Don Webb (writer)

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Don Webb
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Don Webb in 2018
Born1960 (age 6263)
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • literary instructor
NationalityAmerican
Genre Science fiction, horror

Don Webb (born 1960) is an American science fiction and mystery writer, as well as an author of several books on Left Hand Path occult philosophy. [1] He is also a former High Priest of the Temple of Set.

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Writing career

Webb's first professional fiction sale was the short story "Rhinestone Manifesto", published in Interzone 13, Autumn 1985. He is best known for weird, experimental, and offbeat fiction, as well as works inspired by H. P. Lovecraft and according to Locus Magazine, he has published many stories, essays, interviews and other writing materials. [2] His short stories have appeared or been referenced in numerous anthologies, including The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection, [3] Asimov's Science Fiction [4] [5] [6] and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [7] His story "The Great White Bed" (F&SF May 2007) was nominated for the International Horror Critics Award. [8]

Webb has published 12 books and over 400 other items covering a broad range of topics. Webb is a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. [9] He currently lives in Austin, Texas [10] and teaches creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles. [11]

Magico-religious activities

Webb served as High Priest of the Temple of Set from 1993 to 2002. [12] He is an authority regarding the Temple of Set and has published several works of non-fiction on the topic. The Temple of Set continues to publish several of his articles as recommended introductory material for prospective members. [13] [14]

Bibliography

Books

Fiction
Non-fiction

Short fiction

Collections
Stories [18]
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
Pollution2014Webb, Don (April 2014). "Pollution". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (4): 32–37.
To Mars and Providence

Non-fiction

Reviews

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References

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  2. "Locus Magazine".
  3. "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection". Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
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  7. "Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction". August 1994. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  8. "2008 International Horror Guild Awards". Locus Index to SF Awards. Locus. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  9. "The Turkey City Writer's Workshop". Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  10. Di Filippo, Paul (Winter 1996). "The Texas Hermes: The Fiction of Don Webb". The Newsletter of the Council for the Literature of the Fantastic. Providence, RI: The Council for the Literature of the Fantastic. 1 (2). ISSN   1084-8266. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  11. "Don Webb". UCLA Extension Writer's Program. UCLA. Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  12. "Disinformation". December 17, 2002. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012.
  13. "Temple of Set Library". Archived from the original on March 20, 2002. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  14. "When They Came". Publishers Weekly Reviews. October 9, 2006.
  15. "The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique". January 1999.
  16. "The Explanation and Other Good Advice". May 1998.
  17. Anubis on Guard Selected Poetry of Don Webb. 1998.
  18. Short stories unless otherwise noted.
  19. "Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 7". Spring 1990.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  20. "Eldritch Tales - Issue 18". Spring 1989.
  21. "Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 3". Spring 1989.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  22. "Pulphouse Issue 19". 2002.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)