Walter Velez

November 28, 1939 – August 24, 2018 (aged 78)

Birth place: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

25 works in English-language magazines

Date	Page	Type	Title	Magazine
1979		Cover Art	Weird Worlds, #2	Weird Worlds, #2
March 1981	53	Interior Art	"Self portrait of the artist doing a self portrait of the artist"	Starlog, March 1981
March 1981	44	Interior Art	I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood	Starlog, March 1981
March 1981	45	Interior Art	Kosmic Kreeps	Starlog, March 1981
March 1981	43\|43.2	Interior Art	Milky Way (album cover)	Starlog, March 1981
March 1981	71	Interior Art	Revising the Pattern	Future Life, March 1981
March 1981	43\|43.3	Interior Art	Star T*REK	Starlog, March 1981
March 1981	44	Interior Art	The Golden Man (cover)	Starlog, March 1981
March 1981	42	Interior Art	The Outward Urge	Starlog, March 1981
March 1981	44	Interior Art	The Time Traders (cover)	Starlog, March 1981
August 1981	24	Interior Art	Emortalism: Curing Death	Future Life, August 1981
September 1981	71	Interior Art	A Prescription for Utopia	Future Life, September 1981
November 1981		Cover Art	Future Life, November 1981	Future Life, November 1981
December 1981	71	Interior Art	The Tools of War	Future Life, December 1981
January 1983		Cover Art	Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, January-February 1983	Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, January-February 1983
May 1991	65	Interior Art	M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action (excerpt)	Amazing Stories, May 1991
April 1992		Cover Art	Amazing Stories, April 1992	Amazing Stories, April 1992
November 1992	27	Interior Art	I Walked with Fidel	Amazing Stories, November 1992
December 1992	27	Interior Art	The Coming of the Spear	Amazing Stories, December 1992
February 1993	9	Interior Art	The Dark Backward	Amazing Stories, February 1993
September 1993	75	Interior Art	The Tarnished Diamond (excerpt)	Amazing Stories, September 1993
October 1998	74	Interior Art	Home	Realms of Fantasy, October 1998
October 1999	68	Interior Art	Voyage to the Moon	Realms of Fantasy, October 1999
June 2003		Cover Art	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2003	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2003
2024	306\|306.1	Interior Art	Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, January-February 1983 (cover)	The Weird Fiction Review, Fall 2024

Year	Award	Category	Title	Status
1999	Chesley Award	Best Cover Illustration - Paperback	The Flying Sorcerers	Nominee

