading on schedule again. If you haven’t heard from me and it’s close to (or [...]

Website

Jason | November 16, 2008

The RBE website has been undergoing construction since 11/7/08. In the process of being reborn, it has apparently lost some of its ability to display RBE colors and images. I am working on this, and on filling out the rest of the information that will appear as indicated by the page headings across the top. DO NOT FEAR! The [...]

Mini-interview: David Pitchford

Jason | November 16, 2008

What drives your art? What forces you, rides you, hustles you, controls you until its latest needs have been met? What really drives you to create speculative fiction art, be it words or images?
Imagination and curiosity. Most of my stories begin with the question “what if?” No matter whether it begins with a theme, a [...]