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Brian Freeman
Brian Freeman is an author whose fiction has been published in magazines and anthologies including Borderlands 5, Corpse Blossoms, and all four volumes of the Shivers series. His first novel, Black Fire, was written under the pseudonym James Kidman. Published in 2004 by Leisure Books and Cemetery...
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Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction series, known as the Hyperion Cantos, and for his Locus-winning Ilium/Olympos cycle.
He spans genres such as...
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- Karel Čapek,
- Kevin Kelly,
- Yunmen Wenyan,
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- Kevin Kelly,
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- Brian Freeman,
- John Sunseri,
- Andrew J McKiernan
- John Sunseri,
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest...
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- Charles Dickens,
- Thomas de Quincey,
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Thomas de Quincey,
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- Walt Whitman,
- William Faulkner,
- Herman Melville,
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- William Faulkner,
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard Gaiman (pronounced /ˈɡeɪmən/) (born 10 November 1960) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include The Sandman graphic novel...
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- Gene Wolfe,
- Alan Moore,
- G. K. Chesterton,
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- Alan Moore,
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- Douglas Adams,
- Brian Freeman,
- Ekaterina Sedia,
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- Brian Freeman,
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come and I Am Legend, the latter of...
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- Shirley Jackson,
- Stanley G. Weinbaum,
- Stephen King
- Stanley G. Weinbaum,
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- Chris Carter,
- Stephen King,
- Brian Lumley,
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- Stephen King,
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American mainstream, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer.
Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, Bradbury is widely considered one of the...
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- Karel Čapek,
- Charles Dickens,
- Edgar Rice Burroughs,
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- Charles Dickens,
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- Stephen King,
- Neil Gaiman,
- Brad Linaweaver,
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- Neil Gaiman,
Robert Bloch
Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction.
Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, usually crime fiction, science fiction and,...
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- H. P. Lovecraft
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- Stephen King,
- Brian Freeman,
- Kealan Patrick Burke
- Brian Freeman,
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. More than 350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and...
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- Richard Matheson,
- Edgar Allan Poe,
- H. P. Lovecraft,
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- Edgar Allan Poe,
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- Haruki Murakami,
- Sarah Pinborough,
- Christopher Pike,
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- Sarah Pinborough,
M. R. James
Montague Rhodes James, OM, MA, (August 1, 1862 – June 12, 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best...
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- John Betjeman,
- Ramsey Campbell,
- John Bellairs,
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- Ramsey Campbell,
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon (pronounced /ˈʃeɪbɒn/ SHAY-bon) (born May 24, 1963) is an American author and "one of the most celebrated writers of his generation," according to the The Virginia Quarterly Review. His first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988),...
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- F. Scott Fitzgerald,
- Gustave Flaubert,
- Michael Moorcock,
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- Gustave Flaubert,
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- Brian Freeman,
- Raymond K. Wong
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson (December 14, 1916, San Francisco, California - August 8, 1965, Bennington, Vermont) was an influential American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years....
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- Jonathan Lethem,
- Stephen King,
- Richard Matheson,
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- Stephen King,
Peter Straub
This article is about Peter Straub the novelist. For the German statesman, see Peter Straub (politician).
Peter Francis Straub (born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre....
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- Arthur Machen
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- Brian Freeman,
- James A. Moore,
- Paul Haines,
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- James A. Moore,
Stewart O'Nan
Stewart O'Nan (born February 4, 1961) is an American novelist.
Born on February 4, 1961 to John Lee O'Nan and Mary Ann O'Nan, née Smith. He and his brother were raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He earned his B.S. at Boston University in 1983....
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- Richard Yates
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- Brian Freeman
