![]() ![]() In this essay, Straub pays tribute to Wagner, offering readers a deeply personal, fond, and ultimately heartbreaking portrait of a pioneer of horror. We’re proud to reprint the following essay, “Various Encounters with Karl,” written by Peter Straub and included in Masters of the Weird Tale and Walk on the Wild Side. Earlier this year they published two trade volumes of his short stories, Where the Summer Ends (Vol. Last year, Centipede Press published a volume of their Masters of the Weird Tale series devoted to Wagner’s horror fiction. When he passed away in 1994 from heart and liver failure, caused by long-term alcoholism, he left behind an immense and powerful body of work. Besides his numerous contemporary horror and dark fantasy stories - many of which are considered classics of their genres - Wagner is also famous for creating Kane, the Mystic Swordsman, widely regarded as one of the most notable anti-heroes in heroic fantasy. Howard’s Conan stories and many other anthologies he also helped establish the Carcosa publishing house, devoted to releasing collections of pulp horror stories. Possessing a voluminous knowledge of horror fiction and literature, he edited The Year’s Best Horror Stories from 1980 until his death in 1994, along with several collections of Robert E. Karl Edward Wagner (1945−1994) was an award-winning American writer, poet, editor, and publisher. ![]()
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