H. Warner Munn was born on this date, November 5, in 1903.  Munn passed away in 1981.  He is largely forgotten today, but he wrote for Weird Tales.  Near the end of his life, he returned to writing.

Munn is best known for writing a series known as the Merlin saga.  The first two installments, King of the World’s Edge and The Ship From Atlantis were first published   Merlin’s Ring was to have been published in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, but the imprint was canceled.  Ballantine still published the book along with its sequel, Merlin’s Godson.  The latter book combined King of the World’s Edge and The Ship From Atlantis.

Neither of these books (Merlin’s Ring and Merlin’s Godson) are currently available in electronic format in English.  My understanding is that there were other books planned in this series, but Munn died before he could write them.  King of the World’s Edge was favorably compared to the works of Robert E. Howard when it was serialized in Weird Tales.

Munn’s other series involved werewolves.  It was also started in Weird Tales.  When he returned to writing, Munn was convinced by Robert Weinberg to write more stories, which Weinberg published.  These are available in electronic format.

I have to confess I’ve not read much of Munn’s work.  I need to correct that.