Edited by David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman. Tachyon (IPG, dist.), $15.95 (480p) ISBN 978-1-61696-069-8
Heroes and their mighty deeds populate the pages of this delightfully kitschy, yet absorbing anthology of sword and sorcery short stories from the 1930s onward. Hartwell and Weisman have selected some of the best short-form work in the genre,...
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Karl Edward Wagner, Author Dark Harvest $0 (240p) ISBN 978-0-913165-26-3
Wagner's second collection contains 11 horror stories, most of which are diverting if not actually horrifying. ""Neither Brute Nor Human'' is a tale of two writers who make it big, one of whom is really drained by his success; ``Into Whose Hands''...
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Karl Edward Wagner, Author, Ken Kelly, Joint Author Night Shade Books $35 (528p) ISBN 978-1-892389-24-4
Heroic fantasy fans will welcome the late Karl Edward Wagner's Gods in Darkness: The Complete Novels of Kane, featuring the immortal warrior and statesman. Jacket artist Ken Kelly supplies an extra illustration as well as his signature for the...
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Edited by Stephen Jones. Centipede, $45 (360p) ISBN 978-1-933618-98-2
Though not as uniformly powerful as the longer stories in the first volume (Where the Summer Ends) of this two-book retrospective, the 26 shorter tales gathered here often raise goose bumps. “More Sinned Against,” set in the sleazy side of Hollywood,
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Edited by Stephen Jones. Centipede, $45 (360p) ISBN 978-1-933618-97-5
One of the best horror writers of the 1970s and ’80s, Wagner (1945–1994) wrote eerie and disturbing stories that acknowledged the genre’s history, but were distinctly modern in their approach and development. This first of two retrospective volumes...
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