and hustlers. The reaction of the real life figures identifiable in the novel was one reason he left the San Francisco area, more or less permanently, in 1959. Rediscovery Faber Finds has republished seven of Stacton's novels. (Times Literary Supplement, April 5, 2013). Fans of David Stacton include John Crowley (Stacton was the inspiration for the character Fellowes Kraft in Crowley’s Ægypt sequence), Thomas M. Disch, and Peter Beagle. Awards Guggenheim Fellowship - 1961 and 1966 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship - 1968 Bibliography Poetry An Unfamiliar Country: 25 Poems (Fantasy Press, 1953) A Desert Fox, With Cactus-Colored fur (Albert Sperisen, 1960) – broadside poem Aetatis Suae LII (Albert Sperisen, 1961) - broadside poem Closing In (New Broom Private Press, 1976) Five Poems (Limited Editions Unincorporated, 1977) If Light in August (The Conspiratorial Impermanent Press, 1984) Biography / History A Ride on a Tiger: The Curious Travels of Victor Jacquemont (Museum Press, 1954) The Crescent and the Cross: The fall of Byzantium May 1453 (G.P. Putnam, 1964) (under name of David Dereksen) The World on the Last Day: The Sack of Constantinople by the Turks, May 29, 1453 (Faber, 1965) The Bonapartes (Simon & Schuster, 1966) Novels Dolores (Faber, 1954) A Fox Inside (Faber, 1955) - a California noir The Self-Enchanted (Faber, 1956) Remember Me: A Story of Ludwig II of Bavaria (Faber, 1957) - The Invincible Questions Triptych I The Power Gods (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958) as Bud Clifton D is for Delinquent (Ace, 1958) as Bud Clifton Muscle Boy (Ace, 1958) as Bud Clifton The Bad Girls (Pyramid, 1958) as Bud Clifton On a Balcony: A Story of Akhnaton and Nefertiti (Faber, 1958) - The Invincible Questions Triptych II Segaki: A Story of Medieval Japan (Faber, 1958) - The Invincible Questions Triptych III The Murder Specialist (Ace, 1959) as Bud Clifton Road Kids (Transworld, 1960) as Bud Clifton A Dancer in Darkness (Faber, 1960) - novel based on John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi" Wish Me Dead (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1960) as David West A Signal Victory: A Story of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan (Faber, 1960) - American Triptych I The Judges of the Secret Court (Faber, 1961) - based on John Wilkes Booth's assassination of President Lincoln; - American Triptych II Let Him Go Hang (Ace, 1961) as Bud Clifton Tom Fool (Faber, 1962) - based on the career of Wendell Willkie; - American