Such Things May Be: Collected Writings

Such Things May Be by James Wade (1930-1983), collects a number of the author's genre short stories, poetry, non-fiction and non-genre work from the 1960s onwards. Edited by Edward P. Berglund, the book will have James Wade's introduction to the original collection which never gained publication, plus Fritz Leiber's Foreword. The book includes tales from Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos such as 'The Deep Ones', 'A Darker Shadow Over Innsmouth' and 'The Silence of Erika Zann'; darkly supernatural terror from the Midwest, 'The Nightingale Floors', 'The Pursuer', 'The Elevator' and 'Snow in the City'. Plus weird tales set in Korea: 'The Temple of the Fox' and 'Time After Time'. And many other short stories and poetry, Plus many essays and reviews of weird fiction. 25 short stories, over 20 poems and more than 30 essays and reviews in this major retrospective of the author.After army service James Wade (1930-1983) settled in Korea and he wrote widely on music for a variety of periodicals. His symphonic and chamber music has been performed in many countries, and he completed an opera based on Richard E. Kim's best-selling novel of the Korean War, "The Martyred". He wrote a column for The Korea Times and his work has been anthologised by such noted editors as August Derleth, Ramsey Campbell, Stuart David Schiff and Herbert Val Thal.

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After army service James Wade (1930-1983) settled in Korea and he wrote widely on music for a variety of periodicals. His symphonic and chamber music has been performed in many countries, and he completed an opera based on Richard E. Kim's best-selling novel of the Korean War, "The Martyred". He wrote a column for The Korea Times and his work has been anthologised by such noted editors as August Derleth, Ramsey Campbell, Stuart David Schiff and Herbert Val Thal.Collection: Shards of Darkness (Mythos Books 2000). Anthologies: The Disciples of Cthulhu (DAW 1976), The Disciples of Cthulhu II (Chaosium 2003), Spoor Anthology 2 (The Strange Company 1974) Short stories in Space and Time, Eldritch Tales, Crossroads, The Sorcerer's Apprentices, Innsmouth Tales and others.Fritz Leiber was the award-author of many horror, fantasy and science fiction novels and short stories. Influenced initially by H, P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, he went on to write many great pieces of genre fiction and created the heroic fantasy characters Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.

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