DMR Books is a

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active since 2015. The press was founded by D. M. Ritzlin. It is primarily a

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publisher specializing in "fantasy, horror, and adventure fiction in the traditions of

Robert E. Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906June 11, 1936) was an American writer. He wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subge ...

, H.P. Lovecraft, and other classic writers of the pulp era." Authors whose works were returned to print by DMR Books include

Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until the 21st century. Anderson wrote also historical novels. His awards include seven Hugo Awards and ...

Clifford Ball Clifford Nankivell Ball (January 24, 1908 – January 1947) was an American fantasy writer whose primary distinction was having been one of the earliest post-Howard writers in the sword and sorcery subgenre of fantasy. He wrote as Clifford Ball. ...

Nictzin Dyalhis Nictzin Wilstone Dyalhis (June 4, 1873 – May 8, 1942) was an American chemist and short story writer who specialized in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. He wrote as Nictzin Dyalhis. During his lifetime he attained a measure of cel ...

Edmond Hamilton Edmond Moore Hamilton (October 21, 1904 – February 1, 1977) was an American writer of science fiction during the mid-twentieth century. Early life Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. So ...

, A. B. Higginson,

Thomas P. Kelley Thomas Patrick Kelley Jr. (6 April 1905 14 February 1982) was a Canadians, Canadian writer notable for two books on the infamous Black Donnellys of Lucan, Ontario. Kelley was born in Hastings, Ontario, the son of Thomas Patrick Kelley Sr. (John ...

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...

Tanith Lee Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime ...

, Glenn Rahman,

Arthur D. Howden Smith Arthur D. Howden Smith (; 1887–1945) was an American historian and novelist.Robert Sampson, ''Yesterday's Faces: Violent Lives'', Bowling Green State University, 1993, , pp. 177–78. Life Arthur Douglas Howden Smith was born in New York. In ...

, and

Manly Wade Wellman Manly Wade Wellman (May 21, 1903 – April 5, 1986) was an American writer. While his science fiction and fantasy stories appeared in such pulps as ''Astounding Stories'', ''Startling Stories'', ''Unknown'' and ''Strange Stories'', Wellman is ...

. Contemporary authors published by DMR include Howie K. Bentley,

Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...

, Adrian Cole, Gael DeRoane,

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, Schuyler Hernstrom, Matthew Knight, Harry Piper, D. M. Ritzlin, Byron A. Roberts, and J. Christopher Tarpey. Its books have featured cover art by Allen Anderson,

Hannes Bok Hannes Bok, pseudonym for Wayne Francis Woodard (, ; July 2, 1914 – April 11, 1964), was an American artist and illustrator, as well as an amateur astrologer and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry. He painted nearly 150 covers for various sc ...

, Louis Braquet,

Margaret Brundage Margaret Brundage, born Margaret Hedda Johnson (December 9, 1900April 9, 1976), was an American illustrator and painter who is remembered chiefly for having illustrated the pulp magazine ''Weird Tales''. Working in pastels on illustration bo ...

, Bebeto Daroz,

Virgil Finlay Virgil Finlay (July 23, 1914 – January 18, 1971) was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called "part of the pulp magazine history ... one of the foremost contributors of original and imagin ...

, Lauren Gornick,

Martin Hanford Martin Hanford (born 21 February 1974) is a British fantasy artist based in Herefordshire, England. In addition to painting album covers and T-shirt designs for a variety of heavy metal bands, including Bal-Sagoth, Twilight Force, Angantyr, Ora ...

, Robert Gibson Jones, and Brian LeBlanc.Ramsey Campbell's Far Away and Never to be reprinted by DMR Books (book news).
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Books published

*''Swords of Steel'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, 2015.List of releases at dmrbooks.com
/ref> *''Swords of Steel II'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, 2016. *''Swords of Steel III'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, May 2017. *''Lands of the Earthquake / Under a Dim Blue Sun'', double novel by

and Howie K. Bentley, June 2017. *'' The Sapphire Goddess: The Fantasies of Nictzin Dyalhis'', collection by

, March 2018. *'' The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories'', collection by

