Don Webb
Encyclopedia
Don Webb is an American science fiction
and mystery
writer, and former High Priest of the Temple of Set
.
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" (F&SF May 2007) 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.
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.
Within the Temple of Set he is Grand Master of the Order of Setne Khamuast. This Order focuses upon Egyptian and Mediterranean magic and initiation. The working formula of this Order is to take what has worked in the past and make it work today, the idea being that returning to the root of a concept yields the most powerful and precise results for the practitioner.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and mystery
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
writer, and former High Priest of the Temple of Set
Temple of Set
The Temple of Set is an initiatory occult society claiming to be the world's leading left-hand path religious organization. It professes Setian philosophy and magical practice.-History:...
.
Writing career
Webb's first professional fiction sale was the short story "Rhinestone Manifesto", published in InterzoneInterzone
Interzone may refer to:* International zone, such as in Tangiers* Interzone , the title of a short story collection by William Burroughs; it is also a setting in his 1959 novel Naked Lunch...
13, Autumn 1985. He is best known for weird, experimental, and offbeat fiction, as well as works inspired by H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
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" (F&SF May 2007) 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
Turkey City Writer's Workshop
Turkey City Writer's Workshop is a peer-to-peer, professional science fiction writer's workshop in Texas. Founded in 1973 and still ongoing today, it was consciously modeled after the east coast Milford Writer's Workshop...
. He currently lives in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
and teaches creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Magico-religious activities
Webb served as High Priest of the Temple of SetTemple of Set
The Temple of Set is an initiatory occult society claiming to be the world's leading left-hand path religious organization. It professes Setian philosophy and magical practice.-History:...
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.
Within the Temple of Set he is Grand Master of the Order of Setne Khamuast. This Order focuses upon Egyptian and Mediterranean magic and initiation. The working formula of this Order is to take what has worked in the past and make it work today, the idea being that returning to the root of a concept yields the most powerful and precise results for the practitioner.
Fiction
- Judas Payne: A Weird Western / Webb's Weird Wild West: Western Tales of Horror (double book with Michael HemmingsonMichael HemmingsonMichael Hemmingson is a novelist, short story writer, literary critic, cultural anthropologist, qualitative researcher, playwright, and screenwriter.-Publishing History:...
, Wildside PressWildside PressWildside Press is an independent publishing company located in Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1989 by John Gregory and Kim Betancourt. While the press was originally conceived as a publisher of speculative fiction in both trade and limited editions, it has broadened out somewhat since then, both...
, 2010) ISBN 143441194X - When They Came (Temporary Culture, 2006) ISBN 0976466015
- Endless Honeymoon (St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001) ISBN 0312265824
- Essential Saltes (St. Martin's PressSt. Martin's PressSt. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...
, 1999) ISBN 0312203020 - Serenade at the End of Time (Bereshith Pub, January 1999)
- The Explanation and Other Good Advice (Wordcraft of Oregon, 1998) ISBN 1877655252
- The Double: An Investigation (St. Martin's PressSt. Martin's PressSt. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...
, 1998) ISBN 0312191448 - Tamarii Notebook (Tor Books, 1998)
- Anubis on Guard Selected Poetry of Don Webb (Dark Regions Press 1998)
- Stealing My Rules (CyberPsychos AODCyberPsychos AODCyber-Psychos AOD is a book and magazine publishing venture based in Denver, Colorado, focusing on avant-garde and unusual art, culture, and writings...
Books, 1997) ISBN 1886988056 - A Spell for the Fulfillment of Desire (Black Ice Books, 1996) ISBN 1573660124
- "The Seventh Day and After" (Pulphouse PublishingPulphouse PublishingPulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996...
, 1995) ISBN 1877655058 - The Agony Man (AvonAvon-Rivers:*River Avon or Avon River , various rivers*Avon Water, a river in Scotland*Afon, the Welsh word for river, often anglicised to 'avon'-Canada:*Avon, New Brunswick, in the province of New Brunswick...
, October 1995) - Märchenland ist abgebrannt: Profane Mythen aus Milwaukee (short story collection, translated by Susanna Harringer, Guthmann-Peterson, 1989)
- Common Superstitions (Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1988)
- Uncle Ovid's Exercise Book (Illinois State University Press, Fiction Collective Two, 1987)
- The Bestseller and Others
Non-fiction
- The Seven Faces of Darkness (Occult non-fiction, Runa-Raven Press) ISBN 1885972075
- Uncle Setnakt's Essential Guide to the Left Hand Path (Occult non-fiction) ISBN 1885972105
- Mysteries of the Temple of Set: Inner Teachings of the Left Hand Path (Occult non-fiction) ISBN 188597227X
- Aleister Crowley: The Fire and the Force (Occult non-fiction) ISBN 1885972288
Short fiction
- "To Mars and ProvidenceTo Mars and Providence"To Mars and Providence" is a short story by Don Webb, published in War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches. It is a conflation of The War of the Worlds, the Cthulhu Mythos, and the biography of H. P. Lovecraft.-Plot summary:...
" (in War of the Worlds: Global DispatchesWar of the Worlds: Global DispatchesWar of the Worlds: Global Dispatches is a 1996 Bantam Spectra science fiction anthology, edited by Kevin J. Anderson. It is a tribute to H. G...
, Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
, 1996, and Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of HPL in Popular Culture, edited by Jim Turner, Golden Gryphon Press, 1998) - "Four-and-Twenty" (Originally published in Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 7: Spring 1990 (Pulphouse PublishingPulphouse PublishingPulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996...
, Spring 1990) - "The Key to the Mysteries" (Originally published in Grue Magazine, 1989, collected in The Explanation and Other Good Advice, 1998)
- "In the Wings" (Originally published in Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 3: Spring 1989 (Pulphouse PublishingPulphouse PublishingPulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996...
, Spring 1989) - London is Calling with t. Winter-DamonT. Winter-DamonT. Winter-Damon is a prolific writer of fiction, poetry, and non-poetry, as well as an artist. His work has appeared in hundreds of international magazines and anthologies....
(Back Brain Recluse, 1989; The Explanation and Other Good Advice collection, Wordcraft of Oregon, 1998) - Pulphouse Issue 19
Reviews
- "Book Becoming Power" by Henry Wessells (New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2000)
- "Webb on the Web" by Jon LebkowskyJon LebkowskyJon Lebkowsky is an web consultant/developer, author and activist who was cofounder of FringeWare, Inc. . FringeWare, an early attempt at ecommerce and online community, published a popular "magalog" called FringeWare Review, and a literary zine edited by Lebkowsky called Unshaved Truths...
(The Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleThe Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly, tabloid-style newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. The paper is distributed through free news-stands, often at local eateries or coffee houses frequented by its targeted demographic...
, Vol. 17, No. 47, July 31, 1998)