Hugh B. Cave

Hugh Barnett Cave fu un prolifico autore americano noto soprattutto per i suoi contributi ai generi pulp, horror e avventura. Durante la sua carriera durata sei decenni, pubblicò oltre 1.000 racconti su quasi 100 periodici, inclusi famosi pulp magazine come "Black Mask", "Weird Tales" e "Astounding". Tra i suoi primi successi vi fu la serie "The Eel", incentrata su un avventuriero moralmente ambiguo, scritta sotto lo pseudonimo di Justin Case. Il suo romanzo del 1943 "Long Were the Nights", basato sulle sue esperienze come reporter di guerra, divenne una delle sue opere più acclamate, descrivendo le imprese delle motosiluranti durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale.

La scrittura di Cave spaziava tra molteplici generi, dal giallo al suspense, dalla fantasia all'horror. Il suo profondo coinvolgimento nella cultura haitiana lo portò a scrivere l'acclamato saggio "Haiti: High Road to Adventure", considerato lo studio definitivo in lingua inglese sul Voodoo. Questa competenza ispirò anche il suo romanzo di grande successo "The Cross on the Drum" (1959), che esplorava le relazioni interrazziali e i conflitti religiosi. Passando dai pulp alle riviste mainstream, Cave ottenne successo su "Collier's", "The Saturday Evening Post" e "Ladies' Home Journal", dove apparve per la prima volta il suo racconto ampiamente antologizzato "The Mission".

