#tom deitz

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This was a good book in the series, but I would trade both good-condition copies to get back a copy of Windmaster's Bane, which an ex-roommate accidentally lifted off me.

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The Gryphon King - art by Ken Barr (1989)

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Tom Deitz was one of my dad's favorite authors, and since they were both Georgia boys they actually met and kept up occasional correspondence until his death in the 2000s. This ARC of Summerblood was one of my dad's prize books, and therefore has a pretty special place in my own collection too

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I will have to look into his work!

I wish I could lend you his books! I only have a few of them myself, and the author (unfortunately) died in the mid 2000's. A lot of his novels were published in the early 90's, so they're a little dated and several are out of print, especially from the Davey Sullivan cycle. My dad was a huge fan of his and although they didn't know each other well, he and Deitz were correspondents for a while - they both had friends and interests in Athens, GA!

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You have thought these movements through more than I have, I think. Although, I have always identified with Southern Gothic aesthetics. I covet the sense that something is just… not quite right. That it means more and possibly something sinister.

It's hard to find his books these days, but I'd recommend author Tom Deitz to you, if you can find his stuff. In his books he combines elements of traditional Southern "slice of life" stories with the darker edge of Celtic fairy mythology that creates a really interesting variation on the Southern Gothic aesthetic. In some of his stories he even incorporates elements of the Cherokee mythology native to his north Georgia home, and the way he blends everything together makes for some really fascinating tales!