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Darrell Schweitzer


(Darrell Charles Schweitzer)
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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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Anthology series
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction
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Books containing stories by Darrell Schweitzer
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Spectral Realms No. 20 (2024)
(Spectral Realms, book 20)
edited by
S T Joshi
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Dead Reckonings No. 34 (2023)
Fall 2023
(Dead Reckonings, book 34)
edited by
Alex Houstoun
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Black Cat Weekly #114 (2023)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 114)

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Award nominations
2009 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Living With the Dead
2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Necromancies and Netherworlds: Uncanny Stories
1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Transients: And Other Disquieting Stories
1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : To Become a Sorcerer


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."

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