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<h4><b>Death Lit</b></h4><h4>A LitCrit MegaPack</h4><p>Collecting essays and reviews from fifty years of writing — 1974–2024 — <i>Death Lit</i> offers some of Don Herron’s best known and most notorious pieces, alongside work from obscure sources most people would never — could never — previously have encountered.</p><p>You’ll find his 2002 article on “Collecting Arkham House Ephemera,” which lays out the origins of his interest in the catalogs and brochures featured in his most recent book, <i>Arkham House Ephemera: The Classic Years 1937–1973</i> (2024). A very few lines moved over from the original essay into the book, but the rest of the wallowing-in-ephemera action was held back for this appearance (including various moments edited out of the initial magazine publication, never seen before).</p><p>“The King Trilogy” gathers for the first time in one place the three long essays on Stephen King written for a series of books released by Underwood-Miller in the 1980s. Reviled by some King fans. Ranked among the best Kingcrit ever done by others. You decide.</p><p>A huge section of writings on Robert E. Howard that just wouldn’t fit into the eBook <i>The Dark Barbarian That Towers Over All</i> (2014) presents reviews and short intros in with the meatier essays, including “Conan the Argonaut,” co-written with Hugo-nominated Sword-and-Sorcery expert Morgan Holmes. “Argonaut” argues the case of <i>Weird Tales</i> editor Farnsworth Wright versus his star contributors Howard and H. P. Lovecraft, at satisfying length. Shall we say <i>it ain’t short.</i></p><p>Long essays on ghost-story master Russell Kirk bump against short pieces done for <i>Necrofile</i> and <i>Crypt of Cthulhu</i>, presenting yet more coverage of Modern Horror<i>.</i></p><p>A section titled “Crime and Company” of course features Charles Willeford. Plus San Francisco Mysteries. San Francisco <i>Noir</i>. And a little Dashiell Hammett.</p><p>Asides on Clive Barker, Arthur Machen, <i>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre</i>, <i>Freaks</i>, Jonathan Carroll, Carl Jacobi, and many, many more pop up throughout. And the book closes with two long interviews with the author.</p><p>Lots of reading on the literature (and film) of death. Horror and the supernatural. Mystery and crime.</p>
