PseudoPod 560: Where the Summer Endsby
Karl Edward Wagner.
“Where the Summer Ends” first appeared in the seminal anthology
Dark Forces (1980), edited by Kirby McCauley. This particular anthology was an eye-opener to 12 year old co-editor of Pseudopod Shawn Garrett, and deserves a place on the bookshelf of any fan of weird fiction.
KARL EDWARD WAGNER (1945 – 1994) was an American writer, poet, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. He wrote numerous dark fantasy and horror stories. As an editor, he created a three-volume set of Robert E. Howard’s
Conan the Barbarian fiction restored to its original form as written, and edited the long-running and genre-defining
The Year’s Best Horror Stories series for DAW Books. He is possibly best known for his creation of a series of stories featuring the character Kane, the Mystic Swordsman, which could best be described as featuring the action of Conan and the decadence of Moorcock’s Elric. Wagner also loved the pulp era of short fiction, which is apparent in many of his short stories.
This week’s reader –
Anson Mount is perhaps best known for playing ‘Cullen Bohannon’ on the AMC television series
Hell on Wheels. You can catch him this fall playing ‘Black Bolt’ in Marvel’s
The Inhumans, on ABC beginning September 29th. He and his producing partner Branan Edgens will also be launching a podcast of their own this fall called
The Well. In it, Mount and Edgens will feature interviews and stories about creative inspiration from some of today’s most interesting artists, celebrities, thinkers and innovators. But what Anson is truly proud of is the fact that his girlfriend Darah Trang recently agreed to become his wife while standing by a lake in Tennessee and staring up at the 4th of July fireworks. Celebration ensued.
MUSIC USED – “
Nobody Cares Lalala” by the band
Monplaisir. The track is made available under a
CC0 1.0 Universal license (Public Domain Dedication).
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