US-RPB-ms2002.002 Guide to the Karl Edward Wagner Papers circa 1968-1994 Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff. Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Library
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English 9.0 Linear feet circa 1968-1994 The Karl Edward Wagner papers contain fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, correspondence, and financial records. The material dates from 1968 through 1994. Wagner, Karl Edward Wagner (Karl Edward) Papers Biographical note

Karl Edward Wagner was an American psychiatrist who became a full-time writer, publisher, and editor of horror fiction. Born 12 Dec. 1945 in Knoxville, Tenn.; died 30 Sept. 1994 in Chapel Hill, N.C. His works include novels featuring his anti-hero Kane, e.g. Darkness weaves with many shades (1970), Bloodstone (1975), Dark crusade (1976), and Night winds (1978); four collections of horror stories, In a lonely place (1983) and Why not you and I? (1987), Unthreatened by the morining light (1989), and Exorcisms and ecstasies (1997); and other works. He was also editor of The year's best horror stories (vol. 7-22) and founder of Carcosa Press. He won the August Derleth Award (1975, 1977) and Bram Stoker Award (1998), and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award. For further details see biographical essay by Kenneth R. Shepard in Contemporary authors online; for his publications (as author, editor, and publisher) see Scott F. Wyatt and Stephen Jones, "Karl Edward Wagner: a working bibliography of English language first editions", in Karl Edward Wagner, Exorcisms and ecstasies (Minneapolis, Minn.: Fedogan & Bremer, 1997).

 Fiction Series 1 7.0 boxes 1968-1994 After the Storm 1 1 Scope and Contents note

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 Angie of Orgy Farm 1 2 Scope and Contents note

6 folders

 At First Just Ghostly 1 3 Scope and Contents note

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 Awareness of Angels, An 1 4 Scope and Contents note

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 Beyond Any Measure 1 5 Scope and Contents note

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 Bloodstone 1 6 Scope and Contents note

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 Blue Lady, Come Back 1 7 Scope and Contents note

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 Book of Kane 1 8 Scope and Contents note

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 Brushed Away 1 9 Scope and Contents note

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 But Youll Never Follow Me 1 10 Scope and Contents note

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 Prospectus for gothic novel 1 11 Scope and Contents note

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 Cedar Lane 1 12 Scope and Contents note

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 Cold Light 1 13 Scope and Contents note

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 Coming of Ghor, The (James Allisons Incarnations pastiche) 1 14 Scope and Contents note

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 Conan III (script) 1 15 Scope and Contents note

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 Dark Crusade 2 16 Scope and Contents note

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 Dark Muse, The 2 17 Scope and Contents note

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 Darkness Weaves 2 18 Scope and Contents note

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 Day of the Lion, The (Conan synopsis) 2 19 Scope and Contents note

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 Death Angel's Shadow 2 20 Scope and Contents note

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 Deep In the Depths of the Acme Warehouse 2 21 Scope and Contents note

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 Delta Group 2 22 Scope and Contents note

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 Did They Get You To Trade? 2 23 Scope and Contents note

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 Education of Gergy-Doo-Doo 2 24 Scope and Contents note

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 Endless Night 3 25 Scope and Contents note

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 Exorcisms and Ecstasies (dedication) 3 26 Scope and Contents note

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 Final Cut 3 27 Scope and Contents note

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 Fourth Seal, The 3 28 Scope and Contents note

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 Gothic Touch, The 3 29 Scope and Contents note

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 Gremlin 3 30 Scope and Contents note

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 Hell Creek (Adrian Becker) 3 31 Scope and Contents note

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 Horror from the Mound 3 32 Scope and Contents note

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 In a Lonely Place 3 33 Scope and Contents note

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 In the Middle of a Snow Dream 3 34 Scope and Contents note

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 In the Pines 3 35 Scope and Contents note

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 In the Wake of the Night 3 36 Scope and Contents note

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 Into Whose Hands 3 37 Scope and Contents note

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 I've Come to Talk with You Again 3 38 Scope and Contents note

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 Killer (with David A. Drake) 3 40 Scope and Contents note

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 Killer (with David A. Drake) 3 41 Scope and Contents note

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 Kind Men Like, The 3 42 Scope and Contents note

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 Lacunae 3 43 Scope and Contents note

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 Last Wolf, The (science fantasy) 3 44 Scope and Contents note

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 Legion from the Shadows 3 45 Scope and Contents note

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 Legion from the Shadows 4 45 Scope and Contents note

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 Like Shadows Into the Night 4 46 Scope and Contents note

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 Little Lessons in Gardening 4 47 Scope and Contents note

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 Locked Away 4 48 Scope and Contents note

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 Lost Exits 4 49 Scope and Contents note

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 Lost Raiders of the Extra Waves 4 50 Scope and Contents note

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 Lynortis Reprise 4 51 Scope and Contents note

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 Midnight Sun 4 52 Scope and Contents note

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 Mirage 4 53 Scope and Contents note

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 Misericorde 4 54 Scope and Contents note

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 More Sinned Against 4 55 Scope and Contents note

