Robin Spriggs

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Robin Spriggs is an enigmatic figure in a variety of artistic fields, including dark fantasy literature,[1] theatre, and film.[2] Known primarily as a dark fabulist, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny;[3] the co-author of The Dracula Poems: A Poetic Encounter with the Lord of Vampires; and the creator of Capes & Cowls: Adventures in Wyrd City, a "book-in-a-box" superhero board game based on his illustrated series, Capes & Cowls: The Wyrd City Chronicles.

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Spriggs holds degrees in English, Theatre, and Divinity and is an active member of the Horror Writers Association whose work has been shortlisted for a Bram Stoker Award and received honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. His fiction has appeared in such anthologies and magazines as Cemetery Dance, Going Postal, Space & Time, and Terminal Fright.

The literary offerings of Robin Spriggs have been well received by critics. According to Cemetery Dance magazine, "Spriggs displays a wide range of talents in both form and substance. He's equally comfortable in the short story, short-short and novella lengths. His tone varies from the gently whimsical to the truly nasty. He crosses genre lines with ease, showing strength in all forms of the fantastic, from horror to fantasy to science fiction."[1]

His lyrical prose, with its dreamlike and often frightening depiction of reality, has been favorably compared to the work of such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, Ray Bradbury, Jorge Luis Borges, and Clark Ashton Smith. Much of Spriggs's work, in fact, falls into the category of prose poetry, prompting thriller author Harry Shannon to refer to him as "a linguistic acrobat who works without a net."[2]

Due the cult popularity of his aforementioned Dracula Poems, the now out-of-print book often commands inordinately high prices.[4]

As an actor, Spriggs was called "terrifc" by Variety magazine[5] for his 2004 performance in Paul Schattel's Sinkhole.[6]

[edit] Bibliography

Partial list:

  • The Dracula Poems: A Poetic Encounter with the Lord of Vampires (1992)
  • Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny (2001)
  • Capes & Cowls: Adventures in Wyrd City (2006)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peck, Garrett, Cemetery Dance #40 (2002), 1SSN 1047-7675
  2. ^ Shannon, Harry, "Story Time Reviews," Feo Amante's Horror Home Page

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