The Silver Key & The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Allister is back in Derry & Toms to take a look at some Lovecraft. My choice, The Silver Key, and his... The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. The latter appears in Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn's Fantasy: The 100 Best Books, and may be the fifth on that hefty list that we've managed to cover … Continue reading The Silver Key & The Case of Charles Dexter Ward →

AGENT OF CHAOS

Phil is back in Derry & Toms, and we're looking at another IP Spin-off. On this occasion, though, the Moorcock content is significant. Critical, in fact! We're talking about Kami Garcia's The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos. But why is Moorcock so integral to an X-Files prequel novel about 17-year-old Fox Mulder and his small … Continue reading AGENT OF CHAOS →

Rolling in the Ruins Part Two – Last Rollers Standing

5 hours ago In June 2026 we hosted a couple of Moorcock-flavoured RPG days a fortnight apart here in Bradford. For more on how that came about, see part one.A lot of our fellow rollers made a weekend of it and stuck around on the Sunday mornings, allowing, for the first time, a more community-based … Continue reading Rolling in the Ruins Part Two – Last Rollers Standing →

The Ice Schooner – Part Two

Miles is back for Part Two of The Ice Schooner, in which we find that our hero Konrad Arflane is still a dick, and we beat around several bushes, including the novelisation of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Richard Widmark and flamethrowers, and comparative experiences of angiograms… JOIN US!!!! (and listen to the Casual Trek … Continue reading The Ice Schooner – Part Two →

Rolling in the Ruins – Day One Report

After six or so years of mulling it over, and then deciding (whilst under the influence of Morphine in ICU at Bradford Royal Infirmary at 3am) to just get on with it... we finally had our first Rolling in the Ruins RPG microcon. 10 games over the space of Saturday the 6th of June with … Continue reading Rolling in the Ruins – Day One Report →

Stormbringer RPG Dot Com (MM&RPGs – X)

SYNCHRONIUS NEWS! We're less than four weeks out from our first Moorcockian gaming weekend, Rolling in the Ruins 2026, and suddenly Elric RPGs are like buses! What great fortune then, that I had this RPG-related chat lined up with Marcus Bone, the guy behind https://stormbringerrpg.com/ and many other things, like: https://www.darkconspiracytherpg.com https://unboundbook.org and https://demonground.org/archives/299-2/ So … Continue reading Stormbringer RPG Dot Com (MM&RPGs – X) →

Death Angel’s Shadow – Part Two

Dave returns to Derry & Toms to conclude our coverage of the 1973 Karl Edward Wagner anthology Death Angel's Shadow, featuring his anti-hero Kane. Some great stuff in here, but some rough stuff too, with references to sexual assault, so please beware that we will discuss it in both the original context, as we see … Continue reading Death Angel’s Shadow – Part Two →

The Alex Sanders Lectures and the Satanic Mojo of Jason Atomic

Jason Atomic drops by Derry & Toms to talk about his journey from finding Moorcock and metal to creating Satanic Mojo comix, founding the Satanic Flea Market, becoming an avid book collector and illustrating the Alex Sanders Lectures, a brand new reprint of one of the first correspondent courses in witchcraft by the "King of … Continue reading The Alex Sanders Lectures and the Satanic Mojo of Jason Atomic →

The Warlord of the Air – Part Two

Robert is back in D&Ts to pick up the trail of Oswald Bastable as he navigates the strange world of an alternative 1970s full of airships, anarchists and a nasty little fucker called Reagan. We also navigate Mike's occasionally annoying propensity for retrospectively sticking a Von Bek in EVERYTHING. Get the Colossive Press Croydon Spaceport … Continue reading The Warlord of the Air – Part Two →

One of the Spirits Burning w/ Don Falcone

Don Falcone returns to Derry & Toms to talk about his epic musical memoir, One of the Spirits Burning. A fascinating insight into Don's magical journey as the centre of the Spirits Burning space rock collaboration, spanning almost 30 years and 22 albums (and counting). Don has worked with Michael Moorcock extensively (Mike wrote the … Continue reading One of the Spirits Burning w/ Don Falcone →