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 Neither Brute nor Human 4 56 Scope and Contents note

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 Undertow 4 57 Scope and Contents note

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 Nightmare Near (Anthology) 4 58 Scope and Contents note

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 Old Loves 4 59 Scope and Contents note

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 One Paris Night (Adrian Becker) 4 60 Scope and Contents note

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 Other One, The 4 61 Scope and Contents note

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 Passages 4 62 Scope and Contents note

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 Picture of Jonathan Collins, The 4 63 Scope and Contents note

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 Plan 10 from Inner Space 4 64 Scope and Contents note

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 Prince of the Punks 4 65 Scope and Contents note

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 Queen of Night 4 66 Scope and Contents note

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 Queen of the Night 4 67 Scope and Contents note

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 Ravens Eyrie 4 68 Scope and Contents note

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 Reflections for the Winter of My Soul 4 69 Scope and Contents note

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 River of Night's Dreaming 5 70 Scope and Contents note

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 Road of Kings, The (Conan pastiche) 5 71 Scope and Contents note

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 Satan's Gun (Adrian Becker) 5 72 Scope and Contents note

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 Shrapnel 5 73 Scope and Contents note

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 Sign of the Salamander, The (John Chance) 5 74 Scope and Contents note

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 Silted In 5 75 Scope and Contents note

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 Sintern 5 76 Scope and Contents note

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 Slug, The 5 77 Scope and Contents note

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 Sticks 5 78 Scope and Contents note

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 Tell Me Dark 5 79 Scope and Contents note

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 Treasure of Lynortis 5 80 Scope and Contents note

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 Twist 6 81 Scope and Contents note

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 Two Suns Setting 6 82 Scope and Contents note

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 .220 Swift 6 83 Scope and Contents note

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 Undertow 6 84 Scope and Contents note

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 Untitled 6 85 Scope and Contents note

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 Untitled 6 86 Scope and Contents note

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 Sing a Last Song of Valdese 6 87 Scope and Contents note

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 Valley of the Star 6 88 Scope and Contents note

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 Valley So Low (Manly Wade Wellman collection) 6 89 Scope and Contents note

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 Walk on the Wild Side 6 90 Scope and Contents note

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 Where the Summer Ends 6 91 Scope and Contents note

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 Who'll Stop the Rain? 6 92 Scope and Contents note

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 Why Not You and I? 6 93 Scope and Contents note

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 Year's Best Horror Stories, Series VIII to XXII: permission forms 6 94 Scope and Contents note

17 folders (a (pt.i-xv)-b)

 Year's Best Horror Stories, Series VIII to XXII: paperback editions 7 94 Scope and Contents note

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 Year's Best Horror Stories, Series VIII to XXII: deluxe editions of Horror Stories 7 94 Scope and Contents note

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 Nonfiction Series 2 1.0 box 1973-1994 Address to the Lankhmar Literary Guild 8 96 Scope and Contents note

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 Appearing Soon at a Newstand Near You 8 98 Scope and Contents note

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 Arnold Fenner (newsletter) 8 145 Scope and Contents note

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 Breaking In 8 100 Scope and Contents note

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 British Fantasy Convention notes 8 101 Scope and Contents note

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 Comics 8 102 Scope and Contents note

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 Commonplace books 8 103 Scope and Contents note

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 Correspondence 8 152 Scope and Contents note

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 Correspondence 8 153 Scope and Contents note

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 Dark Forces and Frights 8 104 Scope and Contents note

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 Darkness Shattered 8 142 Scope and Contents note

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 Dave McFerran biographical sketch 8 122 Scope and Contents note

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 Decline But Not Yet the Fall 8 105 Scope and Contents note

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 Desk journal 8 118 Scope and Contents note

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 Doc Wagner magazine 8 106 Scope and Contents note

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 Etchison Question 8 108 Scope and Contents note

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 Even a Man Who Is Pure in Heart 8 109 Scope and Contents note

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 H. Rider Haggard biographical sketch 8 113 Harlan Ellison biographical sketch 8 107 Scope and Contents note

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 Harvesting Horror 8 114 Scope and Contents note

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 Heroic Fantasy 8 115 Hodder & Stoughton (royalty statements) 8 147 Scope and Contents note

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 Hour of the Dragon, by Robert E. Howard, edited by Karl Edward Wagner 8 119 Scope and Contents note

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 Interview: Karl Edward Wagner 8 143 Scope and Contents note

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 Introduction to The Best of Ghosts & Scholars 8 99 Scope and Contents note

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 John Gordon (photocopy) 8 146 Scope and Contents note

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 Jonathan Bacon (newsletter) 8 144 Scope and Contents note

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 Kane 8 120 Scope and Contents note

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 Kane 8 121 Scope and Contents note

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 Magazine indexes (horror, mystery, science fiction) 8 123 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 8 134 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 8 139 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 8 151 Scope and Contents note

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 Masters of Nightmare, Afterward to 8 124 Scope and Contents note

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 Misappropriation of Kane character (correspondence) 8 148 Scope and Contents note