Dopo un declino negli anni '70, Cave visse una rinascita quando l'editore Karl Edward Wagner promosse la sua narrativa horror, portando alla raccolta vincitrice del World Fantasy Award "Murgunstrumm and Others" (1978). In seguito pubblicò quattro romanzi fantasy ben accolti, tra cui "Legion of the Dead" (1979) e "The Nebulon Horror" (1980). Negli ultimi anni della sua vita, Cave abbracciò l'editoria digitale, rendendo disponibile la sua vasta produzione in formato e-book. Riconosciuto per i suoi traguardi, ricevette onorificenze dall'International Horror Guild, dalla Horror Writers Association e dal World Fantasy Convention, consolidando la sua eredità come maestro della narrativa di genere.
Evil Trilogy
# Titolo Anno
1 The Evil 1981
2 Shades of Evil 1982
3 The Evil Returns 2001
Romanzi singoli
# Titolo Anno
1 The Cross on the Drum 1958
2 Black Sun 1960
3 Run, shadow, run. 1968
4 Larks Will Sing 1969
5 The Nebulon Horror 1980
6 Long Were The Nights 1983
7 The Voyage 1988
8 Uncharted Voyage 1989
9 Conquering Kilmarni 1989
10 Disciples of Dread 1989
11 The Lower Deep 1990
12 Lucifer's Eye 1991
13 Isle of the Whisperers 1999
14 The Dawning 2000
15 Bottled in Blonde 2000
16 Drums of Revolt 2001
17 The Restless Dead 2003
18 The Mountains of Madness 2004
19 Serpents in the Sun 2011
Racconti brevi/Novelle
# Titolo Anno
1 Black Book Detective - The Prophecy 2008
2 The Murder Machine 2010
3 The Corpse on the Grating 2010
Collezioni
# Titolo Anno
1 The Witching Lands 1962
2 Best Short Shorts 1967
3 Murgunstrumm & Others 1977
4 The Corpse Maker 1987
5 Death Stalks the Night 1995
6 Bitter/Sweet 1996
7 The Dagger of Tsiang and Other Tales of Adventure 1997
8 The Door Below 1997
9 Officer Coffey Stories 2000
10 The Lady Wore Black And Other Weird Cat Tails 2000
11 Come Into My Parlor 2003
12 House of the Restless Dead and Other Stories 2012
13 The Corpse's Prophecy 2012
14 Horror Stories Hugh B. Cave and Donald Graham 2014
15 The Complete Cases of Peter Kane 2018
Libri di non-fiction
# Titolo Anno
1 Jamaica - Four Paths to Paradise 1961
2 I Took the Sky Road 1980
3 Magazines I remember 1994
4 The Fightin'est Ship 2003
Hugh B. Cave Teen & Young Adult
# Titolo Anno
1 Fishermen Four 2015
Astounding Stories of Super-Science Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Volume 1: January 1930 (By: Ray Cummings, Anthony Pelcher, Victor Rousseau, Captain Meek) 1930
2 Astounding Stories of Super Science, Volume 2: Classic American Sci Fi. February 1930 (With: S.P. Meek, Victor Rousseau Emanuel, Harl Vincent, Harry Bates, Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Anthony Pelcher, Charles W. Diffin, Sterner St. Paul) 1930
3 Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 3 (By: S.P. Meek, Ray Cummings, Harry Bates, A.T. Locke, Sewell Peaslee Wright, R.J. Robbins) 1930
4 Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 4 April 1930 (By: S.P. Meek, Ray Cummings, Thomas H. Knight, Arthur J. Burks, Anthony Pelcher, Tom Curry) 1930
5 Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Volume 5: May 1930 (By: Harry Bates) 1930
6 Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 6, June 1930 (By: Murray Leinster, Ray Cummings, Harry Bates, James P. Olsen, Charles W. Diffin, Tom Curry) 1930
7 Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 7 July 1930 (By: Various Various) 1930
8 Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 8, August 1930 (By: Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster, Victor Rousseau Emanuel, Harl Vincent, H.W. Wessolowski, Harry Bates, H. Thompson Rich, Arthur J. Burks, R.F. Starzl) 1930
9 Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 9, September 1930 (By: Various Various) 1930
10 Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 10, October 1930 (By: Harry Bates) 1930
11 Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 11, November 1930 (By: Harry Bates, Charles W. Diffin) 1930
12 Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930: Volume 12 (By: David R. Sparks, Harry Bates, Sophie Wenzel Ellis) 1930
13 Astounding Stories of Super-Science Vol 13 January 1931 (By: Various Various) 1931
14 Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 14, February 1931 (By: Various Various) 1931
15 Astounding Stories of Super-Science Vol. 15: March 1931 (By: Various Various) 1931
16 Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol 16: April 1931 (By: Various Various) 1931
17 Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol. 17: May 1931 (By: Various Various) 1931
18 Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol 18: June 1931 (By: Various Various) 1931
19 Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol 19: July 1931 (By: Various Various) 1931
20 Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol. 20: August 1931 (By: Various Various) 1931
Black Mask Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Black Mask Audio Magazine, Volume 1 1960
2 The Missing Mr. Lee 2008
3 Jerry Tracy, Celebrity Reporter (By: Theodore A. Tinsley) 2013
4 Dog Show Murder (By: Frank Gruber) 2013
5 West of Guam (By: Raoul Whitfield) 2013
6 The Paul Cain Omnibus (By: Paul Cain, Boris Dralyuk) 2013
7 Oliver Quade, the Human Encyclopedia (By: Frank Gruber, Kevin Burton Smith) 2013
8 Long Live the Dead 2014
9 Laughing Death (By: Raoul Whitfield, Arthur Bowker) 2021
Macabre Ink Resurrected Horrors Books
# Titolo Anno
1 The Cats (By: Nick Sharman) 1977
2 Legion of the Dead 1979
3 Night Songs (By: Charles L. Grant) 1984
4 Cat Magic ( By: Whitley Strieber) 1986
5 Shadow Child (By: Joseph A. Citro) 1987
6 The Kill Riff (By: David J. Schow) 1988
7 Crucifax (By: Bob Eggleton, Ray Garton) 1988
8 Dreamthorp (By: Chet Williamson) 1989
9 Rest in Peace (By: Jack MacLane) 1990
10 Where the Chill Waits (By: T. Chris Martindale) 1991
11 Sineater (By: Elizabeth Massie) 1992
12 Nightscape (By: Stephen R. George) 1992
13 Dark Silence (By: Rick Hautala) 1992
14 Animals (By: Craig Spector, John Skipp) 1993
15 I Am Dracula (By: C. Dean Andersson) 1993
16 Undertaker's Moon (By: Ronald Kelly) 2011
17 Wild Card (By: Jean Tennant) 2016
18 Night Visions (By: Stanley Wiater) 2020
Hugh B. Cave Anthologies
# Titolo Anno
1 Whispers 1977
2 Whispers II 1979
3 The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VIII 1980
4 Whispers III 1981
5 Death 1982
6 The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales 1988
7 Lovecraft's Legacy 1990
8 Complete Masters of Darkness 1991
9 I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror 1991
10 Masters of Darkness III 1991
11 The Mammoth Book of Vampires 1992
12 Ghosttide: Tales Of Horror, Dark Fantasy and Suspense 1992
13 The Giant Book of Zombies 1993
14 Lighthouse Horrors 1993
15 To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare 1993
16 The Mammoth Book of Zombies 1993
17 Dark Voices 6 1994
18 Sea-Cursed 1994
19 The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves 1994
20 The Earth Strikes Back 1994
21 Werewolves 1995
22 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories 1995
23 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories 1995
24 Mystery Cats III: More Feline Felonies 1995
25 Ancient Enchantresses 1995
26 A Century of Horror 1970-1979 1996
27 Secret City 1997
28 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories 1997
29 The Mammoth Book of Dracula 1997
30 High Adventure #40 1998
31 Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories 1998
32 Vampire Slayers 1999
33 Murder Most Scottish 1999
34 Weird Tales: Fall 1999 1999
35 Shadows and Silence 2000
36 High Adventure # 53 2000
37 Phantom Perfumes And Other Shades 2000
38 October Dreams 2000
39 It's Raining More Corpses in Chinatown 2001
40 Keep Out The Night 2002
41 The Stinging 'Nting and Other Stories 2003
42 Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth 2005
43 Spicy Mystery Stories - February 1938 2005
44 Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V 2006
45 Spicy Mystery Stories - April 1942 2006
46 Detective Short Stories 2006
47 Spicy-Adventure Stories 11/42 2007
48 Blasphemies & Revelations 2008
49 Thrilling Mystery 03/36 2010
50 Visitants 2010
51 Thrilling Mystery 05/38: Adventure House Presents: 2011
52 Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! 2011
53 Devils in the Dark 2012
54 Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four, Jack Sharkey and Others 2012
55 Terror Tales Hugh B. Cave, Book 2 2012
56 The Pulp Fiction Megapack: 25 Classic Pulp Stories 2013
57 Anthology of Sci-Fi V16, the Pulp Writers 2013
58 Horror Gems, Volume Seven, Robert Bloch and Others 2014
59 Horror Stories Hugh B. Cave and Donald Graham 2014
60 The Spicy Mystery MEGAPACK ®: 25 Tales from the Spicy Pulps 2015
61 The Second Cthulhu Mythos MEGAPACK® 2016
62 Famous Fantastic Mysteries (Fall 2016) 2016
63 Famous Fantastic Mysteries (Spring 2017) 2017
64 Pulp Classics 2017
65 Black Mask 2017
66 The Black Gargoyle and Other Stories 2019
67 The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories 2019
68 Weird And Strange Tales 2020
69 HorrorBabble's VAMPIRES: 16 Classic Stories 2022
70 Pulp Adventures #41: Contact Man by Roger Torrey 2022