It grants him access to Bloodstone and its power. The Ring: In Bloodstone the Ring is KaneвЂ™s connection with the space entity Bloodstone. This could certainly become its own blog post.

Below are some of the connections that first stood out to me. We know Karl Edward Wagner read Merritt because of the inclusion of MerrittвЂ™s book Burn, Witch, Burn on WagnerвЂ™s list of Best Supernatural Horror Novels so a possible connection is not out of left field. It was written by the very interesting, world traveling, occult book collecting Abraham Grace Merritt or A. MerrittвЂ™s Dwellers in the Mirage.Дwellers in the Mirage was originally published in Argosy Magazine split into six parts starting in January of 1932.

This time the link is between WagnerвЂ™s Bloodstone and A. It gives the feeling of the power of the ring and also references how slippery the ring was until it began fusing itself to Kane.Дeuce Richardson, who we previously mentioned in the вЂUndertowвЂ™ episode, brought up another possible influence on WagnerвЂ™s work. It looks almost as if the ring is oversized and more girdle like. I really loved the portrayal of the ring in the Italian cover so I wanted to display it here.

One such subject was the role of horses in fantasy literature and TeresвЂ™s faithful horse Gwellines!Д«loodstone was translated into German in 1989 and then into Italian in 1991. I feel like so many topics and themes hit the cutting room floor. Such a large undertaking to try and tackle a novel in only two episodes. Lo! Now arrives the conclusion of our coverage of Karl Edward WagnerвЂ™s Bloodstone. Originally Published: 1975 by Warner Paperback Library

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