Mort Castle
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Mort Castle (born 1946) is an American horror author and writing teacher, with more than 500 short stories and 17 books to his credit, including Cursed Be the Child (Leisure Books, 1994) and The Strangers. Castle's first novel was published in 1967. Since then he has had pieces published in all sorts of places ranging from traditional literary magazines to more off-the-wall or risqué markets. He has been nominated eleven times for the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction and was winner three times. Mort Castle's short story, Oval Portrait, was published in 's fall issue no. 8, in October 2015.
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Mort Castle (właśc. Morton Castle) (ur. w 1946 roku w Chicago w stanie Illinois), amerykański pisarz, nauczyciel pisarstwa, twórca horrorów. Jako pisarz horrorów oraz nauczyciel pisarstwa Castle ma w dorobku ponad 350 publikacji obejmujących artykuły, opowiadania oraz kilka powieści takich jak: (The Strangers, 1984) oraz (Cursed Be the Child, 1990). Za swoje opowiadania Castle był nominowany do wielu nagród, m.in. Nagrody Pulitzera oraz Nagrody Brama Stokera.
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Mort Castle (born 1946) is an American horror author and writing teacher, with more than 500 short stories and 17 books to his credit, including Cursed Be the Child (Leisure Books, 1994) and The Strangers. Castle's first novel was published in 1967. Since then he has had pieces published in all sorts of places ranging from traditional literary magazines to more off-the-wall or risqué markets. He has been nominated eleven times for the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction and was winner three times. A dedicated writing teacher, Castle has been a working musician, a standup comic, a stage hypnotist, a high school English teacher (for 11 years), and a magazine and comic book editor. He is currently writer-in-residence for two high schools, and teaching "Researching and Writing Historical Fiction" and "Story In Graphic Form" and other classes at Columbia College Chicago. He is a frequent keynote speaker at writing conferences, and has given over 1000 presentations to writers, would-be writers, and teachers of writing. One of his latest books, Writing Horror, for which he served as editor, has become the "bible" for aspiring horror authors. It also includes interviews with some of horror's top stars, such as Stephen King. Castle is also the Executive Editor of Thorby Comics, and currently fiction editor for . Castle has been a regular contributor to Eureka Productions' Graphic Classics series since 2006, with work in Graphic Classics: Jack London, (second edition), Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce (second edition), Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker (second edition), Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson (second edition), Graphic Classics: O. Henry, and Graphic Classics: Halloween Classics. In August 2013 it was announced that Castle will be scripting the Red Giant Entertainment comic book , an ongoing feature of their line of free print comic book titles set to debut on May 3, 2014, as part of Free Comic Book Day. will appear monthly in , their horror-focused title. Mort Castle's short story, Oval Portrait, was published in 's fall issue no. 8, in October 2015.
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Mort Castle (właśc. Morton Castle) (ur. w 1946 roku w Chicago w stanie Illinois), amerykański pisarz, nauczyciel pisarstwa, twórca horrorów. Jako pisarz horrorów oraz nauczyciel pisarstwa Castle ma w dorobku ponad 350 publikacji obejmujących artykuły, opowiadania oraz kilka powieści takich jak: (The Strangers, 1984) oraz (Cursed Be the Child, 1990). Pierwsza powieść Morta Castle: ESP Attack została opublikowana w 1967 roku. Od tego czasu zaczął pisać do różnych magazynów literackich. W międzyczasie był również muzykiem, komikiem, hipnotyzerem, nauczycielem angielskiego (przez 11 lat), redaktorem magazynów i scenarzystą komiksów. Obecnie wraz ze swoją żoną mieszka we wsi Crete w stanie Illinois. Wykłada na Columbia College Chicago oraz jest redaktorem Doorways Magazine. Jako nauczyciel pisarstwa jest też częstym gościem konferencji poświęconych pisaniu, na których wygłosił już ponad 800 prezentacji. Książka pod jego redakcją Writing Horror stała się „biblią” dla początkujących autorów horrorów. Za swoje opowiadania Castle był nominowany do wielu nagród, m.in. Nagrody Pulitzera oraz Nagrody Brama Stokera.
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