Adrian Tchaikovsky does Sword & Sorcery.

Spiderlight is both a light hearted and a serious examination of the creatures of the light and of the dark dichotomy of the Tolkienish, Sword & Sorcery genre, and it is not subtle about it.

Sometimes too crude, but has a lot of fun and serious moments.

Tchaikovsky gets to examine the concept of an uplifted spider in a fantasy setting.