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Karl Edward Wagner

(1945 - 1994)

Karl Edward Wagner (4 December 1945 - 13 October 1994) was an American writer, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. His disillusionment with the medical profession can be seen in the stories "The Fourth Seal" and "Into Whose Hands". He described his world view as nihilistic, anarchistic and absurdist, and claimed, not entirely seriously, to be related to "an opera composer named Richard".

Genres: Horror, Fantasy

Series

Kane
   Darkness Weaves (1970)
     aka Darkness Weaves with Many Shades
   Death Angel's Shadow (1973)
   Bloodstone (1975)
   Dark Crusade (1976)
   Night Winds (1978)
   The Book of Kane (1985)
   The Midnight Sun (2003)

Anthology series

Echoes of Valor
   1. Echoes of Valor (1987)
   2. Echoes of Valor II (1989)
   3. Echoes of Valor III (1991)

Novels

   Killer (1985) (with David Drake)
   Legion from the Shadows (1988)
   Unthreatened by the Morning Light (1991)
   Tell Me, Dark (1992)
   Ravens Eyrie (1993)

Collections

   Bran Mak Morn / Legion from the Shadows (1976)
   Where the Summer Ends (1980)
   In a Lonely Place (1983)
   Why Not You and I? (1987)
   Exorcisms and Ecstasies (1994)
   Walk on the Wild Side (2012)

Anthologies edited

   Horror Story Volume 5 (1989)
   Intensive Scare (1990)
   Horror Story Volume 4 (1990)
   Horror Story Volume 3 (1991)

Series contributed to

Conan (Lancer/Ace Books)
16. The Road of Kings (1979)

Anthologies containing stories by Karl Edward Wagner

Savage Heroes (1975)
Whispers (1977)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 3 (1977)
Dark Forces (1980)
New Terrors 1 (1980)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Top Fantasy (1984)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 10 (1984)
Night Visions 2 (1985)
Masters of Darkness (1986)
Cutting Edge (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987)
Ghor, Kin-Slayer (1987)
The Architecture of Fear (1987)
The Colour of Evil (1987)
Silver Scream (1988)
Fine Frights (1988)
Gaslight and Ghosts (1988)
Jack the Ripper (1988)
Best New Horror (1990)
Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991)
Best New Horror 2 (1991)
A Whisper of Blood (1991)
The Mammoth Book of Terror (1991)
The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
Confederacy of the Dead (1993)
The Ultimate Witch (1993)
Best New Horror 4 (1993)
The Hastur Cycle, 2nd Edition (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
The Best of Whispers (1994)
The King Is Dead (1994)
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (1994)
The Giant Book of Terror (1994)
Splatterpunks II (1995)
Dark Terrors (1995)
Forbidden Acts (1995)
Dark Love (1995)
The Best New Horror 6 (1995)
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995)
The Best New Horror 5 (1995)
The Best of Weird Tales (1995)
The Vampire Hunters' Casebook (1996)
Diagnosis - Terminal (1996)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
The New Lovecraft Circle (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eight (1997)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)

Short stories

	Stardust (1959)
	In the Lair of Yslsl (1973)
	Killer [short story] (1974) (with David Drake)
	Midnight Sun (1974)
	Sticks (1974)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	Sing a Last Song of Valdese (1976)
	Two Suns Setting (1976)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	The Coming of Ghor (1977)
	Undertow (1977)
	.220 Swift (1980)
	Where the Summer Ends [short story] (1980)
	In the Wake of the Night (1981)
	The River of Night's Dreaming (1981)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	Beyond Any Measure (1982)		World Fantasy
	Into Whose Hands (1983)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	Neither Brute Nor Human (1983)
	More Sinned Against (1984)
	The Treasure of Lynortis (1984)
	Blue Lady, Come Back (1985)
	Old Loves (1985)
	Shrapnel (1985)
	Lacunae (1986)
	Endless Night (1987)
	Satan's Gun (1987)
	An Awareness of Angels (1988)
	At First Just Ghostly (1989)		Bram Stoker (nominee)
	But You'll Never Follow Me (1990)		Bram Stoker (nominee)
	Cedar Lane (1990)
	The Kind Men Like (1990)
	A Fair Cop (1991)
	The Slug (1991)
	Did They Get You to Trade? (1992)		Bram Stoker (nominee)
	One Paris Night (1992)
	Hell Creek (1993)
	Little Lessons in Gardening (1993)
	Passages (1993)
	A Walk on the Wild Side (1993)
	Deep in the Depths of the Acme Warehouse (1994)
	The Gothic Touch (1994)
	In the Middle of a Snow Dream (1994)
	Gremlin (1995)
	I've Come to Talk With You Again (1995)
	Locked Away (1995)
	The Picture of Jonathan Collins (1995)
	Prince of the Punks (1995)
	Final Cut (1996)
	Plan 10 from Inner Space (1996)		Bram Stoker (nominee)
	Brushed Away (1997)
	The Education of Gergy-doo-doo (1997)

Awards

	World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1975) : Sticks
	World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1977) : Dark Crusade
	World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1977) : Two Suns Setting
	World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1979) : Night Winds
	World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1982) : The River of Night's Dreaming
	World Fantasy Best Novella winner (1983) : Beyond Any Measure
	World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1984) : Into Whose Hands
	World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1988) : Why Not You and I?
	Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1990) : At First Just Ghostly
	Bram Stoker Best Short Story nominee (1991) : But You'll Never Follow Me
	Bram Stoker Best Short Story nominee (1993) : Did They Get You to Trade?
	Bram Stoker Best Short Story nominee (1997) : Plan 10 from Inner Space
	Bram Stoker Best Collection winner (1998) : Exorcisms and Ecstasies

Karl Edward Wagner recommends

From the Heart of Darkness (1983)
David Drake
"A collection of thoroughly vicious, uncompromising horror stories...These stories may frighten you and they may turn your stomach, but you are not going to forget them - and that is the hallmark of successful horror fiction."

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