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Mort Castle
Mort Castle (born 1946) is an American horror author and writing teacher, with more than 500 short stories and 17 books to his credit, including ''Cursed Be the Child'' (Leisure Books, 1994) and ''The Strangers''. Castle's first novel was published in 1967. Since then he has had pieces published in all sorts of places ranging from traditional literary magazines to more off-the-wall or risqué markets. He has been nominated eleven times for the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction and was winner three times. A dedicated writing teacher, Castle has been a working musician, a standup comic, a stage hypnotist, a high school English teacher (for 11 years), and a magazine and comic book editor. He is currently writer-in-residence for two high schools, and teaching "Researching and Writing Historical Fiction" and "Story In Graphic Form" and other classes at Columbia College Chicago. He is a frequent keynote speaker at writing conferences, and has given over 1000 presentations to writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Graphic Classics
''Graphic Classics'' is a comic book anthology series published by Eureka Productions of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. ''Graphic Classics'' features adaptations of literary classics by authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, H. P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Allan Poe, with art by top professionals, many of whom hail from the underground or alternative comics world. Created and edited by Tom Pomplun, the series began publication in 2002. Designed for ages 12 and up, 22 of the ''Graphic Classics'' volumes have been included in Diamond Comic Distributors list of recommended books for the American Library Association's Common Core Standards curricula. Publication history ''Graphic Classics'' was an outgrowth of ''Rosebud'', a literary journal co-founded by Pomplun which also included comics. In 2002, Pomplun left ''Rosebud'' to start ''Graphic Classics.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |