T. Winter-Damon was the pseudonym of Timothy Winter Damon, an American writer of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, as well as an artist. His work has appeared in anthologies and in hundreds of international magazines. Among other distinctions, T. Winter-Damon's short fiction was regularly selected to be reprinted in

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, an annual anthology published by DAW Books. His non-fiction specialties included world mythologies,

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mythologies and ritual, serial murder, sexual sadism, cannibalism, and the occult, published in multiple issues. He noted

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, H.P. Lovecraft, and

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as literary influences.

Selected bibliography

Books

* ''Duet for the Devil'' CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 3, 2010) * ''The Hour of Hallucinations'' (poetry collection) (Talisman Books, 2002) * ''The Forbidden Gospels of Man-Cruel, Volume 1'' (with Randy Chandler) (

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Books, 2001) * ''The Forbidden Gospels of Man-Cruel, Volume 2'' (with Randy Chandler) (CyberPsychos AOD Books, 2001) * ''Duet For the Devil'' (with Randy Chandler) (Necro Press, 2000) * ''Rex Miller: The Complete Revelations'' (TAL Publications, 1993)

Books: cover art

* ''Stigma: Afterworld'' (CyberPsychos AOD Books, 1997) * ''Sinistre: An Anthology of Rituals'' (Horror's Head Press, 1993) * ''The Best of

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'' (TAL Publications, 1993) * ''Short Circuits / Bad News from the Stars'' (Ocean View Books, 1991) * ''Hypertales & Metafiction'' by

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(Chris Drumm Books, 1990)

Short fiction

* ''Do Deadheads Dream of Shock-Pulsed Meat?'' (Fantastic Worlds v1 #1 1996) * ''Kadath: the Vision and the Journey'' (Cthulhu's Heirs, Chaosium 1994) * ''Chaunt of the Gray Man'' (Worlds of Fantasy & Horror, Sum 1994) * ''A Conversation with Harry Fassl'' (The Silver Web, Spr/Sum 1994) * ''Magnetic Personality Triggers Nail-Biter's Near-Death Ordeal!'' (Alien Pregnant By Elvis, DAW Books, 1994) * ''City in the Torrid Waste'' (The Year's Best Horror Stories: XXI ed, 1993) * ''Shadowings'' (Weird Tales, 1992) * ''The Ghost of Rimbaud Pauses'' (Grue #13 1991) * '' Fragments as the Darkened Mirror Shatters'' (The Tome #4, 1990) * ''Lord of Infinite Diversions'' ( Semiotext(e) SF,

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, 1989; The Year's Best Horror Stories XVIII, DAW Books, 1990) * '' In the Haunted Lands of Fear'' (Haunts #17, 1989) * ''London is Calling'' with Don Webb (Back Brain Recluse, 1989; Don Webb's ''The Explanation and Other Good Advice'' collection, Wordcraft of Oregon, 1998) * ''Martyr Without Canon'' (Grue, 1987; The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVI, DAW Books, 1988)

Poetry

* ''To a Fig Tree'' (Xizquil, 1993; 1994 Rhysling Anthology,

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) * ''Holocaustic Museum Fragments for Binary Extrapolation'' with

(Specula, 1993; 1994 Rhysling Anthology Science Fiction Poetry Association; Works, 1995) * ''The Newcomer'' with

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(Xanadu 2,

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, 1994) * ''He Whispers the Secrets of Those Souls Blind of Morning’s Blue'' (Nocturne #1, 1988; 1989 Rhysling Anthology Science Fiction Poetry Association) * ''Flickering Blue Extreme'' (Back Brain Recluse #4; 1986 Rhysling Anthology1986 Rhysling Anthology of award nominees
/ref> Science Fiction Poetry Association)

References

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