Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!columbia!topaz!jo From: jo@SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Craig Shaw Gardner Message-ID: <2745@topaz.ARPA> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 16:43:30 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.2745 Posted: Tue Jul 16 16:43:30 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jul-85 03:57:58 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 43 From: Jonathan Ostrowsky From SF-LOVERS #199: Date: Wed, 5 Jun 85 15:48 EDT From: Jonathan Ostrowsky In #195 Dave Steiner asked: Does anyone know anything about a Craig Shaw Gardner? I read a story of his in Flashing Swords #5. It was about a sorcerer named "Ebenezum". I found it a rather amusing story and have been looking for other things by him but have never seen anything. Anybody know if he has written anything else? Craig is an old friend, although we haven't been in touch very much the last few years. He's been writing for over a decade; he's published fiction in a couple of magazines and a few anthologies, film reviews, and SF book reviews. I've heard that he's recently signed a multibook contract with a major SF publisher. Craig is a terrific guy, very funny. He goes to a lot of cons and serves on panels at most of them, so you might run into him if you go to any yourself. I'll give him a call and get a list of his fiction credits for you. ------------------------------ I finally spoke with Craig last night. He was happy to report that Ace is going to publish three Ebenezum novels: "A Malady of Magicks", "A Multitude of Monsters", and "A Night in the Netherhells". I don't know exactly when the books will start appearing. As for his other credits, he's published 15 stories previously, most of them horror. A couple of the stories are "Bar and Grill" in the anthology "Afterwar" and "Overnight Guest" in the "Midnights" anthology. Still to appear is "The Man Who Loved Water" in "Shadows 8". In addition, Craig has written a large number of book reviews for the Washington Post and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He has also written (but not yet sold) a Billy the Kid western novel. (It turns out he is a descendant of Billy the Kid's stepfather, which might explain the book.)