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Year	Publication	Title
1979	Weird Worlds, #2	Weird Worlds, #2
June 1979	Seetee	Seetee
August 1979	Silverlock	Silverlock
August 1979	The Door Through Space	The Door Through Space
October 1979	Thieves' World	Thieves' World
December 1979	Phase Two	Phase Two
December 1979	The Borribles	The Borribles
February 1980	The Golden Man	The Golden Man
April 1980	New Voices III: The Campbell Award Nominees	New Voices III: The Campbell Award Nominees
June 1980	The Bug Wars	The Bug Wars
July 1980	The Steel, the Mist, and the Blazing Sun	The Steel, the Mist, and the Blazing Sun
July 1980	The Time Traders	The Time Traders
September 1980	The Defiant Agents	The Defiant Agents
September 1980	The Falcon of Eden	The Falcon of Eden
November 1980	Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn	Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn
January 1981	Timescoop	Timescoop
May 1981	Moon of Three Rings	Moon of Three Rings
August 1981	The Zero Stone	The Zero Stone
October 1981	Shadows of Sanctuary	Shadows of Sanctuary
October 1981	The Dream Master	The Dream Master
November 1981	Future Life, November 1981	Future Life, November 1981
November 1981	Sargasso of Space	Sargasso of Space
February 1982	Tin Woodman	Tin Woodman
March 1982	High Tension	High Tension
July 1982	Sanctuary	Sanctuary
August 1982	Cat Karina	Cat Karina
August 1982	Galactic Derelict	Galactic Derelict
September 1982	The Shrouded Planet	The Shrouded Planet
October 1982	Shatterday	Shatterday
October 1982	Storm Season	Storm Season
October 1982	The Dawning Light	The Dawning Light
October 1982	The Steel Tsar	The Steel Tsar
January 1983	Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, January-February 1983	Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, January-February 1983
March 1983	Daughter of Witches	Daughter of Witches
May 1983	The Winds of Altair	The Winds of Altair
June 1983	Lord Darcy	Lord Darcy
June 1983	The Sinister Studios of KESP-TV	The Sinister Studios of KESP-TV
October 1983	The Face of Chaos	The Face of Chaos
1984	Shadow Magic	Shadow Magic
March 1984	The Seven Towers	The Seven Towers
April 1984	Jamie the Red	Jamie the Red
June 1984	Myth Adventures	Myth Adventures
August 1984	Another Fine Myth	Another Fine Myth
October 1984	The Moon's Fire-Eating Daughter	The Moon's Fire-Eating Daughter
November 1984	Wings of Omen	Wings of Omen
December 1984	Cross-Currents	Cross-Currents
December 1984	Machines That Kill	Machines That Kill
February 1985	Myth Conceptions	Myth Conceptions
April 1985	A Trio for Lute	A Trio for Lute
May 1985	Magic in Ithkar	Magic in Ithkar
June 1985	Myth Directions	Myth Directions
September 1985	Hit or Myth	Hit or Myth
October 1985	The True Game	The True Game
December 1985	Magic in Ithkar 2	Magic in Ithkar 2
February 1986	A Malady of Magicks	A Malady of Magicks
February 1986	Ambrov Keon	Ambrov Keon
March 1986	The Warlock Enlarged	The Warlock Enlarged
March 1986	To the Magic Born	To the Magic Born
April 1986	Body Armor: 2000	Body Armor: 2000
June 1986	The Realm Beneath	The Realm Beneath
August 1986	Dragonsbane	Dragonsbane
August 1986	Lythande	Lythande
August 1986	Zelerod's Doom	Zelerod's Doom
September 1986	A Multitude of Monsters	A Multitude of Monsters
November 1986	Myth-ing Persons	Myth-ing Persons
December 1986	The Shattered Sphere	The Shattered Sphere
January 1987	Mandricardo: New Adventures in Terra Magica	Mandricardo: New Adventures in Terra Magica
January 1987	The End of the Game	The End of the Game
April 1987	Supertanks	Supertanks
May 1987	Test of Honor	Test of Honor
June 1987	A Night in the Netherhells	A Night in the Netherhells
June 1987	Wild Cards	Wild Cards
July 1987	Little Myth Marker	Little Myth Marker
July 1987	Myth Alliances	Myth Alliances
November 1987	The Exploits of Ebenezvm	The Exploits of Ebenezvm
December 1987	A Difficulty with Dwarves	A Difficulty with Dwarves
January 1988	M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link	M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link
February 1988	Callipygia	Callipygia
February 1988	Jokers Wild	Jokers Wild
February 1988	Wild Cards II: Aces High	Wild Cards II: Aces High
March 1988	Barking Dogs	Barking Dogs
April 1988	Magic in Ithkar 1	Magic in Ithkar 1
April 1988	Space-Fighters	Space-Fighters
May 1988	Here Be Demons	Here Be Demons
June 1988	The Crystal Crown	The Crystal Crown
June 1988	The Name of the Sun	The Name of the Sun
July 1988	An Excess of Enchantments	An Excess of Enchantments
July 1988	Nuclear War	Nuclear War
August 1988	The Warlock's Night Out	The Warlock's Night Out
August 1988	Wishbringer	Wishbringer
November 1988	Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections	Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections
December 1988	Dragon Sword	Dragon Sword
February 1989	A Disagreement with Death	A Disagreement with Death
March 1989	The Wanderings of Wuntvor	The Wanderings of Wuntvor
April 1989	Space Gladiators	Space Gladiators
May 1989	Aces Abroad	Aces Abroad
May 1989	Demon Blues	Demon Blues
May 1989	Down & Dirty	Down & Dirty
May 1989	Enchanter	Enchanter
July 1989	Catastrophe's Spell	Catastrophe's Spell
October 1989	Odd Warlock Out	Odd Warlock Out
October 1989	Slaves of the Volcano God	Slaves of the Volcano God
November 1989	Space Infantry	Space Infantry
February 1990	Desperate Measures	Desperate Measures
