Fred Chappell

Fred Davis Chappell (born May 28, 1936 in Canton, North Carolina) is an author and poet. He was an English professor for 40 years (1964-2004) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997–2002. He attended Duke University.

His 1968 novel Dagon, which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Académie française, is a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic.

His literary awards include the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the Prix de Meilleur des Livres Etrangers, the Bollingen Prize, and the T. S. Eliot Prize.

Bibliography

Books

• Awakening to Music, Briarpatch Press, 1979.
• Backsass, LSU Press, 2004.
• Bloodfire: A Poem, LSU Press, 1978.
• Brighten the Corner Where You Are, St. Martin's, 1989.
• C, LSU Press, 1993.
• Castle Tzingal, LSU Press, 1984.
• Dagon, Harcourt, 1968, reprinted, St. Martin's, 1986. Reissued, Boson Books, 2002.
• Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle, Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
• Earthsleep: A Poem, LSU Press, 1980.
• Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You
• Familiars, LSU Press, 2014.
• Family Gathering, LSU Press, 2000.
• First and Last Words, LSU Press, 1989.
• The Fred Chappell Reader, St. Martin's, 1987.
• The Gaudy Place
• I Am One of You Forever, LSU Press, 1985.
• The Inkling Reprinted LSU Press 1998.
• It Is Time, Lord Reprint LSU Press 1996.
• Look Back All the Green Valley
• The Man Twice Married by Fire, Unicorn Press, 1975.
• Midquest: A Poem (contains "River: A Poem", "Bloodfire: A Poem", "Windmountain: A Poem", and "Earthsleep: A Poem"), LSU Press, 1981.
• Moments of Light
• More Shapes Than One, 1991.
• Plow Naked: Selected Writings on Poetry, University of Michigan Press, 1993.
• River: A Poem, LSU Press, 1975.
• Shadow Box: Poems, :Louisiana State University Press, 2009
• Source, LSU Press, 1986.
• Spring Garden: New and Selected Poems, LSU Press, 1995.
• A Way of Happening: Observations of Contemporary Poetry, Picador, 1998.
• Wind Mountain: A Poem, LSU Press, 1979.
• The World Between the Eyes, LSU Press, 1971.

Short stories

• "The Adder" Deathrealm (Summer 1989)
• "Free Hand" Deathrealm (Spring 1990)
• "The Lodger" (1994 World Fantasy Award winner)
• "The Somewhere Doors" (1992 World Fantasy Award winner)

• Stories about Falco the Shadow Master's Apprentice.

1. "Creeper Shadows" Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction (Wildside Press, Compilation 2008 by George H. Scithers(former editor of Weird Tales.): 135–175
2. "Dance of Shadows" Fantasy and Science Fiction 112/3 (March 2007): 6–37 & Year's Best Fantasy 8, (Jun 2008, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Tachyon Publications, 1-892391-76-7, 375pp, tp, anth)
3. "The Diamond Shadow" Fantasy and Science Fiction 113/4&5 (October/November 2007): 42–74
4. "Shadow of the Valley" Fantasy and Science Fiction 116/2 (February 2009): 5–40 &
5. "Thief of Shadows" Fantasy and Science Fiction 118/5&6 (May/June 2010): 50–75
6. "Maze of Shadows" Fantasy and Science Fiction 122/5&6 (May/June 2012): 69–135

See also

• List of horror fiction authors

External links

• Review of Fred Chappell's writings
• Online resources on Fred Chappell
• Interview with Fred Chappell
• Guide to the Fred Chappell Papers, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University
• Finding Aid for the Fred Chappell-Lee Kinard Papers at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• UNCG Oral History with Fred Chappell
• Fred Chappell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Stuart Wright Collection: Fred Chappell Papers (#1169-017), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University