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Dennis Etchison


(Dennis William Etchison)
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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
 
Novels
   The Fog (1980)
   Videodrome (1983) (as by Jack Martin)
   Darkside (1986)
   Shadow Man (1993)
   California Gothic (1995)
   Double Edge (1996)
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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)
   It Only Comes Out At Night (2016)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Late Shift (1980)
   The Walk (2014)
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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)
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Anthology series
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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)
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Dennis Etchison recommends
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The Castle of Los Angeles (2010)
Lisa Morton
"...as unique as a fingerprint..."
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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."
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The Model (1987)
Robert Aickman
"Robert Aickman is incomparable - a genuinely authentic original and an absolute master of psychological fiction."

Anthologies containing stories by Dennis Etchison
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The Best of Dark Terrors (2021)
(Dark Terrors)
edited by
Stephen Jones and David A Sutton
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The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror (2021)
Evil Lives on in the Land!
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Stephen Jones
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The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (2019)
Twisted Tales Not to Be Read at Night!
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Stephen Jones

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Awards
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1977) : It Only Comes Out at Night
World Fantasy Best Short Story winner (1982) : The Dark Country [short story]
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1983) : The Dark Country
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1983) : Deathtracks
Bram Stoker Best Short Story nominee (1994) : The Dog Park
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1995) : California Gothic
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1997) : The Dead Cop


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