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Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of B...

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10/31/2018
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Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of B...

6/7/2021

Richard Vance Corben MP (1940 - 2020)

Richard Corben was born on a farm in Anderson, Missouri, and went on to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute, in 1965. At the same time, he trained in bodybuilding, but...

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12/13/2020
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Richard Vance Corben MP (1940 - 2020)

Richard Corben was born on a farm in Anderson, Missouri, and went on to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute, in 1965. At the same time, he trained in bodybuilding, but...

5/31/2021

Edgar Allan Poe MP (1809 - 1849)

Poe Museum 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...

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6/16/2007
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Edgar Allan Poe MP (1809 - 1849)

Poe Museum 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...

5/18/2021

Bram Stoker MP (1847 - 1912)

"Bram Stoker", "Abraham"

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula . * Biography * Family Tree * Bram's Stoker's ...

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11/27/2010
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11/27/2010

Bram Stoker MP (1847 - 1912)

"Bram Stoker", "Abraham"

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula . * Biography * Family Tree * Bram's Stoker's ...

5/11/2021

Philip K. Dick MP (1928 - 1982)

Official Fan Site * Wikipedia - Philip K. Dick > * From a recent New York Times article (December 16, 2011) on PKD: "Philip K. Dick’s novels — the works that he considered important and publishable — e...

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4/11/2009
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4/11/2009

Philip K. Dick MP (1928 - 1982)

Official Fan Site * Wikipedia - Philip K. Dick > * From a recent New York Times article (December 16, 2011) on PKD: "Philip K. Dick’s novels — the works that he considered important and publishable — e...

5/3/2021

Paul Wegener MP (1874 - 1948)

Paul Wegener (* 11. Dezember 1874 in Arnoldsdorf, Westpreußen; † 13. September 1948 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Theater- und Filmschauspieler und Filmregisseur. Er war außerdem Produzent und Drehbucha...

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3/7/2015
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Paul Wegener MP (1874 - 1948)

Paul Wegener (* 11. Dezember 1874 in Arnoldsdorf, Westpreußen; † 13. September 1948 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Theater- und Filmschauspieler und Filmregisseur. Er war außerdem Produzent und Drehbucha...

5/3/2021

McFarlane (/məkˈfɑːrlɪn/; born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian artist, writer, designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn.In the late 1980s and ea...

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8/24/2016
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8/24/2016

McFarlane (/məkˈfɑːrlɪn/; born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian artist, writer, designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn.In the late 1980s and ea...

5/2/2021

Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. Frequently described as the best graphic novel writer in...

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8/24/2016
5/1/2021
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8/24/2016

Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. Frequently described as the best graphic novel writer in...

5/1/2021

Harlan Ellison MP (1934 - 2018)

"Harlan Jay Ellison", "Cord Wainer Bird", "Cordwainer Bird", "Sley Harson", "Nalrah Nosille", "Paul Merchant", "Jay Charby", "Ellis Hart", "John Magnus", "Ivar Jorgenson", "Pat Roeder", "Derry Tiger", "Jay Solo"

Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 27, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in speculative fiction, and for his outspoken, combative personality.One of his fav...

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6/28/2018
4/30/2021
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6/28/2018

Harlan Ellison MP (1934 - 2018)

"Harlan Jay Ellison", "Cord Wainer Bird", "Cordwainer Bird", "Sley Harson", "Nalrah Nosille", "Paul Merchant", "Jay Charby", "Ellis Hart", "John Magnus", "Ivar Jorgenson", "Pat Roeder", "Derry Tiger", "Jay Solo"

Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 27, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in speculative fiction, and for his outspoken, combative personality.One of his fav...

4/30/2021

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm MP (1785 - 1863)

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (also Karl; 4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863) was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author (with his brother...

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10/23/2009
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10/23/2009

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm MP (1785 - 1863)

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (also Karl; 4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863) was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author (with his brother...

4/30/2021

Wilhelm Carl Grimm MP (1786 - 1859)

Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm. Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl;[a] 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a ...

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10/23/2009
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10/23/2009

Wilhelm Carl Grimm MP (1786 - 1859)

Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm. Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl;[a] 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a ...

4/30/2021

Ray Bradbury MP (1920 - 2012)

"Ray"

One of the most celebrated speculative fiction authors among the 20th and 21st century, many of Ray Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films. He is best known for his dystopian...

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8/5/2007
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Ray Bradbury MP (1920 - 2012)

"Ray"

One of the most celebrated speculative fiction authors among the 20th and 21st century, many of Ray Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films. He is best known for his dystopian...

4/30/2021

George Gordon Byron, 6th Lord Byron MP (1788 - 1824)

""Lord Byron""

George Gordon Byron , 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron , was a British poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is regard...

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6/21/2009
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6/21/2009

George Gordon Byron, 6th Lord Byron MP (1788 - 1824)

""Lord Byron""

George Gordon Byron , 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron , was a British poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is regard...

4/30/2021

Mary Shelley MP (1797 - 1851)

"Mary Shelley"

Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic nove...

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11/10/2008
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Mary Shelley MP (1797 - 1851)

"Mary Shelley"

Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic nove...

4/30/2021

Robert Louis Stevenson MP (1850 - 1894)

"Louis"

Epitaph Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed t...

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1/22/2010
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Robert Louis Stevenson MP (1850 - 1894)

"Louis"

Epitaph Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed t...

4/30/2021

H.P. Lovecraft MP (1890 - 1937)

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (20 August 1890 - 15 March 1937): The only child of Winfield Scott Lovecraft and Sarah Susan Phillips, Howard was born, raised in, and died in Providence, Rhode Island. “I Am ...

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11/1/2013
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H.P. Lovecraft MP (1890 - 1937)

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (20 August 1890 - 15 March 1937): The only child of Winfield Scott Lovecraft and Sarah Susan Phillips, Howard was born, raised in, and died in Providence, Rhode Island. “I Am ...

4/30/2021

Anton Szandor LaVey MP (1930 - 1997)

Anton Szandor LaVey (born Howard Stanton Levey) was an American author, occultist, and musician. He was the founder of the Church of Satan as well as the author of The Satanic Bible and the founder of ...

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7/22/2011
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Anton Szandor LaVey MP (1930 - 1997)

Anton Szandor LaVey (born Howard Stanton Levey) was an American author, occultist, and musician. He was the founder of the Church of Satan as well as the author of The Satanic Bible and the founder of ...

4/30/2021

Robert Ervin Howard MP (1906 - 1936)

Author of westerns, mysteries, occult and horror stories, he is best known as the creator of Solomon Kane and Conan the Barbarian, thus creating the literary genre known as, “Sword and Sorcery”Pen pal ...

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Robert Ervin Howard MP (1906 - 1936)

Author of westerns, mysteries, occult and horror stories, he is best known as the creator of Solomon Kane and Conan the Barbarian, thus creating the literary genre known as, “Sword and Sorcery”Pen pal ...

4/30/2021