Fred Chappell

Fred Davis Chappell (28 May 1936 - 4 January 2024) is an American writer and poet who served as poet laureate of North Carolina, USA from 1997–2002 and taught English at the University of North Carolina for 40 years. His novel Dagon, which was named Best Foreign Book of 1968 by the Académie Française, blends the Southern Gothic genre with hints of the Cthulhu Mythos--opening with a quote from H. P. Lovecraft, "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl ftagn." Chappell has written other fiction related to the Mythos, including the short stories "The Adder" and "In the Rue d'Auseil".
==Selected Works==
===Novels===
*Dagon (1968)
=== Short Fiction ===
* "The Adder" (1989)
* "In the Rue d'Auseil" (2001)
==External Links==
*Fred Chappell at Wikipedia
*Fred Chappell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
*Fred Chappell at Goodreads
Category:Mythos-Inspired Authors
Category:Deceased (Real World)