Stephen King once called his 1984 novel The Ceremonies, “the most exciting novel in the field to come along since Straub’s Ghost Story.” All this and more resulted in Klein being given the World Horror Convention’s Grand Master Award in 2012. He’s been a seven-time nominee for the World Fantasy Award, starting in 1975 with his first published story, “The Events at Poroth Farm,” and his novella “Nadelman’s God” won the World Fantasy Award in 1986.
But his effect on the horror field has been more than merely personal, and more than only as an editor, because as a writer, his impact was just as great, if not greater. Which, as it was only my eighth published story, and my highest profile market up until then, changed my life.
I got to know Ted because he edited The Twilight Zone magazine from 1981 until 1985, and in the middle of his run, he was foolish enough to publish a story by me, “Fifth Dimension,” in the March-April 1983 issue. Klein, whom I’ve known for longer than (gulp!) a third of a century.
KleinĪre you ready to nosh? Then join me for dinner in Manhattan with the great horror writer and editor T.
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