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Thomas Piccirilli
Thomas Piccirilli (May 27, 1965 – July 11, 2015) was an American novelist, short story writer, editor, and poet, known for his writing in the crime, mystery, and horror genres. Career Piccirilli sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Some of his stories were included in the zombie anthologies which James Lowder edited for Eden Studios, Inc., Eden Studios. he died of brain cancer on July 11 2015 at age 50. Awards Piccirilli was a two-time winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" (2008, 2010). He is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. He was also a finalist for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award given by the Mystery Writers of America, a final nominee for the Fantasy Award, and the winner of the first Bram Stoker Award given in the category of "Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection, Best Poetry Collection". Bibliography Novels *''Dark Father'' (Pocket, 1990) *''Shards'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hellboy
Hellboy is a superhero created by Mike Mignola and appearing in comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various miniseries, one-shots, and intercompany crossovers. The character has been adapted into four live-action films: '' Hellboy'' (2004) and its sequel '' The Golden Army'' (2008), a 2019 reboot film, and '' The Crooked Man'' (2024). The character also appeared in two straight-to-DVD animated films and three video games – '' Dogs of the Night'' (2000), '' The Science of Evil'' (2008) and '' Web of Wyrd'' (2023). A well-meaning Cambion (or half-Demon) whose true name is Anung Un Rama ("and upon his brow is set a crown of flame"), Hellboy was summoned from Hell to Earth as a baby by Nazi occultists (spawning his hatred for the Third Reich). He appeared in the ruins of an old church in the Outer Hebrides in front of a team assembled by the Allied Forces, among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Segriff
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment * Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer * Larry Boone, American country singer * Larry Collins, American musician, member of the rockabilly sibling duo The Collins Kids *Larry Carlton (born 1948), American jazz guitarist and singer *Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning American actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director * Larry Emdur, Australian television personality * Larry Feign, American cartoonist working in Hong Kong *Larry Fine (1902–1975), American comedian and actor, one of the Three Stooges *Larry Gates, American actor *Larry Gatlin, American country singer * Larry Gayao (better known as Larry g(EE)), Filipino-American soul-pop artist *Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), American screenwriter, playwright, director and author *Larry Graham, founder of American funk band Graham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Keesey
Pam Keesey is an American writer. She published three fantasy anthologies – ''Dark Angels'' (1993), ''Daughters of Darkness'' (1995), and ''Women Who Run with the Werewolves'' (1996) – and a history book, '' Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale''. She is a two-time nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction. Biography Originally working at an A&W while in high school, Keesey worked at a public library and eventually a university library. She got a bachelor's degree from Hamline University and a master's degree from University of Bradford. Keesey published two lesbian vampire anthologies, ''Dark Angels'' (1993) and ''Daughters of Darkness'' (1995). In 1996, she published ''Women Who Run with the Werewolves'', an anthology of stories involving women werewolves. These three anthologies featured works from Suzy McKee Charnas, Sheridan Le Fanu, Ursula K. Le Guin, Charlee Jacob, Thomas Piccirilli, Cecilia Tan, and Melanie Tem. In 1997, she wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tlanusta Garrett
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Martin H
Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martín River, a tributary of the Ebro river in Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, a hamlet and former parish * Martin, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, a village and parish * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas North America Canada * Rural Municipality of Martin No. 122, Saskatchewan, Canada * Martin Islands, Nunavut, Canada United States * Martin, Florida * Martin, Georgia * Martin, Indiana * Martin, Kentucky * Martin, Louisiana * Martin, Michigan * Martin, Nebraska * Martin, North Dakota * Martin, Ohio * Martin, Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Straub
