Karl Edward Wagner

[@StevenWithrow]

Thank you for this. In my teens in the 1980s I started seeking out every short story of Karl’s I could find (I’m a big fan of the shorter forms). He, along with Lin Carter and Dennis Etchison, was a masterly writer at his best. A prose poet really.

[@occultdetective]

Oh, I agree. KEW was spectacular, especially his early prose. He is sorely missed.

[@maestro7058]

Just finished reading this man! This is otherwordly! I had no idea Karl had SUCH a talent. He is absolutely up there with the classics man! His stories legit shook me!

[@occultdetective]

Couldn't agree more! Wagner was a beast. When he was at the top of his game, he stood toe to toe with anyone.

[@maestro7058]

​@@occultdetective Yeah I was so surprised by this book, thank you for this reccomendation! He was so well read, well versed wow, this is up there with most tragic of author stories. A bit of Van Gogh spirit in this story! I hope Karl is writing somewhere in heavens man no joke, what a talent!

[@HideAndRead]

Awesome video. Subscribed. Frazetta paintings is what got me into collecting (eventually reading a few) paperbacks as well. Have yet to find anything from Karl Wagner yet, the stories sound great though.

[@occultdetective]

He’s spectacular.

[@dexocube]

I stumbled on a volume of his Kane stories in a charity shop six months ago. I'm a huge fan of Howard, CL Moore, that earlier era of weird fiction, but I'd never heard of Wagner. The stories were entertaining and deeply disturbing in equal measure. It's a shame most of his stuff is OP, all the old paperbacks are well out of my price range.

[@occultdetective]

In a Lonely Place is affordable and well worth it.

[@parazatico9030]

Nice video. Here in England the Kane books had different covers, painted by Chris Achilleos ( 'Nightwinds' and 'Darkness Weaves'), and Les Edwards ('Bloodstone'). I'm not sure who did 'Dark Crusade' or 'Death Angel's Shadow'. I read in the recent 'Phantasmagoria' special on Wagner that he bought the original painting for 'Darkness Weaves' from the artist. I very much hope that Valancourt will publish another volume of Wagner's horror stories, it is a terrible shame that so much of his work is out of print.

[@occultdetective]

Wagner's needs to be heard. Admittedly, his later works suffered, but there was a period there where everything he wrote was pure fire.

[@bechtholdillustrator9378]

Great video on wagner,thank you ! Wasnt there also a documentary about him in the making?

[@occultdetective]

Thank you... and yes, The Last Wolf. Came out a couple of years ago. vimeo.com/ondemand/296318