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Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery

✍️ Sam Richard
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🏛 Weirdpunk Books 📅 2024 🌐 English 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9781951658410

📝 Description: Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery

In the spirit of Robert E. Howard, Tanith Lee, Karl Edward Wagner, and films like Conquest and Fire & Ice comes Profane Altars: Weird Sword and Sorcery. Underground horror authors Emma Alice Johnson, Matthew Mitchell, Adam Smith, Sara Century, Charles Austin Muir, Edwin Callihan, and editor Sam Richard conjure forth visions of the unknowable and ancient past. One of spider gods, aging warriors, crystal antlers, cultist soldiers, and whispered legends of strange creatures and woeful knights. A bridge between weird horror and Sword & Sorcery, Profane Altars presents new realms fantasy within cloistered worlds of doom and wonder. Featuring cover art by the legendary Jeffrey Catherine Jones.

💎 Our verdict on Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery

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Horror Reads editorial team
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Profane Altars targets a niche audience comfortable with both Sword & Sorcery tropes and unsettling weird horror elements. It is not suitable for readers seeking straightforward heroic fantasy or lighthearted adventures; the tone is firmly rooted in doom, wonder, and the obscure. Fans of Robert E. Howard’s grit mixed with Tanith Lee’s surrealism will likely appreciate the curated selection, whereas those expecting conventional hero journeys may find the content too abstract or grim.
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Profane Altars targets a niche audience comfortable with both Sword & Sorcery tropes and unsettling weird horror elements. It is not suitable for readers seeking straightforward heroic fantasy or lighthearted adventures; the tone is firmly rooted in doom, wonder, and the obscure. Fans of Robert E. Howard’s grit mixed with Tanith Lee’s surrealism will likely appreciate the curated selection, whereas those expecting conventional hero journeys may find the content too abstract or grim.

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