And RotB has Cover Art for the Ageless Mountains!

Jason | January 28, 2009

Ta-da! Revealing, for the very first time, cover art for Rage of the Behemoth: the Ageless Mountains habitat limited cover front.

This stunning work of art comes courtesy of Didier Normand – a name RBE fans should expect to see more often.
“Griffin and Bear” is the first of two covers by Didier.
There are five RotB limited [...]

Mini-interview: Crystalwizard

Jason | January 25, 2009

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?
There’s no one answer to that. A bit of music might spark an idea. I might be standing in line at a [...]

Passion and Storm join RotB

Jason | January 23, 2009

Welcome author Robert Mancebo to Rage of the Behemoth, as his story “Passion of the Stormlord” sails into port!

Mini-interview: Christopher Heath

Jason | January 18, 2009

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?
Fantasy works (film, television, music, games, art, etc.) really capture my imagination and hold my interest. I guess I just want to [...]

Preditors & Editors Results

Jason | January 16, 2009

It appears as if Return of the Sword can claim two top-ten winners in the 2008 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll -

E.E. Knight’s “Storytelling” (nonfiction)
Bruce Durham’s “Valley of Bones” (short story sff).

Congratulations gentlemen, and my thanks to all those who voted for these and others of the RotS quality entries. The attention to all was [...]

Lois Tilton joins RotB!

Jason | January 14, 2009

Due to some extenuating circumstances, RotB lost one of its original headlining authors last week. After a bit of scrambling and the assistance of a friend or two, I am happy to say that the anthology schedule won’t miss a beat.
It is with great pleasure I now announce the inclusion of Lois Tilton to the RotB [...]

Another RotB Author!

Jason | January 11, 2009

TW Williams has joined the RotB table of contents with “Where the Shadow Falls”! Fans of Williams John Humble tales will not be disappointed with this exciting story involving battle, humor, fate, and a gigantic mythological creature – the griffin!

Widgets of Heroic Authors

Jason | January 11, 2009

Hey, check out the new widgets I installed on the lower left sidebar. Trying to put to good use all the resources and tools Amazon.com offers, I’ve joined up with their Amazon Associates program. Basically what that offers me is a (very) little bit of cash should anyone click through on the Amazon links I [...]

Mini-interview: Phil Emery

Jason | January 11, 2009

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?
Depends on the kind of story – usually with sword-&-sorcery type matter, it’s an image; with ‘lighter’ less intense kinds of writing [...]

Mini-interview: Bruce Durham

Jason | January 4, 2009

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?
It’s my desire to tell stories, to share the characters and ideas that reside inside my head. My writing and my art [...]