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Carcosa
Carcosa is a fictional city in Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (1886). The ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there. American writer Robert W. Chambers borrowed the name "Carcosa" for several of his short stories featured in the 1895 book ''The King in Yellow'', inspiring generations of authors to similarly use Carcosa in their own works. ''The King in Yellow'' The city was later used more extensively in Robert W. Chambers' book of short stories published in 1895, titled ''The King in Yellow''. Chambers had read Bierce's work and borrowed a few additional names from his work, including #Associated names, Hali and Hastur. In Chambers' stories, and within the apocryphal play titled ''The King in Yellow'', which is mentioned several times within them, the city of Carcosa is a mysterious, ancient, and possibly cursed place. The most precise description of its lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Inhabitant Of Carcosa
"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by American Civil War veteran and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in the ''San Francisco Newsletter'' of December 25, 1886 and was later reprinted as part of Bierce's collections '' Tales of Soldiers and Civilians'' and '' Can Such Things Be?'' The first-person narrative concerns a man from the ancient city of Carcosa who awakens from a sickness-induced sleep to find himself lost in an unfamiliar wilderness. Synopsis A man from the city of Carcosa, contemplating the words of the philosopher Hali concerning the nature of death, wanders through an unfamiliar wilderness. He does not know how he came there, but recalls that he was sick in bed. He worries that he has wandered outdoors in a state of insensibility. The man calms himself as he surveys his surroundings. He is aware that it is cold, though he does not exactly feel cold. He follows an ancient paved road, and sees the disassembled remnants of tombstones and tombs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Edward Wagner
Karl Edward Wagner (12 December 1945 – 14 October 1994) was an American writer, poet, editor, and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. He wrote numerous dark fantasy and horror stories. As an editor, he created a three-volume set of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian fiction restored to its original form as written, and edited the long-running and genre-defining '' The Year's Best Horror Stories'' series for DAW Books. His Carcosa publishing company issued four volumes of the best stories by some of the major authors of the so-called Golden Age pulp magazines. He is possibly best known for his creation of a series of stories featuring the character Kane, the Mystic Swordsman. Although he held a degree in psychiatry, he became disillusioned with the medical profession, a disenchantment evident in the stories "The Fourth Seal" and "Into Whose Hands". He described his perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book '' The Devil's Dictionary'' was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", and his book '' Tales of Soldiers and Civilians'' (also published as ''In the Midst of Life'') was named by the Grolier Club one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastur
Hastur (known by the epithets The Unspeakable One, The King in Yellow, Him Who Is Not to be Named, Assatur, Xastur, H'aaztre, Fenric, or Kaiwan) is an entity of the Cthulhu Mythos. Hastur first appeared in Ambrose Bierce's short story "Haïta the Shepherd" (1891) as a benign god of shepherd A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of Pastoralism, pastoralist animal husbandry. ...s. Subsequently Robert W. Chambers used the name in his late 1800s stories to represent both a person and a place associated with several stars, including Aldebaran. H. P. Lovecraft was inspired by Chambers's stories and briefly mentioned Hastur in ''The Whisperer in Darkness'' (1930). Later writers have also adapted Hastur in a variety of tales. Appearances In Chambers' ''The King in Yellow'' (1895 in literature, 1895), a collection of Horror ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galad Elflandsson
Galad Elflandsson (born 1951) is a Canadian fantasy 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 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which he also managed. Other members of the group included Gordon Derevanchuk, Charles de Lint, Charles R. Saunders and John Bell. The group hosted the 10th World Fantasy Convention The World Fantasy Convention is an annual science fiction convention, convention of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of fantasy. The World Fantasy Awards are presented at the event. Other features include an art sh ... in 1984. Elflandson's novel, '' The Black Wolf'', was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Green
''Delta Green'' is a contemporary era setting for the ''Call of Cthulhu'' role-playing game created by Adam Scott Glancy, Dennis Detwiller, and John Scott Tynes, a.k.a. the Delta Green Partnership, of the Seattle gaming house Pagan Publishing. The setting first appeared in a 1992 RPG scenario and revolves around a secretive organization tasked with protecting the United States from paranormal and alien threats. ''Delta Green'' combines the classic 1920s Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft with modern conspiracy fiction. In August 2011, Arc Dream Publishing and the Delta Green Partnership announced development of a standalone ''Delta Green'' role-playing game. Funding began in 2015 and in 2016 the ''Agent's Handbook'' was released followed by the ''Handler's Guide'' in 2018. Arc Dream Publishing also made a partnership with Pelgrane Press to release a prequel named ''The Fall of DELTA GREEN'' using the Gumshoe System in 2018. Premise ''Delta Green'' is a contemporary settin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Shea
