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
Series
Best Short Fiction of Darrell Schweitzer
1. The Mysteries of the Faceless King (2020)
2. The Last Heretic (2020)
1. The Mysteries of the Faceless King (2020)
2. The Last Heretic (2020)
Novels
The Shattered Goddess (1983)
The White Isle (1989)
The Mask of the Sorcerer (1995)
Sekenre (2004)
The Dragon House (2018)
The White Isle (1989)
The Mask of the Sorcerer (1995)
Sekenre (2004)
The Dragon House (2018)
Collections
We Are All Legends (1981)
Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out (1985)
The Meaning of Life, and Other Awesome Cosmic Revelations (1989)
Transients (1993)
Non Compost Mentis (1995)
Poetica Dementia (1997)
Refugees from an Imaginary Country (1999)
Necromancies and Netherworlds (1999) (with Jason van Hollander)
Nightscapes (2000)
Groping Toward the Light (poems) (2000)
The Great World and the Small (2001)
The Innsmouth Tabernacle Choir Hymnal (poems) (2004)
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction (2006) (with Neil Gaiman)
The Robert E. Howard Reader (2007) (with Robert E Howard)
Ghosts of Past and Future (poems) (2008)
Deadly Things / Judgment of the Gods (2010) (with Robert Reginald)
Echoes of the Goddess (2013)
The Emperor of the Ancient Word (2013)
Awaiting Strange Gods (2015)
Something Wicked This Way Rides (2021) (with others)
The Children of Chorazin and Other Strange Denizens (2023)
Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out (1985)
The Meaning of Life, and Other Awesome Cosmic Revelations (1989)
Transients (1993)
Non Compost Mentis (1995)
Poetica Dementia (1997)
Refugees from an Imaginary Country (1999)
Necromancies and Netherworlds (1999) (with Jason van Hollander)
Nightscapes (2000)
Groping Toward the Light (poems) (2000)
The Great World and the Small (2001)
The Innsmouth Tabernacle Choir Hymnal (poems) (2004)
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction (2006) (with Neil Gaiman)
The Robert E. Howard Reader (2007) (with Robert E Howard)
Ghosts of Past and Future (poems) (2008)
Deadly Things / Judgment of the Gods (2010) (with Robert Reginald)
Echoes of the Goddess (2013)
The Emperor of the Ancient Word (2013)
Awaiting Strange Gods (2015)
Something Wicked This Way Rides (2021) (with others)
The Children of Chorazin and Other Strange Denizens (2023)
Novellas and Short Stories
Peeling It Off (1990)
Living With the Dead (2008)
Windows of the Imagination (2022)
Fighting the Zeppelin Gang (2023)
Living With the Dead (2008)
Windows of the Imagination (2022)
Fighting the Zeppelin Gang (2023)
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)
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)
Anthology series
Speaking of the Fantastic
1. Speaking of the Fantastic (2005)
2. Speaking of the Fantastic II (2005)
3. Speaking of the Fantastic III (2011)
4. Speaking of the Fantastic IV (2018)
5. Speaking of the Fantastic V (2024)
1. Speaking of the Fantastic (2005)
2. Speaking of the Fantastic II (2005)
3. Speaking of the Fantastic III (2011)
4. Speaking of the Fantastic IV (2018)
5. Speaking of the Fantastic V (2024)
Non fiction
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Books containing stories by Darrell Schweitzer
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Darrell Schweitzer recommends
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!"
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."
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