User:Stanley C. Sargent

My name is Stanley C. Sargent. I'm an artist and published author of short stories and novellas. My writing was intensely influenced by the works of authors H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, John Varley (his trilogy of novels, TITAN, WIZARD & DEMON in particular), and many others. My website is currently down, but I hope to have it up again soon; the new address for it will be www.stanleycsargent.net, and it will contain a bio, fully updated bibliography, sample stories you can read for free, examples of my artwork (published and not published), and more. In the meantime, search for my work at Amazon (see "Author's Page") and elsewhere online for my 3 collections of short stories: ANCIENT EXHUMATIONS (1st edition/out-of-print), THE TAINT OF LOVECRAFT (1st edition/out of print), and ANCIENT EXHUMATIONS +2 (this 2nd edition of my first collection is currently in-print and also available as an e-book). I am considered a Lovecraftian author, but I've all but broken away from that genre as I feel it is too restrictive and all-encompassing these days. The stories in ANCIENT EXHUMATIONS require no previous knowledge of Lovecraft's work.

I have a great interest in ancient history, especially in ancient Egypt, the Maya, ancient Crete, and more. Several of my stories and one novella are set in ancient times in Egypt, Crete, Persia, and even early America. I attended a conference on the decipherment of Maya glyphs in the late '70s and met some of the brilliant people who contributed greatly to that decipherment, including the late Linda Schele. I spent a month in Iran in the summer of 1979, just a few months before the hostages were taken. My favorite place there was the ruins of Persepolis/Parsa, where I wandered through the palaces of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great and Xerxes, even standing between two of the giant human-headed bull statues that once formed part of the "Gateway to All Lands."

I've referenced Wikipedia many times in the past and have decided to create this user page as well as an entry page for myself. I continue to write fiction periodically, my latest story being "When the End Just Defies the Means", the longest tale in Word Horde's 2014 anthology, TALES OF JACK THE RIPPER. I will turn 65 in June of 2105, and I hope to write a few more tales before leaving this world (and all others, I hope). I enjoy hearing from readers who like my work, so feel free to email me at scsargent@sbcglobal.net. My website I'm currently working on the third story of my Qom-maq tales set in ancient and contemporary Crete. Upon completion, this will be my only novel, entitled "Things That Are But Never Were."

7/12/2015