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Russell Kirk


USA flag (1918 - 1994)

Russell Kirk is widely regarded as one of the principal architects of the postwar conservative intellectual movement. A columnist, essayist, novelist, historian, and critic, Kirk's best-known work is The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot. He edited The Portable Conservative Reader (1982), and also wrote several fantasy novels and story collections.
 

Awards: WFA (1977)  see all
 
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Books containing stories by Russell Kirk
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The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume Two (2010)
(Century's Best Horror Fiction, book 2)
edited by
John Pelan
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The Dark Descent (1997)
(Dark Descent)
edited by
David G Hartwell
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The Best of Whispers (1994)
(Whispers)
edited by
Stuart David Schiff

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Awards
1977 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story : There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding

Award nominations
1985 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Watchers at the Strait Gate


Russell Kirk recommends
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Cold Hand in Mine (1975)
Robert Aickman
"Of all the authors of uncanny tales, Aickman is the best ever... His tales literally haunt me; his plots and his turns of phrase run through my head at the most unlikely moments."

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