Hugh Barnett Cave fue un prolífico autor estadounidense, conocido principalmente por sus contribuciones a los géneros de ficción pulp, horror y aventuras. A lo largo de su carrera de seis décadas, publicó más de 1,000 relatos cortos en cerca de 100 revistas, incluyendo prestigiosas publicaciones pulp como "Black Mask", "Weird Tales" y "Astounding". Entre sus primeros éxitos se encuentra la serie "The Eel", protagonizada por un aventurero moralmente ambiguo, escrita bajo el seudónimo de Justin Case. Su novela de 1943 "Long Were the Nights", basada en sus experiencias como corresponsal de guerra, se convirtió en una de sus obras más aclamadas, detallando las hazañas de los botes PT durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
La escritura de Cave abarcó múltiples géneros, desde el crimen y el suspenso hasta la fantasía y el terror. Su profunda inmersión en la cultura haitiana dio lugar a la aclamada obra de no ficción "Haiti: High Road to Adventure", considerada el estudio definitivo en inglés sobre el vudú. Esta experiencia también inspiró su exitosa novela "The Cross on the Drum" (1959), que exploraba las relaciones interraciales y los conflictos religiosos. Al transicionar de las revistas pulp a publicaciones más convencionales, Cave encontró éxito en "Collier's", "The Saturday Evening Post" y "Ladies' Home Journal", donde apareció por primera vez su cuento ampliamente antologizado "The Mission".
Tras un declive en los años 70, Cave experimentó un resurgimiento cuando el editor Karl Edward Wagner promovió su ficción de terror, lo que llevó a la colección ganadora del World Fantasy Award "Murgunstrumm and Others" (1978). Más tarde publicó cuatro novelas de fantasía bien recibidas, incluyendo "Legion of the Dead" (1979) y "The Nebulon Horror" (1980). En sus últimos años, Cave adoptó la publicación digital, poniendo su extenso catálogo disponible en formatos de libro electrónico. Reconocido por sus logros de toda una vida, recibió honores de la International Horror Guild, la Horror Writers Association y la World Fantasy Convention, consolidando su legado como un maestro de la ficción de género.
Evil Trilogy
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The Evil
1981
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Shades of Evil
1982
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The Evil Returns
2001
Novelas independientes
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The Cross on the Drum
1958
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Black Sun
1960
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Run, shadow, run.
1968
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Larks Will Sing
1969
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The Nebulon Horror
1980
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Long Were The Nights
1983
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The Voyage
1988
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Uncharted Voyage
1989
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Conquering Kilmarni
1989
10
Disciples of Dread
1989
11
The Lower Deep
1990
12
Lucifer's Eye
1991
13
Isle of the Whisperers
1999
14
The Dawning
2000
15
Bottled in Blonde
2000
16
Drums of Revolt
2001
17
The Restless Dead
2003
18
The Mountains of Madness
2004
19
Serpents in the Sun
2011
Cuentos cortos/Novelas
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Black Book Detective - The Prophecy
2008
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The Murder Machine
2010
3
The Corpse on the Grating
2010
Colecciones
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The Witching Lands
1962
2
Best Short Shorts
1967
3
Murgunstrumm & Others
1977
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The Corpse Maker
1987
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Death Stalks the Night
1995
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Bitter/Sweet
1996
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The Dagger of Tsiang and Other Tales of Adventure
1997
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The Door Below
1997
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Officer Coffey Stories
2000
10
The Lady Wore Black And Other Weird Cat Tails
2000
11
Come Into My Parlor
2003
12
House of the Restless Dead and Other Stories
2012
13
The Corpse's Prophecy
2012
14
Horror Stories Hugh B. Cave and Donald Graham
2014
15
The Complete Cases of Peter Kane
2018
Libros de no ficción
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Jamaica - Four Paths to Paradise
1961
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I Took the Sky Road
1980
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Magazines I remember
1994
4
The Fightin'est Ship
2003
Hugh B. Cave Teen & Young Adult
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Fishermen Four
2015
Astounding Stories of Super-Science Books
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Volume 1: January 1930 (By: Ray Cummings, Anthony Pelcher, Victor Rousseau, Captain Meek)
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Astounding Stories of Super Science, Volume 2: Classic American Sci Fi. February 1930 (With: S.P. Meek, Victor Rousseau Emanuel, Harl Vincent, Harry Bates, Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Anthony Pelcher, Charles W. Diffin, Sterner St. Paul)
1930
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 3 (By: S.P. Meek, Ray Cummings, Harry Bates, A.T. Locke, Sewell Peaslee Wright, R.J. Robbins)
1930
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 4 April 1930 (By: S.P. Meek, Ray Cummings, Thomas H. Knight, Arthur J. Burks, Anthony Pelcher, Tom Curry)
1930
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Volume 5: May 1930 (By: Harry Bates)
1930
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 6, June 1930 (By: Murray Leinster, Ray Cummings, Harry Bates, James P. Olsen, Charles W. Diffin, Tom Curry)
1930
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 7 July 1930 (By: Various Various)
1930
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 8, August 1930 (By: Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster, Victor Rousseau Emanuel, Harl Vincent, H.W. Wessolowski, Harry Bates, H. Thompson Rich, Arthur J. Burks, R.F. Starzl)
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 9, September 1930 (By: Various Various)
1930
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 10, October 1930 (By: Harry Bates)
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 11, November 1930 (By: Harry Bates, Charles W. Diffin)
1930
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930: Volume 12 (By: David R. Sparks, Harry Bates, Sophie Wenzel Ellis)
1930
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science Vol 13 January 1931 (By: Various Various)
1931
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science: Volume 14, February 1931 (By: Various Various)
1931
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science Vol. 15: March 1931 (By: Various Various)
1931
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol 16: April 1931 (By: Various Various)
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol. 17: May 1931 (By: Various Various)
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol 18: June 1931 (By: Various Various)
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol 19: July 1931 (By: Various Various)
1931
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol. 20: August 1931 (By: Various Various)
