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Dennis Etchison
(Dennis William Etchison)
(1943 - 2019)aka Jack Martin, Curtis Richards
Dennis Etchison's short stories appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, and in his collections The Dark Country, Red Dreams, The Blood Kiss and The Death Artist. He was also an editor (Cutting Edge, MetaHorror, Masters of Darkness, The Museum of Horrors), novelist (Darkside, California Gothic, Double Edge), screenwriter and the winner of five British Fantasy and World Fantasy Awards. Publishers Weekly called his writing "the state of the art in modern horror."
Genres: Horror
Anthology series
Masters of Darkness
1. Masters of Darkness (1986)
2. Masters of Darkness 2 (1988)
The Complete Masters of Darkness (1990)
3. Masters of Darkness 3 (1991)
1. Masters of Darkness (1986)
2. Masters of Darkness 2 (1988)
The Complete Masters of Darkness (1990)
3. Masters of Darkness 3 (1991)
Novels
The Fog (1980)
Videodrome (1983) (as by Jack Martin)
Darkside (1986)
Shadow Man (1993)
California Gothic (1995)
Double Edge (1996)
Videodrome (1983) (as by Jack Martin)
Darkside (1986)
Shadow Man (1993)
California Gothic (1995)
Double Edge (1996)
Collections
Red Dreams (1972)
The Dark Country (1982)
The Blood Kiss (1988)
The Death Artist (2000)
Talking in the Dark (2001)
Fine Cuts (2004)
Got to Kill Them All & Other Stories (2008)
Night Terrors III (2014) (with others)
It Only Comes Out At Night (2016)
The Dark Country (1982)
The Blood Kiss (1988)
The Death Artist (2000)
Talking in the Dark (2001)
Fine Cuts (2004)
Got to Kill Them All & Other Stories (2008)
Night Terrors III (2014) (with others)
It Only Comes Out At Night (2016)
Anthologies edited
Cutting Edge (1986)
Lord John Ten (1988)
Masters of Darkness III (1991)
Metahorror (1992)
The Museum of Horrors (2001)
Gathering the Bones (2003) (with Ramsey Campbell and Jack Dann)
Lord John Ten (1988)
Masters of Darkness III (1991)
Metahorror (1992)
The Museum of Horrors (2001)
Gathering the Bones (2003) (with Ramsey Campbell and Jack Dann)
Novellas and Short Stories
Series contributed to
Halloween
1. Halloween (1979) (as by Curtis Richards)
2. Halloween II (1981) (as by Jack Martin)
3. Halloween III (1982) (as by Jack Martin)
1. Halloween (1979) (as by Curtis Richards)
2. Halloween II (1981) (as by Jack Martin)
3. Halloween III (1982) (as by Jack Martin)
Anthologies containing stories by Dennis Etchison
New Writings in SF 2 (1964)
New Writings in SF 4 (1965)
The Pseudo-People (1965)
New Writings in SF 11 (1968)
Frights (1976)
Whispers (1977)
Shadows (1978)
Frights 2 (1979)
The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979)
Dark Forces (1980)
New Terrors 1 (1980)
Fears (1983)
Shadows 7 (1984)
Masques (1984)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985)
Horrors (1986)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987)
Whispers VI (1987)
Prime Evil (1988)
Lord John Ten (1988)
The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
aka Demons and Dreams
Urban Horrors (1990)
Horror Story Volume 3 (1991)
The Mammoth Book of Terror (1991)
The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XX (1992)
Dark Voices 5 (1992)
The Best of Whispers (1994)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (1994)
Borderlands 4 (1995)
The Best New Horror 5 (1995)
Dark Terrors 2 (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997)
Dark Terrors 3 (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Nine (1997)
Scaremongers (1998)
Dark Terrors 4 (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999)
Dark Terrors 5 (2000)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)
New Writings in SF 4 (1965)
The Pseudo-People (1965)
New Writings in SF 11 (1968)
Frights (1976)
Whispers (1977)
Shadows (1978)
Frights 2 (1979)
The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979)
Dark Forces (1980)
New Terrors 1 (1980)
Fears (1983)
Shadows 7 (1984)
Masques (1984)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985)
Horrors (1986)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987)
Whispers VI (1987)
Prime Evil (1988)
Lord John Ten (1988)
The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
aka Demons and Dreams
Urban Horrors (1990)
Horror Story Volume 3 (1991)
The Mammoth Book of Terror (1991)
The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XX (1992)
Dark Voices 5 (1992)
The Best of Whispers (1994)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (1994)
Borderlands 4 (1995)
The Best New Horror 5 (1995)
Dark Terrors 2 (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997)
Dark Terrors 3 (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Nine (1997)
Scaremongers (1998)
Dark Terrors 4 (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999)
Dark Terrors 5 (2000)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)
Short stories
| The Country of the Strong (1962) | |||
| Odd Boy Out (1964) | |||
| The Fires of Night (1965) | |||
| Wet Season (1965) | |||
| Bright Are the Stars That Shine, Dark Is the Sky (1968) | |||
| The Smell of Death (1971) | |||
| The Machine Demands a Sacrifice (1972) | |||
| Today's Special (1972) | |||
| Calling All Monsters (1973) | |||
| Daughter of the Golden West (1973) aka A Feast for Cathy | |||
| The Graveyard Blues (1973) | |||
| Keeper of the Light (1973) | |||
| Black Sun (1974) | |||
| Drop City (1974) | |||
| The Dead Line (1975) | |||
| It Only Comes Out at Night (1976) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| Sitting in the Corner, Whimpering Quietly (1976) | |||
| The Walking Man (1976) | |||
| We Have All Been Here Before (1976) | |||
| On the Pike (1977) | |||
| White Moon Rising (1977) | |||
| I Can Hear the Dark (1978) | |||
| The Nighthawk (1978) | |||
| The Pitch (1978) | |||
| It Will Be Here Soon (1979) | |||
| On Call (1980) | |||
| The Spot (1980) (with Mark Johnson) | |||
| You Can Go Now (1980) | |||
| The Chill (1981) | |||
| The Dark Country [short story] (1981) | World Fantasy | ||
| Deathtracks (1981) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| The Chair (1983) | |||
| Not from Around Here (1984) | |||
| Somebody Like You (1984) | |||
| Talking in the Dark [short story] (1984) | |||
| The Woman in Black (1984) | |||
| The Scar (1987) | |||
| The Blood Kiss [short story] (1988) | |||
| Call Home (1991) | |||
| When They Gave Us Memory (1991) | |||
| The Dog Park (1993) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| A Wind from the South (1994) | |||
| The Dead Cop (1996) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| The Last Reel (1997) | |||
| No One You Know (1997) | |||
| Inside the Cackle Factory (1998) | |||
| My Present Wife (2000) |
Awards
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Dennis Etchison recommends
Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks (1987)
Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson
"The central images of these stories are so powerful and resonant that they linger after structure and specific language have been forgotten. Red seems to me to be a masterwork. Vampire is a tour de force of breathtaking virtuosity."
The Model (1987)
Robert Aickman
"Robert Aickman is incomparable - a genuinely authentic original and an absolute master of psychological fiction."
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