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Matthew John is a writer, game designer, and host of the Rogues in the House Podcast. He's sold fiction to Savage Sword of Conan and Tales From the Magician's Skull, and recently published, ‘To Walk on Worlds.’ Sadly, Crom doesn't care about any of this.

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Post from Conan the Barbarian - YouTube THE GODS OF CONAN - new podcast episode now live! https://youtu.be/mB5MEesjgG8?si=NhZ02cuCtayrsu52

Another great video has landed on the Legends of Conan Podcast, this one being all about the gods of the Hyborian Age!

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05.03.2026 21:02 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dope!

05.03.2026 17:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Excited to see whose story I get to critique. 👀 📝

05.03.2026 17:25 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We indie authors really need reviews. They're so important in terms of visibility. I've been fortunate enough to (almost) reach the magic 100 number on Amazon. If you wanna help push me over the edge by reviewing ‘To Walk on Worlds’, I'd be most grateful.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPXNG93...

21.02.2026 16:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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21.02.2026 13:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks, man. I look forward to whatever might come next from you, too!

20.02.2026 17:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@johnhocking.bsky.social I'll say it involves Conan and a slightly obscure character from his thieving days...

20.02.2026 15:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Alex uses both names, perhaps to be mysterious.

20.02.2026 15:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Proud to announce that I've penned another short Conan story and that it'll be featured in issue #14 of Savage Sword!

Check out the bangin' cover by Alessandro Orlandelli !

Some guy named @jimzub.bsky.social will be in the ToC, too 😉

bleedingcool.com/comics/conan...

20.02.2026 14:57 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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Happy Frozen February Friday the 13th The world may be burning (metaphorically speaking), but it remains cold as sh*t on the East Coast of Canada.

Back with a calender appropriate newsletter!

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13.02.2026 16:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

👀

06.02.2026 17:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not yet. But she's coming. I'll say no more.

06.02.2026 17:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I mean, of course it is 😉

06.02.2026 16:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

*snaps out makeshift gun contraption*

06.02.2026 14:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

"You talkin' to me?"

06.02.2026 13:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Tis I!

06.02.2026 13:15 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Back atcha 😘

06.02.2026 13:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If you're curious about what Heroic Signatures and Titan have been doing with Conan and friends over the past few years, have a read. In short, it's been good stuff. My little story even got a highlight

howard-verse.com/current-cona...

05.02.2026 17:52 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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2025 Recommended Reading List Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…

Thrilled and honoured (and a bit stunned) to see Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List. A first for the series...and me! :) So many incredible works and writers included there--congrats to all! 1/

02.02.2026 15:26 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

Daaaayum, that's serious praise. Thanks, Jim! 💪

01.02.2026 17:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Modern Sword & Sorcery “with a dark streak a mile wide.”

- @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social

01.02.2026 16:12 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Savage Sword of Conan (2024) #6 Review – The Ensorcelled A spoiler-light review of Savage Sword of Conan (2024) #6 – King Conan: The Ensorcelled - is it good and is it worth your money? Oh yes...

I still can't believe I got to take my shot at writing a Conan story. The fact that it's been so well-received is pretty damn great, too. When you share a ToC with Jason Aaron and other heavy-hitters, it's a bit nerve-racking.

howard-verse.com/savage-sword...

23.01.2026 20:28 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Musings of the Nerd Kind My personal Substack

I just dropped a new musey newsy letter. Subscribe, won't you?

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23.01.2026 16:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That Buddy Guy epilogue is was *chef'kiss*

23.01.2026 02:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'd let her back in. 🚪

20.01.2026 16:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cliffhanger has no reason to be as fun as it is. Only Arnold would make it better. The lines write themselves.

19.01.2026 14:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lies detected: 0

19.01.2026 14:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Not as cool as my Conan jacket, but honestly pretty close. Go back. Get it. Lol

11.01.2026 22:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Let me know! I was impressed by the trailer.

11.01.2026 22:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0