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 Mrs. Peel, You're Needed 8 126 Scope and Contents note

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 Names and places 8 127 Scope and Contents note

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 New Views of Necrophilia 8 128 Scope and Contents note

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 On Fantasy essay 8 110 Scope and Contents note

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 On Fantasy essay 8 111 Scope and Contents note

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 On Fantasy essay 8 116 Scope and Contents note

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 On Fantasy essay 8 117 Scope and Contents note

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 On Fantasy essay 8 125 Scope and Contents note

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 Out and About in October Country 8 129 Scope and Contents note

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 Paperback Library (correspondence) 8 149 Scope and Contents note

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 Primal Scream: horror stories about psychiatrists (bibliography) 8 130 Scope and Contents note

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 Reality: Assassin of Myth 8 131 Scope and Contents note

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 Red Dreams, Introduction to 8 132 Scope and Contents note

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 Selected Checklist of David Drake, A 8 112 Scope and Contents note

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 Sodarr of Titan 8 133 Scope and Contents note

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 Some Informal Notes on David Drake 8 97 Scope and Contents note

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 Suffer, Little Children 8 135 Scope and Contents note

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 Untitled 8 136 Scope and Contents note

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 Want List 8 137 Scope and Contents note

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 Warner Books (royalty statements) 8 150 Scope and Contents note

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 Wasn't Bran Mak Morn a Cereal? 8 138 Scope and Contents note

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 Who Fears the Devil? 8 140 Scope and Contents note

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 Yet More Swell Stuff 8 141 Scope and Contents note

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 Writings by others Series 3 1.0 box 1969-1994 Robert Bloch 9 159 Scope and Contents note

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 Robert Bloch 9 164 Scope and Contents note

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 Poppy Z. Brite 9 154 Scope and Contents note

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 John Constantine 9 165 Scope and Contents note

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 Mark Durand 9 171 Scope and Contents note

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 George MacDonald Fraser 9 170 Scope and Contents note

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 Robert E. Howard 9 156 Scope and Contents note

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 H.P. Lovecraft 9 169 Scope and Contents note

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 Stanley Mann 9 160 Scope and Contents note

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 Andrew Offutt 9 161 Scope and Contents note

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 William Relling Jr.: Brujo (novel manuscript) 9 157 Scope and Contents note

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 Barbara Wagner 9 177 Scope and Contents note

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 Karl Edward Wagner medical files 9 172 Scope and Contents note

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 Karl Edward Wagner medical files 9 174 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 9 155 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 9 163 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 9 166 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 9 168 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 9 173 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 9 175 Scope and Contents note

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 Manly Wade Wellman 9 176 Scope and Contents note

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 Conventions 9 158 Scope and Contents note

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 Conventions 9 162 Scope and Contents note

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 Submissions to the Year's Best Horror Stories anthology, arranged alphabetically by author 9 178-224 1994 Scope and Contents note

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 Newspaper clippings 9 225 Scope and Contents note

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 Collection information

The Karl Edward Wagner papers are arranged in three series: 1. Fiction 2. Nonfiction 3. Writings by others

The Karl Edward Wagner papers contain literary manuscripts, correspondence and other materials relating to Wagner's own books and writings, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as works and collections edited by Wagner.

The papers are arranged in three series:

Series 1, Fiction, contains the manuscripts of Karl Edward Wagner's fiction arranged in alphabetical order, including holographs and/or ribbon-copy typescripts for all but one "A" item and three "C" items listed in Scott F. Wyatt and Stephen Jones, "Karl Edward Wagner: a working bibliography of English language first editions", in Exorcisms and ecstasies (Minneapolis, Minn.: Fedogan & Bremer, 1997), as well as 12 incomplete or fragmentary items not listed by Wyatt and Jones

Series 2, Nonfiction, includes notes and outlines for fiction works, manuscripts of non-fiction works, files pertaining to Wagner's work as editor, texts of interviews, correspondence, contracts, and sales and royalty records.

Series 3, Writings by others, contains more than 50 manuscripts by Robert Bloch (2), Poppy Z. Brite (2), Hugh B. Cave (3), Manly Wade Wellman (10), and others, principally contributions to The Year's Best Horror Stories.

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

Karl Edward Wagner papers, Ms.2002.002, Brown University Library.

 Administrative information

Materials in the Karl Edward Wagner papers were physically processed prior to description and extant folder numbering includes gaps. Many of the folders in the collection have multiple components and are numbered, for example, "1, 1a, 1b ..." and so on.

 Additional information

Related material may be found in the Carcosa Press records, Ms.2003.001, Brown University Library; and the Manly Wade Wellman papers, Ms.2007.029, Brown University Library.

 Names Bloch, Robert, 1917-1994 Carcosa (Firm) Wellman, Manly Wade, 1903-1986 Subjects Authors, American--20th century Fantasy fiction, American Horror tales, American--20th century Science fiction, American--20th century Speculative fiction Occupations Writers Types of Materials Correspondence Essays Financial records Interviews Manuscripts (document genre) Royalty statements Short stories RIAMCO Browsing Term Language and Literature