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Craig Shaw Gardner


USA flag (b.1949)

aka Peter Garrison

Craig Shaw Gardner has written bunches of books, beginning with a number of funny fantasies with names like A MALADY OF MAGICKS, SLAVES OF THE VOLCANO GOD, and THE OTHER SINBAD. His somewhat more serious books include the Dragon Circle (beginning with DRAGON SLEEPING) and the Changeling Saga (starting with THE CHANGELING WAR). He has also collected a bunch of his horror stories into a book called A COLD WIND IN JULY. 
Craig has also done a whole bunch of media tie-in projects over the years, the most popular of which was the New York Times bestselling novelization of BATMAN (the Tim Burton version). As a part of this project, Craig actually got to walk around Gotham City (or at least the set at the movie studio.) Alas, they would not let him sit in the Batmobile.
 

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
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Dragon Circle
   1. Dragon Sleeping (1994)
     aka Raven Walking
   2. Dragon Waking (1995)
   3. Dragon Burning (1996)
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Changeling (as by Peter Garrison)
   1. The Changeling War (1999)
   2. The Sorcerer's Gun (1999)
   3. The Magic Dead (2000)
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Temporary Magic
   1. Temporary Monsters (2013)
   2. Temporary Hauntings (2014)
   3. Temporary Human (2015)
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Novels
   The Lost Boys (1987)
   Wishbringer (1988)
   Back to the Future, Part 3 (1990)
   The 7th Guest (1995) (with Matthew Costello)
   Leprechauns (1999)
   Jason and the Argonauts (2000)
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Collections
   The Phantom Chronicles (2007) (with Jim Alexander and David Bishop)
   A Cold Wind In July (2011)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Horror at Halloween (2011)
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Craig Shaw Gardner recommends
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Strangewood (1999)
Christopher Golden
"Wonderfully strange and new."
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Aeromancer (1997)
(Mancer, book 4)
Don Callander
"Charming! A fantasy quest with aspects of a fairy tale... thoroughly engaging."
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The Reasonably Invisible Man (1991)
(Kent Montana, book 2)
Lionel Fenn (Charles L Grant)
"You'll laugh! You'll groan! You'll cry! But remember, it's only a novel... it's only a novel..."

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Anthologies containing stories by Craig Shaw Gardner
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Black Cat Weekly #45 (2022)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 45)
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Mister October, Volume I (2013)
An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala
edited by
Christopher Golden
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Horror at Halloween (2011)
edited by
Jo Fletcher

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