Keith Herber Explained

Keith Herber
Birth Date:3 January 1949
Birth Place:Detroit, Michigan, United States
Death Place:Lakeland, Florida, United States
Occupation:Writer, editor, musician
Period:mid 1980s-2009
Genre:Horror
Website: Miskatonic River Press

Keith Donald "Doc" Herber (January 3, 1949 – March 13, 2009)[1] was an American author, editor, and musician.

Career

Keith Herber was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He began working on the fourth edition of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu role-playing game in 1989; he was the line editor for the game for the next five years, including the change to the fifth edition of Call of Cthulhu in 1992, until he left Chaosium in 1994.[2] While there he wrote and edited such award-winning books as The Fungi from Yuggoth, Trail of Tsathogghua, Spawn of Azathoth, Arkham Unveiled, Return to Dunwich, Investigator’s Companion Volumes 1 & 2, and the Keeper’s Compendium. The anthology Cthulhu's Dark Cults was dedicated to his memory.

Herber wrote for Pagan Publishing's The Unspeakable Oath magazine.[2] Following his time at Chaosium, Herber wrote two novels for White Wolf's Vampire game as well as the Tremere Clanbook. He also served as an editor for Cinescape Magazine.

Herber's venture at the time of his death was Miskatonic River Press, a publishing company started in 2009 to produce a number of supplements for Call of Cthulhu, as well as several fiction anthologies.[2]

Throughout his time as an author and editor, Herber played bass guitar for blues and rock bands across the United States, including Detroit's Progressive Blues Band, Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Mitch Ryder, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and opening for The Temptations, John Mayall, The Violent Femmes, and others.

Herber died in Lakeland, Florida in March 2009, aged 60.[1]

Roleplaying game credits

BookPublisherYear
New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley (Call of Cthulhu)Miskatonic River Press2008
H. P. Lovecraft's Arkham (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium2003
H. P. Lovecraft's Dunwich (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium2002
Keeper's Companion, Volume 1 (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium2000
Call of Cthulhu, ver. 5.5Chaosium1998
Creature Companion (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1998
Escape From Innsmouth, 2nd Ed. (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1997
The Compact Arkham Unveiled, The (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1995
Immortal Eyes: The Toybox (Changeling: The Dreaming)White Wolf1995
1920s Investigator's Companion, Vol. 2 (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1994
Clanbook: Tremere (Vampire: The Masquerade)White Wolf1994
Call of Cthulhu, 5th Ed.Chaosium1992
Cthulhu Now, 2nd Ed.Chaosium1992
Rogue Mistress (Stormbringer)Chaosium1991
Blood Brothers (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1990
Mansions of Madness (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1990
H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1988
Spawn of Azathoth (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1986
Trail of Tsathogghua (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1984
The Fungi from Yuggoth (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1984
Cthulhu Companion (Call of Cthulhu)Chaosium1983

Fiction credits

BookPublisherYear
Prince of the City (Vampire: The Masquerade) White Wolf1995
Dark Prince (Vampire: The Masquerade) HarperPrism1994

External links

Notes and References

  1. "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VMHP-BMH : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Keith Donald Herber, 13 March 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  2. Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. 2011. 978-1-907702-58-7.