'He knows exactly what he's doing he's scary, entertaining, and knowledgeable. His disillusionment with the medical profession can be seen in the stories 'The Fourth Seal' and 'Into Whose Hands'. Creased down spine, worn edges and bumped ends. Karl Edward Wagner (12 December 1945 13 October 1994) was an American writer, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. his tales of ancient evils working on the present are brilliantly modern.' - Washington Post Karl Edward Wagner - In A Lonely Place, Warner Books, 1983, Paperbacks. Even when he was writing heroic fantasy (he hated the term sword & sorcery). This new edition includes all the stories from the original 1983 edition, plus an additional rare tale and the author's afterword from the Scream/Press limited edition, and features a new introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Karl Edward Wagner will probably be best remembered as the creator of the hero-villain Kane, but he always considered himself a horror writer. His seminal volume In a Lonely Place collects eight of his best tales, including 'In the Pines,' a classic ghost story evocatively set in the Tennessee woods, 'Beyond Any Measure,' an original take on the vampire story, 'River of Night's Dreaming,' a surreal and nightmarish masterpiece inspired by The King in Yellow, and the author's most famous tale, 'Sticks,' a disturbing story thought by many to have been the basis for The Blair Witch Project.

Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994) has earned a reputation as one of the finest horror writers of the modern era, but his work has been out of print and nearly unobtainable for many years.

One of the most important horror collections of modern times, back in print at last!

Karl edward wagner in a lonely place