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Darrell Schweitzer


(Darrell Charles Schweitzer)
USA flag (b.1952)

Darrell Schweitzer (born August 27, 1952) is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy. Schweitzer is also a prolific writer of literary criticism and editor of collections of essays on various writers within his preferred genres.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
 
Novels
   The Shattered Goddess (1983)
   The White Isle (1989)
   The Mask of the Sorcerer (1995)
   Sekenre (2004)
   The Dragon House (2018)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
   Tales from the Spaceport Bar (1987) (with George Scithers)
   Weird Tales 292 (1988)
   Another Round at the Spaceport Bar (1989) (with George Scithers)
   Weird Trails (2004) (with Abner Gibber)
   The Secret History of Vampires (2007)
   Full Moon City (2010) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Cthulhu's Reign (2010)
   That Is Not Dead (2015)
   Tales from the Miskatonic University Library (2017) (with John Ashmead)
   Mountains of Madness Revealed (2019)
   Shadows Out of Time (2023)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction
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Darrell Schweitzer recommends
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Satan's Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps (2004)
E Hoffmann Price
"Pulp stories at their pulpiest from a master of the form. Enjoy!"
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The Devil's Own Dear Son (1949)
James Branch Cabell
"One of the all-time greats of fantasy, whose cynical yet romantic view of the human comedy is simultaneously hilarious, beautiful, and melancholy. A writer you must read."

Anthologies containing stories by Darrell Schweitzer
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Black Cat Weekly #114 (2023)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 114)
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The Weird Cat (2023)
edited by
S T Joshi and Katherine Kerestman
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Spectral Realms No. 19 (2023)
(Spectral Realms, book 19)
edited by
S T Joshi

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Awards
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1992) : To Become a Sorcerer
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1994) : Transients: And Other Disquieting Stories
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1995) : The Mask of the Sorcerer
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (2000) : Necromancies and Netherworlds: Uncanny Stories


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