Imaginary Lands by Robin McKinley (1986).High Spirits by Robertson Davies (1984).The Dark Country by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (1982).Amazons! by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1980).The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson (1976).Worse Things Waiting by Manly Wade Wellman (1975).The House Across the Way (1982 editorially altered version published as Satan's Surrogate restored text 2001).Worse Things Waiting (1979 editorially altered version published as Satan's Seductress restored text 2000).Downward to Darkness (1978 editorially altered version published as Satan's Mistress restored text 2000).Gemini Rising (1977 editorially altered version published as Satan's Love Child restored text 2000).The Throne of Bones, a collection of horror-fantasy stories about ghouls set in an opulent, decadent world reminiscent of Clark Ashton Smith, won the World Fantasy Award for best collection and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection. His story 'The Return of the Colossus' is a sequel to Smith's 'The Colossus of Ylourgne' set during World War I while the title of 'To My Dear Friend Hommy-Beg' echoes Stoker's dedication for Dracula. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and Bram Stoker. His work includes literary nods to writers such as H. Restored texts of these books have been published by Wildside Press under their original titles. Although Worse Things Waiting follows on from Downward to Darkness, the other books featured completely unrelated characters and situations. Several of his novels were first published by Carlyle Books under editorially imposed titles implying that they were part of a series. He later held a variety of other jobs, meanwhile publishing about two hundred short stories in magazines and several books. He also wrote thrillers.īorn at Red Bank, New Jersey, McNaughton attended Harvard and worked for ten years as a reporter for the Newark Evening News. Brian McNaughton (23 September 1935 – ) was an American writer of horror and fantasy fiction who mixed sex, satire and black humour.

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