February 1990	Hooray for Hellywood	Hooray for Hellywood
April 1990	Bride of the Slime Monster	Bride of the Slime Monster
May 1990	The Price of Victory	The Price of Victory
May 1990	Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole: A Wild Cards Mosaic Novel	Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole: A Wild Cards Mosaic Novel
July 1990	Space Dreadnoughts	Space Dreadnoughts
July 1990	The Zork Chronicles	The Zork Chronicles
August 1990	Kent Montana and the Really Ugly Thing from Mars	Kent Montana and the Really Ugly Thing from Mars
August 1990	The Essence of Evil	The Essence of Evil
October 1990	Another Day, Another Dungeon	Another Day, Another Dungeon
October 1990	Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies	Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies
February 1991	Kent Montana and the Reasonably Invisible Man	Kent Montana and the Reasonably Invisible Man
February 1991	The Cineverse Cycle	The Cineverse Cycle
February 1991	The Lost City of Zork	The Lost City of Zork
June 1991	Extreme Paranoia: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Shot	Extreme Paranoia: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Shot
June 1991	M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action	M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action
August 1991	Kent Montana and the Once and Future Thing	Kent Montana and the Once and Future Thing
April 1992	Amazing Stories, April 1992	Amazing Stories, April 1992
May 1992	The Mark of the Moderately Vicious Vampire	The Mark of the Moderately Vicious Vampire
June 1992	Take Back Plenty	Take Back Plenty
August 1992	The Witches of Karres	The Witches of Karres
October 1992	668: The Neighbor of the Beast	668: The Neighbor of the Beast
December 1992	Dragons on the Town	Dragons on the Town
April 1993	Red Dwarf	Red Dwarf
July 1993	Split Heirs	Split Heirs
November 1993	Once Upon a Time in the East	Once Upon a Time in the East
March 1994	By the Time I Get to Nashville	By the Time I Get to Nashville
June 1994	Firehand	Firehand
September 1994	Go Quest, Young Man	Go Quest, Young Man
September 1994	Time: The Semi-Final Frontier	Time: The Semi-Final Frontier
November 1994	End of an Era	End of an Era
February 1995	A Modern Magician	A Modern Magician
February 1995	Rogues to Riches	Rogues to Riches
May 1995	King Pinch	King Pinch
May 1995	Sweet Myth-tery of Life	Sweet Myth-tery of Life
August 1995	A Calculated Magic	A Calculated Magic
October 1995	War in Tethyr	War in Tethyr
November 1995	Summerhill Hounds	Summerhill Hounds
February 1996	Escape from Undermountain	Escape from Undermountain
February 1996	Headcrash	Headcrash
August 1996	The Black Vessel	The Black Vessel
August 1996	The Mage in the Iron Mask	The Mage in the Iron Mask
September 1996	The Dark Is Rising	The Dark Is Rising
October 1996	Stormlight	Stormlight
November 1996	The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell	The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
May 1997	The Stainless Steel Rat	The Stainless Steel Rat
May 1997	The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge	The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
September 1997	The Council of Blades	The Council of Blades
November 1997	The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy	The Wizards of Odd
November 1998	The Flying Sorcerers	The Flying Sorcerers
December 1998	The Tough Guide to Fantasyland	The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
July 1999	The Gnomewrench in the Dwarfworks	The Gnomewrench in the Dwarfworks
October 1999	A Phule and His Money	A Phule and His Money
May 2000	Knights of Madness	Knights of Madness
June 2000	Aliens Among Us	Aliens Among Us
August 2000	The Gnomewrench in the Peopleworks	The Gnomewrench in the Peopleworks
December 2000	Phule Me Twice	Phule Me Twice
January 2001	Genometry	Genometry
April 2001	Bobby's Girl	Bobby's Girl
September 2001	Isaac Asimov's Halloween	Isaac Asimov's Halloween
August 2002	Myth-ion Improbable	Myth-ion Improbable
June 2003	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2003	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2003
August 2003	Something M.Y.T.H. Inc.	Something M.Y.T.H. Inc.
April 2004	No Phule Like an Old Phule	No Phule Like an Old Phule
August 2004	Myth Alliances	Myth Alliances
September 2004	Heroics for Beginners	Heroics for Beginners
May 2005	The Unhandsome Prince	The Unhandsome Prince
June 2005	Meet the Thradons!	Meet the Thradons!
August 2005	Myth-Taken Identity	Myth-Taken Identity
December 2005	Betsy the Vampire Queen	Betsy the Vampire Queen
May 2006	Bad Prince Charlie	Bad Prince Charlie
August 2006	Phule's Errand	Phule's Errand
February 2007	Myth-Told Tales	Myth-Told Tales
March 2007	Als Dämon brauchst du nie Kredit	Als Dämon brauchst du nie Kredit
May 2007	A Fate Worse Than Dragons	A Fate Worse Than Dragons
February 2008	Myth-Gotten Gains	Myth-Gotten Gains
October 2008	Betsy: Bride of the Vampire	Betsy: Bride of the Vampire
February 2009	Myth-Chief	Myth-Chief
November 2011	Myth-Fortunes	Myth-Fortunes
December 2012	Robert Asprin's Myth-Quoted	Robert Asprin's Myth-Quoted
June 2016	Robert Asprin's Myth-Fits	Robert Asprin's Myth-Fits
September 2021	A Bad Day for Ali Baba	A Bad Day for Ali Baba
September 2021	The Other Sinbad	The Other Sinbad
8888	Star T'rek	Star T'rek

