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Matthew John is an English language arts teacher and employee of Monolith Games (Conan, Batman: Gotham City Chronicles). When time allows, he likes to write short fiction, waste time at the gaming table, and chat sword and sorcery on the Rogues in the House Podcast. His work has been published in Grimdark Magazine, Skelos (SkelosPress), Weirdbook (Wildside Press), and Robert E. Howard’s Conan the roleplaying game (Modiphius Games).

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	The Savage Sword of Conan Vol. 2 by Jim Zub (Goodreads Author), Patrick Zircher (artist), Fernando Dagnino (artist) 3.92 avg rating — 106 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Walk on Worlds (The Maxus Cycle, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 79 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Savage Sword of Conan (2024-) #6 by Jason Aaron, Geof Isherwood (artist), Piotr Kowalski (artist) 4.11 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Savage Sword of Conan (2024-) #14 by Jim Zub (Goodreads Author), Ivan Gil (Artist), Goran Sudžuka (Artist) 4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2026	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skelos 1: The Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy by Mark Finn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Gruber (Editor), Jeffrey Shanks (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert E. Howard Changed My Life: Personal Essays about an Extraordinary Legacy by Jason M. Waltz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert E. Howard, Todd B. Vick (Contributor) 4.53 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Within the Weeping Eye (The Maxus Cycle, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Issue #3 by Oliver Brackenbury (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matthew John (Goodreads Author), Premee Mohamed (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heroic Legends Series - Cormac Mac Art: Isle of Swords 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Matthew John and 1 other person liked Vincent Darlage's review of The Heroic Legends Series - Cormac Mac Art: Isle of Swords: "A very skillful and competent story. Matt John went more with sword & sorcery with this one instead of strictly historical fiction (which it seems like two of the four completed stories by REH were, and at least one of the drafts), but one of the dra" Read more of this review »
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Matthew John and 1 other person liked Ben A's review of The Heroic Legends Series - Cormac Mac Art: Isle of Swords: "This was an incredibly entertaining story that hinted at that larger, shared REH universe and while this story was my introduction to the character, I intend to look seek more out. "
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Matthew John and 2 other people liked Ståle Gismervik's review of The Heroic Legends Series - Cormac Mac Art: Isle of Swords: "4 out of 5 stars I am generally very sceptical of pastiches featuring Robert E. Howard’s characters, so I approached Cormac Mac Art: Isle of Swords with some caution. I met Matthew John only briefly at Howard Days in 2022, and we have since been conne" Read more of this review »
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Matthew John liked Buck's review of The Heroic Legends Series - Cormac Mac Art: Isle of Swords: "By Crom! This story is a ripper. Loved so much about it, but that last line especially is one for the books."
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