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Sam Gafford has been published in a wide variety of anthologies and publications. His fiction has appeared in such collections as 'Black Wings' Volumes I, III and V, as well as 'Flesh Like Smoke', T'he Lemon Herberts', 'Wicked Tales' and in magazines like 'Weird Fiction Review', 'Dark Corridor', 'Nameless' and others. A lifelong Lovecraftian, he has written critical articles that have appeared in 'Lovecraft Studies', 'Crypt of Cthulhu', 'Weird Fiction Review', 'Nameless' and more. An expert on the life and work of pioneering science fiction writer William Hope Hodgson, Gafford is currently working on a book length critical biography of Hodgson. As a boy, Russ Thorne loved reading Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, playing Hero Quest and poring over issues of 'White Dwarf', admiring the cover art in the process. Later he studied English Literature and got to know Homer's heroes and a bit of Beowulf, before beginning a career as a writer and editor. Since then he's published books on tattoo art, body piercing and vampires and writes regularly for national newspapers including the Independent. |
