Don Webb is an American science fiction and mystery writer, and former High Priest of the Temple of Set. He is an authority regarding the Temple of Set and has published several works of non-fiction on the topic. The Temple of Set continues to publish several of his articles as recommended introductory material for prospective members.
His first professional fiction sale was the short story "Rhinestone Manifesto", published in Interzone 13, Autumn 1985. He is best known for weird, experimental, and offbeat fiction, as well as works inspired by H. P. Lovecraft and according to Locus Magazine, he has published many stories, essays, interviews and other writing materials. His short stories have appeared or been referenced in numerous anthologies, including The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection, Asimov's Science Fiction and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction His story "The Great White Bed" (F&SF May 2007) was nominated for the International Horror Critics Award.
Webb has published 12 books and over 400 other items covering a broad range of topics. Webb is a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. He currently lives in Austin, Texas and teaches creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Uncle Ovid's Exercise Book (Illinois State University Press, Fiction Collective Two, 1987)
Common Superstitions (Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1988)
Märchenland ist abgebrannt: Profane Mythen aus Milwaukee (short story collection, translated by Susanna Harringer, Guthmann-Peterson, 1989)
Pulphouse Issue 19
"The Seventh Day and After" (Pulphouse Publishing, 1995)
The Agony Man (Avon, October 1995)
A Spell for the Fulfillment of Desire (Black Ice Books, 1996)
Stealing My Rules (CyberPsychos AOD Books, 1997)
Tamarii Notebook (Tor Books, 1998)
The Double: An Investigation (St. Martin's Press, 1998)
The Explanation and Other Good Advice (Wordcraft of Oregon, 1998)
Essential Saltes (St. Martin's Press, 1999)
Serenade at the End of Time (Bereshith Pub, January 1999)
Endless Honeymoon (St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001)
When They Came (Temporary Culture, 2006)
Anubis on Guard Selected Poetry of Don Webb (Dark Regions Press 1998)
The Bestseller and Others
Non-fiction
The Seven Faces of Darkness (Occult non-fiction, Runa-Raven Press) ISBN 1885972075
Uncle Setnakt's Essential Guide to the Left Hand Path (Occult non-fiction) ISBN 1885972105
Mysteries of the Temple of Set: Inner Teachings of the Left Hand Path (Occult non-fiction) ISBN 188597227X
Aleister Crowley: The Fire and the Force (Occult non-fiction) ISBN 1885972288
Short fiction
"In the Wings" (Originally published in Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 3: Spring 1989 (Pulphouse Publishing, Spring 1989)
"The Key to the Mysteries" (Originally published in Grue Magazine, 1989, collected in The Explanation and Other Good Advice, 1998)
"Four-and-Twenty" (Originally published in Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 7: Spring 1990 (Pulphouse Publishing, Spring 1990)
"To Mars and Providence" (in Global Dispatches, Bantam Spectra, 1996, and Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of HPL in Popular Culture, edited by Jim Turner, Golden Gryphon Press, 1998)