Peter Francis Straub (; March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022) was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them ''Julia'' (1975), ''Ghost Story'' (1979) and ''The Talisman'' (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King. He explored the mystery genre with the Blue Rose trilogy, consisting of ''Koko'' (1988), ''Mystery'' (1990) and ''The Throat'' (1993). He fused the supernatural with crime fiction in '' Lost Boy, Lost Girl'' (2003) and the related '' In the Night Room'' (2004). For the Library of America, he edited the volume ''H. P. Lovecraft: Tales'' and the anthology '' American Fantastic Tales''. Straub received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award. According to his ''New York Times'' obituary, Straub "brought a poet's sensibility to stories about ghosts, demons and other things that go bump in the night." Early life and education Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horror, mystery fiction, mystery, and Literary fiction, realistic fiction. Bradbury is best known for his novel ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1953) and his short-story collections ''The Martian Chronicles'' (1950), ''The Illustrated Man'' (1951), and ''The October Country'' (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel ''Dandelion Wine'' (1957), the dark fantasy ''Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel), Something Wicked This Way Comes'' (1962) and the fictionalized memoir ''Green Shadows, White Whale'' (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including ''Moby Dick (1956 film), Moby Dick'' and ''It Came from Outer Space''. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction, mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately Stephen King short fiction bibliography, 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.Jackson, Dan (February 18, 2016)"A Beginner's Guide to Stephen King Books". Thrillist. Retrieved February 5, 2019. His debut novel, debut, ''Carrie (novel), Carrie'' (1974), established him in horror. ''Different Seasons'' (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976 film), ''Carrie'' (1976), The Shining (film), ''The Shining'' (1980), The Dead Zone (film), ''The Dead Zone'' and Christine (1983 film), ''Christine'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bentley Little
Bentley Little (born 1960 in Mesa, Arizona) is an American author of horror fiction. Publishing an average of a novel a year since 1990, Little avoids publicity and rarely does promotional work or interviews for his writing. Early life Little is an Arizona native who, according to his professional biography, was born one month after his mother saw the world premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's film '' Psycho''. He studied at California State University Fullerton, from which he earned a BA in Communications and an MA in Comparative Literature. His thesis for the latter was his first novel, ''The Revelation'', which was later published and won a Bram Stoker Award. Style and recognition Little's novels tend to have brief titles (many use the construction "The oun, like ''The Mailman'' and ''The House'') and fall squarely into the horror genre. He dislikes his work being categorized as "suspense" or "supernatural thriller", preferring the more straightforward genre label. His work has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American writer. Early life Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts University. Career As well as novels, Golden has written comic books and video games, and co-written the online animated series '' Ghosts of Albion'' with actress/writer/director Amber Benson. He co-created and co-writes the Dark Horse Comics series ''Baltimore'' with Mike Mignola and wrote the introduction to the now collectible, 200-only copies, slipcased edition of Joe Hill's book of short stories titled '' 20th Century Ghosts''. He has also edited numerous horror and dark fantasy fiction anthologies. Golden worked on the script for '' Hellboy'' (2019), a reboot film based on Mignola's comic series Hellboy, though he ultimately was uncredited. Bibliography Novels * ''Strangewood'' (Signet, 1999) * ''Straight On 'Til Morning'' (Signet, 2001) * ''The Ferryman'' (Signet, 2002) * ''The Boys Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Clegg
Douglas Clegg (born April 1, 1958) is an American horror and dark fantasy author, and a pioneer in the field of e-publishing. He maintains a strong Internet presence through his website. Early life Born in Alexandria, Virginia to a "family of artists", Clegg had "scribbled stories" from a young age and then started typing them at age 8 when his parents brought home a typewriter. One of his first tales was an adventure about his pet mockingbird, which had recently died. His first horror story was for a school assignment at Sleepy Hollow School about St. Patrick’s Day, in which snakes take their revenge on St. Patrick and the people of Dublin. Clegg wrote his first novella-length work, called ''Asylum'', at age 17. Clegg graduated from Washington and Lee University, with a degree in English Literature. Writing career Clegg finished writing his first novel, ''Goat Dance'', in 1987. Pocket Books published it in 1989, and ''Goat Dance'' was nominated for Outstanding First Novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
