Duane Weldon Rimel (February 21, 1915 – September 30, 1996) was an American writer of speculative and erotic literature who is best known for his friendship with H. P. Lovecraft.

He sent Lovecraft some early manuscripts, including a now-lost work titled "The Spell of the Blue Stone" in February 1934.

[5] In the summer of that year, Rimel sent a poetic manuscript titled "The Dreams of Yid".

[5] In the April 1935 issue of Julius Schwartz's Fantasy Magazine, contained a biographical sketch of H. P. Lovecraft by F. Lee Baldwin.

This article was one of the first fanzine biographies of Lovecraft, preceding those written shortly after his death.

Rimel contributed a linocut portrait of Lovecraft that he had made to illustrate the biography.

[8] In August 1937, Rimel discussed the idea of jointly founding a fanzine with Lovecraft and Emil Petaja titled the Fantaisiste's Mirror.

Its goal would have been to complete the publication of Lovecraft's "Supernatural Horror in Literature" that was started in the defunct Fantasy Fan.

[11] After Lovecraft's death, Rimel primarily shifted to writing Westerns and erotic literature.

[13] Starting in 1942, Rimel was also the editor of Valley News, a weekly newspaper that was based in Lewiston, Idaho.