Robert Joseph Shea (February 14, 1933 – March 10, 1994) was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy '' Illuminatus!'' It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In 1986 it won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Shea went on to write several action novels based in exotic historical settings. Early life and education Robert Joseph Shea was born in New York City. He attended high school at Manhattan Prep (Manhattan College High School), a Roman Catholic school run by the Christian Brothers, in the Riverdale section of The Bronx. After graduation, he attended Manhattan College and Rutgers University. Career and other works Apart from co-authoring ''Illuminatus!'' with Wilson, Shea wrote several historical action novels, including '' Shike'' (1981), a two-volume novel set in Ancient Japan about the warrio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armitage House
Pagan Publishing is a role-playing game publishing company founded by John Scott Tynes in 1990. It began by publishing a '' Call of Cthulhu'' role-playing game fanzine, '' The Unspeakable Oath''. In 1994, the company moved from Columbia, Missouri to Seattle, Washington where it incorporated. The staff at this time included John Tynes as editor-in-chief, John H. Crowe III as business manager, Dennis Detwiller as art director, and Brian Appleton and Chris Klepac as editors. Tynes, Detwiller, and Adam Scott Glancy released the ''Delta Green'' modern ''Call of Cthulhu'' campaign setting in 1996. Pagan has released multiple other ''Call of Cthulhu'' products, including a foray into card games with '' Creatures & Cultists'' and miniature games with '' The Hills Rise Wild!''. Pagan is based in Seattle, Washington and comprises Adam Scott Glancy as business manager and John H. Crowe III and Brian Appleton as editors. It continues to occasionally produce ''Call of Cthulhu'' books a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scott Tynes
John Scott Tynes (born 1971) is an American writer best known for his work on role-playing games such as ''Unknown Armies'', '' Delta Green'', '' Puppetland'', and for his company, Tynes Cowan Corporation. Under its imprint, Pagan Publishing, Tynes Cowan Corp. produces third-party books for the '' Call of Cthulhu'' role-playing game under license from Chaosium as well as fiction and non-fiction books under its imprint, Armitage House. Career John Tynes founded Pagan Publishing in 1990 at the age of 19 in Columbia, Missouri, with a volunteer staff. Tynes founded Pagan's '' The Unspeakable Oath'' magazine. Dennis Detwiller reached out to Tynes after seeing an issue of ''The Unspeakable Oath'', and then began volunteering with Pagan. Tynes designed the board game '' Creatures & Cultists''. Tynes began working at Wizards of the Coast in May 1994, when Jonathan Tweet was the new role-playing game department lead. Tynes was the first content lead on the '' Magic: The Gathering'' t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cisco
Michael Cisco (born October 13, 1970) is an American writer, Deleuzian academic, and teacher currently living in New York City. He is best known for his first novel, ''The Divinity Student,'' winner of the International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel of 1999. His novel ''The Great Lover'' was nominated for the 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel of the Year, and declared the Best Weird Novel of 2011 by the Weird Fiction Review. He has described his work as "de-genred" fiction. Biography Michael Terry Cisco was born and raised in Glendale, California. His father Terry Cisco worked as an inventor and principal scientist for the Hughes Aircraft Company and his mother worked as photographer and graphic designer for Glendale Community College's Public Information Office. Cisco attended Sarah Lawrence College as an undergraduate, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1992. As part of his undergraduate studies, Cisco studied at Oxford University for one year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Fager
Anders Fager Johansson (born 1964) is a Swedish game designer and horror writer. Career Born in Stockholm, eighteen year old Fager joined '' Äventyrspel'' in 1982 to travel around the country demonstrating Sweden's first role-playing game, '' Drakar & Demoner'', a game that at the time was compared to "improvised radio theatre". Fager wrote ', the first role-playing game adventure published in Swedish. He also co-designed board games for the ''Äventyrsspel'' label, such as ' and '. After among other things an army career, Fager made his debut as a writer in 2009 with the short story collection ''Swedish Cults'' (''Svenska kulter'') that received a most favourable review in Swedish newspaper ''Dagens Nyheter'' and launched Fager's career as full-time writer. Fager writes modern urban horror in a style he has repeatedly described as ”what would happen if James Ellroy took on H.P. Lovecraft”. Set in present-day Sweden, his interconnected stories form a modern part of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
