Robin Spriggs is an enigmatic figure in a variety of artistic fields, including dark fantasy literature, theatre, and film. Known primarily as a dark fabulist, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny; 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.