Year	Publication	Title
March 1981	Starlog, March 1981	"Self portrait of the artist doing a self portrait of the artist"
March 1981	Starlog, March 1981	I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood
March 1981	Starlog, March 1981	Kosmic Kreeps
March 1981	Starlog, March 1981	Milky Way (album cover)
March 1981	Future Life, March 1981	Revising the Pattern
March 1981	Starlog, March 1981	The Outward Urge
August 1981	Future Life, August 1981	Emortalism: Curing Death
September 1981	Future Life, September 1981	A Prescription for Utopia
December 1981	Future Life, December 1981	The Tools of War
November 1992	Amazing Stories, November 1992	I Walked with Fidel
December 1992	Amazing Stories, December 1992	The Coming of the Spear
1993	Ender's Game	Ender's Game (frontispiece)
February 1993	Amazing Stories, February 1993	The Dark Backward
September 1993	Amazing Stories, September 1993	The Tarnished Diamond (excerpt)
1994	Macroscope	Macroscope
1996	The Hound and the Falcon	The Hound and the Falcon (frontispiece)
September 1996	Spectrum III: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art	Dragontail
March 1997	Foundation's Fear	Foundation's Fear (frontispiece)
1998	Witch World	Witch World (frontispiece)
January 1998	Moonwar	Moonwar (frontispiece)
October 1998	Realms of Fantasy, October 1998	Home
September 1999	A Civil Campaign	A Civil Campaign (frontispiece)
October 1999	Realms of Fantasy, October 1999	Voyage to the Moon
May 2004	Forty Signs of Rain	Forty Signs of Rain (frontispiece)
2006	Dragon's Fire	Dragon's Fire
February 2007	Emperor	Emperor (frontispiece)
2008	Starship Troopers	Starship Troopers (frontispiece)
April 2009	Diamond Star	Diamond Star (frontispiece)

Walter Velez

Magazine Works 25

Awards 1

Cover Art 187

Interior Art 28