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Richard Lee Byers

(b.1950)

Richard Lee Byers is the author of over thirty fantasy and horror novels, including a number set in the Forgotten Realms universe. A resident of the Tampa Bay area, the setting for many of his horror stories, he spends much of his free time fencing and playing poker. Friend him on Facebook, Follow him on Twitter, and read his blog on Livejournal.

Genres: Fantasy, Thriller, Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, Science Fiction

New and upcoming books

February 2024

The Ebon Mask
(Dark Kingdoms, book 1)

March 2024

Just Another Tuesday
(Adventures of Basil & Moebius, book 7)

Series

Dead God
   1. Scarred Lands: Forsaken (2002)
   2. Scarred Lands: Forsworn (2002)
   3. Scarred Lands: Forbidden (2003)
   Death in the Walled Warren (2017)

Impostor
1. Half a Hero (2011)
2. The Blood Machine (2013)

Ashes, Ashes
1. Blind God's Bluff (2013)

Black River Irregulars
1. Black Dogs (2016)
2. Black Crowns (2017)

Rise of the House of Immur
1. The Shadow Guide (2018)

Paladins
1. Arrival (2019)

Dark Kingdoms
1. The Ebon Mask (2024)

Novels

   Deathward (1988)
   Fright Line (1989)
   Dead Time (1992)
   The Vampire's Apprentice (1992)
   Dark Fortune (1993)
   This Sword For Hire (2017)

Collections

   Dark Kingdoms (1998)
   The Things That Crawl (2017)
   The Hep Cats of Ulthar and Other Lovecraftian Tales (2018)

Novellas and Short Stories

Murder in Corvis (2014)

Anthologies edited

Powered Up! : An Earth Prime Anthology (2020) (with Eytan Bernstein, Maurice Broaddus, Nathan Crowder, Isabella Faidley, Crystal Frasier, Kelly Goodman, Skyler Graye, Nathan Meyer, Jennifer Povey, Aaron Rosenberg, Caias Ward, Andrew Wilmot and Russell Zimmerman)

Series contributed to

Nightmare Club
   1. Joy Ride (1993)
   3. Warlock Games (1993)
   6. Party Til You Drop (1993)

World of Darkness
   Caravan of Shadows (1995)
   Netherworld (1995)
   On a Darkling Plane (1995)
   Wraith (1996)

Are You Afraid of the Dark?
21. The Tale of the Terrible Toys (1998)

X-Men
Soul Killer (1999)

Forgotten Realms : Sembia
1. The Halls of Stormweather (2000) (with others)
3. The Shattered Mask (2001)

R. A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen
1. Dissolution (2002)

Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Tribe
5. Children of Gaia and Uktena (2002)

Forgotten Realms : Rogues
2. The Black Bouquet (2003)

Forgotten Realms : The Year of Rogue Dragons
   1. The Rage (2004)
   2. The Rite (2005)
   3. The Ruin (2006)

Forgotten Realms : Priests
4. Queen of the Depths (2005)

Warhammer
The Enemy Within (2007)

Forgotten Realms : Haunted Lands
   1. Unclean (2007)
   2. Undead (2008)
   3. Unholy (2009)

Brotherhood of the Griffon
   1. The Captive Flame (2010)
   2. Whisper of Venom (2010)
   3. The Spectral Blaze (2011)
   4. The Masked Witches (2012)
   5. Prophet of the Dead (2013)

Pathfinder Tales
   12. Called to Darkness (2013)
   Lord of Penance (2020)
   In Red Rune Canyon (2021)

Forgotten Realms : The Sundering
4. The Reaver (2014)

Iron Kingdoms Excursions: Season Two
   2. Iron Kingdoms Excursions: Season Two, Volume Two (2014) (with Larry Correia and Josh Vogt)
   4. Iron Kingdoms Excursions: Season Two, Volume Four (2015) (with Orrin Grey and Josh Vogt)
   6. Iron Kingdoms Excursions: Season Two, Volume Six (2015) (with Aeryn Rudel and William Shick)

Basil and Moebius Mission File
   2. The Gold Bugs Affair (2015)
   6. The Picture of Aleister Crowley (2016)
   9. The Black Volga (2017)

Stormtalons
The Ghost in the Stone (2016)

Adventures of Basil & Moebius
   1. The Tales of Basil and Moebius (2017) (with others)
   2. The Hand of Rasputin (2018) (with Ryan Schifrin)
   3. Fresh Hells (2019) (with others)
   4. Unfinished (2021) (with others)
   5. Godslayer (2022) (with others)
   6. Quitters Never Die (2023) (with others)
   7. Just Another Tuesday (2024) (with others)

Dragonband: Tales
3. Women of the Crystal Coast (2019) (with others)

Mutants & Masterminds
Lancelot (2019)

Marvel Legends of Asgard
   Heimdall: The Head of Mimir (2020)
   The Head of Mimir (2020)
   The Rebels of Vanaheim (2021)
   The Prisoner of Tartarus (2022)

Arkham Horror
Dark Origins: Arkham Horror: The Collected Novellas, Vol. 1 (2021) (with others)
Grim Investigations (2022) (with Jennifer Brozek and Amanda Downum)

Non fiction show

Richard Lee Byers recommends

Black City Demon (2017)
(Black City , book 2)
Richard A Knaak
"First rate urban fantasy."

Anthologies containing stories by Richard Lee Byers

Grimmer Tales: Volume One (2022)

Brigands (2019)
A Blackguards Anthology
(Blackguards Anthology)
edited by
Alana Joli Abbott and Melanie R Meadors

Transmissions From Punktown (2018)
edited by
Brian M Sammons

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