1931
Black Mask Books
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Black Mask Audio Magazine, Volume 1
1960
2
The Missing Mr. Lee
2008
3
Jerry Tracy, Celebrity Reporter (By: Theodore A. Tinsley)
2013
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Dog Show Murder (By: Frank Gruber)
2013
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West of Guam (By: Raoul Whitfield)
2013
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The Paul Cain Omnibus (By: Paul Cain, Boris Dralyuk)
2013
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Oliver Quade, the Human Encyclopedia (By: Frank Gruber, Kevin Burton Smith)
2013
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Long Live the Dead
2014
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Laughing Death (By: Raoul Whitfield, Arthur Bowker)
2021
Macabre Ink Resurrected Horrors Books
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The Cats (By: Nick Sharman)
1977
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Legion of the Dead
1979
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Night Songs (By: Charles L. Grant)
1984
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Cat Magic ( By: Whitley Strieber)
1986
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Shadow Child (By: Joseph A. Citro)
1987
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The Kill Riff (By: David J. Schow)
1988
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Crucifax (By: Bob Eggleton, Ray Garton)
1988
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Dreamthorp (By: Chet Williamson)
1989
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Rest in Peace (By: Jack MacLane)
1990
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Where the Chill Waits (By: T. Chris Martindale)
1991
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Sineater (By: Elizabeth Massie)
1992
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Nightscape (By: Stephen R. George)
1992
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Dark Silence (By: Rick Hautala)
1992
14
Animals (By: Craig Spector, John Skipp)
1993
15
I Am Dracula (By: C. Dean Andersson)
1993
16
Undertaker's Moon (By: Ronald Kelly)
2011
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Wild Card (By: Jean Tennant)
2016
18
Night Visions (By: Stanley Wiater)
2020
Hugh B. Cave Anthologies
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Whispers
1977
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Whispers II
1979
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The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VIII
1980
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Whispers III
1981
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Death
1982
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The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales
1988
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Lovecraft's Legacy
1990
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Complete Masters of Darkness
1991
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I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror
1991
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Masters of Darkness III
1991
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The Mammoth Book of Vampires
1992
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Ghosttide: Tales Of Horror, Dark Fantasy and Suspense
1992
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The Giant Book of Zombies
1993
14
Lighthouse Horrors
1993
15
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare
1993
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The Mammoth Book of Zombies
1993
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Dark Voices 6
1994
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Sea-Cursed
1994
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The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves
1994
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The Earth Strikes Back
1994
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Werewolves
1995
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100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories
1995
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100 Wicked Little Witch Stories
1995
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Mystery Cats III: More Feline Felonies
1995
25
Ancient Enchantresses
1995
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A Century of Horror 1970-1979
1996
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Secret City
1997
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100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories
1997
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The Mammoth Book of Dracula
1997
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High Adventure #40
1998
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Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories
1998
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Vampire Slayers
1999
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Murder Most Scottish
1999
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Weird Tales: Fall 1999
1999
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Shadows and Silence
2000
36
High Adventure # 53
2000
37
Phantom Perfumes And Other Shades
2000
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October Dreams
2000
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It's Raining More Corpses in Chinatown
2001
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Keep Out The Night
2002
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The Stinging 'Nting and Other Stories
2003
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Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth
2005
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Spicy Mystery Stories - February 1938
2005
44
Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V
2006
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Spicy Mystery Stories - April 1942
2006
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Detective Short Stories
2006
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Spicy-Adventure Stories 11/42
2007
48
Blasphemies & Revelations
2008
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Thrilling Mystery 03/36
2010
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Visitants
2010
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Thrilling Mystery 05/38: Adventure House Presents:
2011
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Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
2011
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Devils in the Dark
2012
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Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four, Jack Sharkey and Others
2012
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Terror Tales Hugh B. Cave, Book 2
2012
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The Pulp Fiction Megapack: 25 Classic Pulp Stories
2013
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Anthology of Sci-Fi V16, the Pulp Writers
2013
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Horror Gems, Volume Seven, Robert Bloch and Others
2014
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Horror Stories Hugh B. Cave and Donald Graham
2014
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The Spicy Mystery MEGAPACK ®: 25 Tales from the Spicy Pulps