Don Webb (writer)


Don Webb is an American science fiction and mystery writer, as well as an author of several books on Left Hand Path occult philosophy. He is also a former High Priest of the Temple of Set.

Writing career

Webb's first professional fiction sale was the short story "Rhinestone Manifesto", published in Interzone 13, Autumn 1985. He is best known for weird, experimental, and offbeat fiction, as well as works inspired by H. P. Lovecraft and according to Locus Magazine, he has published many stories, essays, interviews and other writing materials. His short stories have appeared or been referenced in numerous anthologies, including The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection, Asimov's Science Fiction and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction His story "The Great White Bed" was nominated for the International Horror Critics Award.
Webb has published 12 books and over 400 other items covering a broad range of topics. Webb is a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. He currently lives in Austin, Texas and teaches creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Magico-religious activities

Webb served as High Priest of the Temple of Set from 1993 to 2002. He is an authority regarding the Temple of Set and has published several works of non-fiction on the topic. The Temple of Set continues to publish several of his articles as recommended introductory material for prospective members.

Books

;Fiction
  • Judas Payne: A Weird Western / Webb's Weird Wild West: Western Tales of Horror
  • When They Came
  • Endless Honeymoon
  • Essential Saltes
  • Serenade at the End of Time
  • The Explanation and Other Good Advice
  • The Double: An Investigation
  • Anubis on Guard Selected Poetry of Don Webb
  • Stealing My Rules
  • A Spell for the Fulfillment of Desire
  • The Seventh Day and After,
  • Märchenland ist abgebrannt: Profane Mythen aus Milwaukee
  • Uncle Ovid's Exercise Book
  • The Bestseller and Others
;Non-fiction
  • The Seven Faces of Darkness
  • Uncle Setnakt's Essential Guide to the Left Hand Path
  • Mysteries of the Temple of Set: Inner Teachings of the Left Hand Path
  • Aleister Crowley: The Fire and the Force
  • Overthrowing the Old Gods: Aleister Crowley and the Book of the Law
  • Set the Outsider
  • Uncle SetNakt's Nightbook
  • Energy Magick of the Vampyre
  • ''How To Become a Modern Magus''

Short fiction

;Collections
;Stories
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
Pollution2014
To Mars and ProvidenceWar of the Worlds: Global Dispatches, Bantam Spectra, 1996Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of HPL in Popular Culture, edited by Jim Turner, Golden Gryphon Press, 1998

  • "Tamarii Notebook"
  • "Four-and-Twenty"
  • "The Key to the Mysteries"
  • "In the Wings" London is Calling with t. Winter-Damon
  • ''Pulphouse Issue 19''

Non-fiction

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