Kurt Luif

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kurt Luif (born May 14, 1942 in Vienna ; † April 21, 2012 there ) was an Austrian author . Under the pseudonym Neal Davenport he was the main author of 45 novels in the horror series Demon Killer . He also wrote under the pen name James R. Burcette for the vampire horror novel and the bat crime novel series. Other pseudonyms are: Jörg Spielmans and Claus Hartmann and the publisher's pseudonym Frank deLorca .

Life

His literary career began in 1963 when he founded the Panorama agency together with Helmuth W. Mommers and Ernst Vlcek , which he managed alone from 1966. The agency's most significant success was the transfer of the copyrights to the science fiction series Perry Rhodan to Japan.

In 1966 he published a Western anthology with the title "18 Western Stories" at Heyne Verlag. His first novel was published in 1967 under the pseudonym Claus Hartmann as Utopia No. 537 under the title "Menschheit in Ketten" by Pabel-Verlag . In 1971, under the pseudonym Jörg Spielmans, two novels (No. 113 + 124) were published in the Zauberkreis SF series, four Kommissar Wilton thrillers (No. 864, 872, 879, 882) and three Heyne pocket book anthologies (No. 832, 922 and 985) with a horror theme.

In 1972 he started working simultaneously on the vampire horror novel and the bat series as James R. Burcette . Eight Fledermaus crime novels have been published by Kurt Luif. His collaboration ended with the start of the independent demon killer series in 1974. After the demon killer series was discontinued in 1977 because of four indexed numbers (7, 104, 115, 121), he co-wrote the successor series Hexenhammer in 1978 , which was a sub-series of the vampire horror -Roman series appeared. Luif wrote a total of 23 novels for this series from 1973 to 1978 under two pseudonyms. Luif wrote a total of seven editions for the Demonenkiller pocket book series (Nos. 3, 31, 43, 53, 56–58). Five (31, 53, 56–58) of these deal with the youthful experiences of the witch Coco Zamis, the partner of Dorian Hunter, the hero of the demon killer series. In the Mythor series he gave a short guest appearance with novels 28 and 35.In 1983 he anonymously wrote the four magician novels No. 18, 23, 24 and 30.

For the demon killer second edition he wrote the slide-in volume no. 34 "The Black Stallion" in 1983, which appeared for the indexed no. 7 "Amoklauf", which had been left out in the second edition. After a change of concept (no more exposé ) he wrote the demon killer novels 133, 134, 138, 142, 150, 160, 164 and 168. In the Commissioner X series he was represented with four novels between 1984 and 1990: No. As Neal Davenport in 1342 , as James R. Burcette in 1446, as Neal Davenport in 1644 and 1661 .

In addition to the magazine novels, he wrote short stories for magazines under various pseudonyms . He has published around 150 novels and 200 short stories under more than 30 pseudonyms. He wrote science fiction, horror, crime novels and love stories. He mainly sold the stories (through various agencies) to Quick , Neue Revue , Bella , Frau im Spiegel , Das Neue Blatt, etc. He also sold two of his short stories to Penthouse magazine .

Kurt Luif died of a weak heart after a long and serious illness.

Works

Bat crime novel
Rastatt, Pabel
as James R. Burcette :
  • 719 The Night of the Devils , 1973
  • 723 A millionaire in the crosshairs , 1973
  • 729 At three you are a dead man , 1973
  • 738 Three free times to hell , 1973
  • 747 My condolences on my birthday , 1973
  • 771 You died perfectly, Mr. Fisher , 1974
  • 790 Mr. James never died so real , 1974
  • 798 goldfish for Mexico , 1974
Vampire horror novel
Rastatt, Pabel
as James R. Burcette :
  • 011 The Night of the Apes , 1973
  • 013 Frankenstein's birth , 1973
  • 021 Frankenstein's End , 1973
  • 038 The ghost bird , 1973
  • 048 The red monkey , 1973
  • 078 The Wolf People's Village , 1974
  • 138 The Killer Paw , 1975
  • 166 The Gentle Beasts , 1976
  • 199 The Bloody Staircase , 1976
  • 270 The Lord of the Undead , 1978
as Neal Davenport :
  • 017 Frankenstein's Metamorphosis , 1973
  • 019 Wolves in the City , 1973
  • 027 The executioner's sword , 1973
  • 035 The wax museum , 1973
  • 047 rampage , 1973
  • 055 Labyrinth of Death , 1974
  • 067 The girl in the plague pit , 1974
  • 071 The white wolf , 1974
  • 075 The headhunter , 1974
  • 087 The Demon's Eye , 1974
  • 269 The Crypt of the Cursed , 1978
  • 277 The Flight of Icarus , 1978
Demon Killer Paperback
Rastatt, Pabel
as Neal Davenport :
  • 03 The devil worshipers , 1975
  • 31 Coco and the Magician , 1977
  • 43 The Witch's Curse , 1978
  • 53 Coco and the Mayan God , 1979
  • 56 Coco and the Druids , 1979
  • 57 Coco and the Demon of Venice , 1979
  • 58 Coco's Eerie Metamorphosis , 1979
Vampire horror
Rastatt, magic moon
as Neal Davenport :
  • 05 The Lord of the Undead (Collection), 2007
  • 09 The Bloody Staircase (Collection), 2009
Myth
Rastatt, Pabel-Moewig
as Neal Davenport :
  • 28 Little Nadomir , 2015
  • 35 The Gate of the South , 2015
Further
  • Humanity in Chains (as Claus Hartmann), Rastatt: Pabel (Utopia 537), 1967
  • Das Spürauge (as Jörg Spielmans), Rastatt: Zauberkreis (ZSF 113), 1971
  • A bride for the hereafter (ed.), Munich: Heyne, 1971
  • Planet of False Hopes (as Jörg Spielmans), Rastatt: Zauberkreis (ZSF 124), 1972
  • Wolves of Darkness (Ed.), Munich: Heyne, 1973
  • The demon house (as Frank deLorca), 1974, Bastei (GK 46)
  • Phantom der Freiheit (Ed.), Rastatt: Pabel (Terra TB 255), 1975
  • Greetings from the Totengruft (Ed.), Rastatt: Pabel (Vmpir TB 18), 1975
  • Wasserburg Stud , Vienna: Prachner, 1984

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Luif, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davenport, Neal (pseudonym); Burcette, James R. (pen name); Hartmann, Claus (pseudonym); deLorca, Frank (pseudonym); Spielmans, Jörg (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2012
Place of death Vienna