Darrell Schweitzer

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Darrell Schweitzer (born August 27, 1952) is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy. Schweitzer is also a prolific writer of literary criticism and editor of collections of essays on various writers wiithin his preferred genres. His most recent book is The Neil Gaiman Reader, a collection of essays about and interviews with Neil Gaiman published by Wildside Press in November, 2006.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Novels 1.2 Collections 1.3 Anthologies 1.4 Nonfiction 1.5 Awards 1.6 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• The Shattered Goddess (1982)
• The White Isle (1990)
• The Mask of the Sorcerer (1995)

[edit] Collections

• SF Voices (1976)
• We Are All Legends (1981)
• Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out, and Other Strange Excursions (1985)
• Transients and Other Disquieting Stories (1993)
• Non Compost Mentis (1995)
• Poetica Dementia (1997)
• Refugees from an Imaginary Country (1999)
• Necromancies and Netherworlds (1999) with Jason Van Hollander
• Nightscapes: Tales of the Ominous and Magical (2000)
• The Great World and the Small: More Tales of the Ominous and Magical (2001) with Jason Van Hollander
• The Innsmouth Tabernacle Choir Hymnal (2004)

[edit] Anthologies

• Tales from the Spaceport Bar (1986) with George H. Scithers
• Another Round at the Spaceport Bar (1989) with George H. Scithers

[edit] Nonfiction

• On Writing Science Fiction (The Editors Strike Back!) (1981) with John M. Ford and George H. Scithers
• Discovering Modern Horror Fiction I (1985)
• Discovering Stephen King (1985)
• Exploring Fantasy Worlds (edited by) (1985)
• Discovering H. P. Lovecraft (1987)
• Discovering Modern Horror Fiction II (1988)
• Pathways to Elfland: The Writings of Lord Dunsany (1989)
• Discovering Classic Horror Fiction I (1992)
• Lord Dunsany: A Bibliography (1993) with S. T. Joshi
• Speaking of Horror: Interviews with Writers of the Supernatural (1994)
• Discovering Classic Fantasy Fiction (1997)
• Windows of the Imagination: Essays on Fantastic Literature (1998)
• Speaking of the Fantastic (2002)
• The Thomas Ligotti Reader (2003)
• Speaking of the Fantastic II (2004)
• The Neil Gaiman Reader (2006, publication date November 15 2006, Wildside Press)

[edit] Awards

World Fantasy Award (1993) for co-editing Weird Tales

[edit] External links

• Dreamer on the wildside An Interview with Darrell Schweizter from Cold Print magazine 2004.
• Spotlight on Darrell Schweitzer An Interview with Darrell Schweizter from Portal Press Books 2007.