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Jason Ray Carney

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Jason Ray Carney, Ph.D. is a lecturer in popular literature and creative writing at Christopher Newport University; he is the author of the academic book, *Weird Tales of Modernity: The Ephemerality of the Ordinary in the Stories of Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, and H.P. Lovecraft* (McFarland 2019) and the sword and sorcery collection, *Rakefire and Other Stories* (Pulp Hero Press 2020). He co-edits the academic journal, *The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies* and is the editor of *Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Pulp Sword and Sorcery.* He is the area chair of the "Pulp Studies" section of the Popular Culture Association. ...more

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	Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue One (Whetstone, #1) by Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Géza A.G. Reilly, J.B. Toner (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savage Scrolls [Volume One]: Thrilling Tales of Sword-and-Sorcery by Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author), Howard Jones, James Enge (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue Two (Whetstone, #2) by Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), George Jacobs, D.M. Ritzlin (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Pulp Sword and Sorcery Issue Four (Whetstone, #4) by Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brian Murphy, Matthew John 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue Five (Whetstone, #5) by Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), G.T. Wilcox, Michael Burke 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue Three (Whetstone, #3) by Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chuck E. Clark, L.D. Whitney (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue Six (Whetstone, #6) by Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cora Buhlert, Chase A. Folmar (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witch House: Amateur Magazine of Cosmic Horror (Issue 1) by Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brianna Malotke, Chuck E. Clark 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Hadon of Ancient Opar by Philip José Farmer

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Gods in Darkness The Complete Novels of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner

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Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1) by Tanith Lee

The Blood of Roses Volume 1 Mechail, Anillia by Tanith Lee

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Rakefire and Other Stories by Jason Ray Carney

Jason Ray Carney's Rakefire and Other Stories

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Ravens' Gathering (Bard IV) by Keith John Taylor

Keith John Taylor 's Bard Series Bard ... Ravens' Gathering

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