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Galad Elflandsson (born 1951) is a Canadian
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writer.


Literary career

In the 1980s, Elflandsson was a member of a group of fantasy writers who met at the House of Speculative Fiction bookstore in
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, Canada, which he also managed. Other members of the group included Gordon Derevanchuk,
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and John Bell. The group hosted the 10th
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in 1984. Elflandson's novel, '' The Black Wolf'', was published by
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in 1979.


Bibliography


Novels

*'' The Black Wolf'' (1979)


Collections

*''Tales of Carcosa'' (2018)


Short stories

*"A Tapestry of Dreams" (1978) *"How Darkness Came to Carcosa" (1978) *"Nightfear" (1978) *"The Piper of Dray" (1978) *"The Virgins of Po" (1978) *"The Answer" (1979) *"The Dance" (1979) *"The Basilisk" (1979) *"The Hand of the King" (1979) *"The Valley of the Sorrows" (1979) *"The Exile" (1979) *"The Way of Wizards" (1980) *"The Flat on Rue Chambord" (1980) *"Night Rider on a Pale Horse" (1980) *"An Act of Faith" (1982) *"The Reaver's Curse" (1984) *"Something in a Song" (1985) *"Icarus" (1986) *"The Last Time I Saw Harris" (1986) *"Waiting" (1986) *"The Devil Don't Dance with Strangers" (1986) *"An Overruling Passion" (1987) *"Hitch-Hiker" (unknown)


Verse

*"Beyond the Walls of Clouds" (1978) *"A Shade's Lament" (1978) *"Release" (1978) *"The Good Ship 'Revenger': or, What the Crew Don't Know Won't Hurt Me" (1991)


References

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