As you might have noticed, I've lately been working my way through Alan Burt Akers's stories of Dray Prescot, a sword-and-planet ser...

Unfinished by James Maliszewski Pondering Abandoned Projects Read on Substack

When TSR released Star Frontiers in 1982, I imagine the company intended it to be the “science fiction Dungeons & Dragons ” in the sens...

The latest post about Dream-Quest is a public one, because I want to solicit comments and suggestions from as wide a pool as possible. Fee...

The very first installment of Jeff Grubb ’s "The Marvel-Phile" appeared in issue #88 of Dragon  (August 1984). The column’s purpo...

As I alluded to in today's earlier post , I recently discovered a surprising connection to the stories of H.P. Lovecraft's so-calle...

I hesitated, at first, about writing yet another Pulp Fantasy Library post about a story by H.P. Lovecraft so soon after the conclusion of T...

Epistle (Continued) by James Maliszewski More Excerpts from the Secrets of sha-Arthan 'Zine Read on Substack

Over the past few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about my own introduction to the hobby in late 1979. My experiences weren’t unique, but t...

Elsewhere, I'm still developing Dream-Quest , my Lovecraftian/Dunsanian fantasy game based on Old School Essentials . This is a side pro...