Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction

Masterton’s more recent novels have been more likely to use familiar themes. Master of Lies (1992), for example, is the story of ...

May Come(1978, filmed in 1998) is an almost mystical fantasy in which the spirit of a dead man seeks to be reunited with the wom ...

doom that has plagued previous generations. The book is a prime example of the Southern Gothic horror novel and one of McCammon’ ...

Caskey family, decaying southern aristocrats who employ a supernatural force linked to a nearby river to ward off threats to the ...

who has lived her entire life among magical ani- mals and the consequences when a new person en- ters her life. The Riddle Maste ...

from her sex to take up a magical sword and fight against her people’s enemies. The second title is actually a prequel, establis ...

They are more polished than McNally’s earlier novels but less interesting. McNally returned to ghosts with Stage Fright (1995), ...

The Metal Monster(1920, but not in book form until 1946), is more overtly science fiction, involv- ing an alien life form that e ...

who wishes to right an old wrong. There are also strong romantic elements, which recur in most of her other titles. The protagon ...

His most recent novel, Iron Council(2004), follows the adventures of a group of rebels un- happy with the government of New Crob ...

his innovations are welcome. Unlike many fantasy writers, Modesitt does not automatically assume that Order is good and Chaos is ...

fully with two more novels. The Final Quest(1981) describes the infighting and factionalism that ended the unity that had existe ...

death from the Brooklyn Bridge when he is ac- costed by a mysterious stranger. His benefactor, Vizaphmal, soon reveals himself t ...

he has miraculously acquired the power to heal the sick with a touch and even to raise the dead. Al- though his parishioners bel ...

particularly powerful and possesses a magic sword that has a stronger will than his own, compelling him to occasional acts of vi ...

heroic fantasy of Fritz LEIBER. He has written very little short fantasy that did not fall into one or an- other of his series s ...

for an invasion and assassination. Three additional book-length adventures followed, the first two in collaboration with Chris M ...

and the Second Coming of Christ, although this time the manifestation is a woman. Her arrival precipitates some minor apocalypti ...

and horror stories and a handful of novels of the su- pernatural, none of the latter of which have re- mained in print. His shor ...

Munn, H. Warner(1903–1981) Harold Warner Munn began writing fantasy and horror stories in 1925 with “The Werewolf of Ponkert,” s ...