, March 2018. *''The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor'', collection by Byron A. Roberts, May 2019. *''The Road to Infinity'', novel by Gael DeRoane, June 2019. *''The Infernal Bargain and Other Stories'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, 2019. *''Death Dealers & Diabolists'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, July 2019. *''Warlords, Warlocks & Witches'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, August 2019. *''Heroes of Atlantis and Lemuria'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, September 2019. *''Swords of Steel Omnibus'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, October 2019. *''Wulfhere'', novel by A. B. Higginson, November 2019. *''Karnov: Phantom-Clad Rider of the Cosmic Ice'', novel by Howie K. Bentley, Matthew Knight, and Byron A. Roberts, December 2019. *'' Renegade Swords'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, March 2020. *'' Swordsmen from the Stars'', collection by

, April 2020. *''The Eye of Sounnu'', collection by Schuyler Hernstrom, May 2020. *''A Million Years in the Future'', novel by

, June 2020. *''The Great Die Slow and Other Tales of Dark Adventure'', collection by Harry Piper, August 2020. *''Necromancy in Nilztiria'', collection by D. M. Ritzlin, September 2020. *''The Godblade'', novel by J. Christopher Tarpey, October 2020. *''Cahena: A Dream of the Past'', novel by

, November 2020. *'' Twilight of the Gods'', collection by

, December 2020. *'' The Avenger from Atlantis'', collection by

, January 2021. *'' The Empress of Dreams'', collection by

, February 2021. *'' Renegade Swords II'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, February 2021. *'' Worlds Beyond Worlds'', collection by

, April 2021. *''The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor, Volume II'', collection by Byron A. Roberts, May 2021. *'' Planetary Adventures'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, June 2021. *'' Prehistoric Adventures'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, July 2021. *'' Viking Adventures'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, August 2021. *''

Far Away & Never ''Far Away & Never'' is a collection of fantasy stories by English author Ramsey Campbell. It was first published in trade paperback by Necronomicon Press in July 1996, and later reprinted.Cowan, Matt.Far and Away by Ramsey Campbell review (revi ...

'', collection by

, October 2021. *'' Renegade Swords III'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, March 2022.Ritzlin, D. M.
Renegade Swords III
Ritzlin, D. M.
Renegade Swords III and More Coming in 2022
(announcement), DMR Blog, Feb. 7, 2022 *''Terra Incognito: Lost Worlds of Fantasy and Adventure'', anthology edited by Doug Draa, May 2022. *''Arminius, Bane of Eagles'' (War on Rome, v. 1), novel by Adrian Cole, September 2022.Ritzlin, D. M.
Coming This Fall: Samhain Sorceries
(announcement), DMR Blog, Aug. 22, 2022 *''Samhain Sorceries'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, September 2022. *''The Saga of Swain the Viking. Volume I: Swain's Vengeance'', collection by

, December 2022.Ritzlin, D. M.
DMR Books to Reprint the Complete Saga of Swain the Viking by Arthur D. Howden Smith
(announcement), DMR Blog, Oct. 19, 2022Ritzlin, D. M.
Coming in December: Swain's Vengeance by Arthur D. Howden Smith
(announcement), DMR Blog, Nov. 2, 2022 *''The Saga of Swain the Viking. Volume II: Swain's Chase'', collection by

, January 2023.Ritzlin, D. M.
Updates to the DMR Books 2023 Release Schedule
(announcement), DMR Blog, Dec. 22, 2022Ritzlin, D. M.
The Saga of Swain the Viking, Volume II: Swain's Chase Now Available
(announcement), DMR Blog, Jan. 9, 2023 *''A Feast of Ambrosia: The Adventures of Bingor and Donalbain'', collection by Glenn Rahman, due February 2023.Ritzlin, D. M.
DMR Books to Publish Collection of Glenn Rahman's Sword-and-Sorcery Stories
(announcement), DMR Blog, Nov. 9, 2022 *''The Earth is Flat: Tales from the Flat Earth and Elsewhere'', collection by Tanith Lee, due March 2023.Ritzlin, D. M.
DMR Books to Release Tanith Lee's Uncollected Flat Earth Stories
(announcement), DMR Blog, Dec. 19, 2022 *''The Saga of Swain the Viking. Volume III: Swain Kingsbane'', collection by

, due April 2023. *''Die by the Sword (Volume I)'', anthology edited by D. M. Ritzlin, due May 2023.Ritzlin, D. M.
Submissions for Die by the Sword Will Open Soon
(announcement), DMR Blog, Oct. 27, 2022 *''The Saga of Swain the Viking. Volume IV: Swain's Justice'', collection by

, due in 2023.

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