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Charles L Grant


(Charles Lewis Grant)
USA flag (1942 - 2006)
Husband of Kathryn Ptacek

aka Steven Charles, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Deborah Lewis, Geoffrey Marsh

Charles L. Grant won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection Nightmare Seasons, a Nebula Award in 1976 for his short story "A Crowd of Shadows", and another Nebula Award in 1978 for his novella "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye," the latter telling of an actor's dilemma in a post-literate future. Grant also edited the award-winning Shadows anthology, running eleven volumes from 1978-1991.

In 1987 he received the British Fantasy Society's Special Award, for life achievement. In May of 2000, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from HWA. In addition, he received two Nebula Awards and three World Fantasy Awards for his writing and editing.
 

Awards: Stoker (2000), WFA (1983), Nebula (1979)  see all

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
 
Series
Parric Family
   1. The Shadow of Alpha (1976)
   2. Ascension (1977)
   3. Legion (1979)
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Oxrun Station
   1. The Hour of the Oxrun Dead (1977)
   2. The Sound of Midnight (1978)
   3. The Last Call of Mourning (1979)
   4. The Grave (1981)
   5. The Bloodwind (1982)
   6. Nightmare Seasons (1982)
   7. The Soft Whisper of the Dead (1982)
   The Long Night of the Grave (1986)
   8. The Orchard (1986)
   9. Dialing the Wind (1989)
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Lincoln Blackthorne (as by Geoffrey Marsh)
   1. The King of Satan's Eyes (1984)
   2. The Tail of the Arabian, Knight (1986)
   3. The Patch of the Odin Soldier (1988)
   4. The Fangs of the Hooded Demon (1988)
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Quest for the White Duck (as by Lionel Fenn)
   1. Blood River Down (1986)
   2. Web of Defeat (1987)
   3. Agnes Day (1987)
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Private School (as by Steven Charles)
   1. Nightmare Session (1986)
   2. Academy of Terror (1986)
   3. The Witches Eye (1986)
   4. Skeleton Key (1986)
   5. The Enemy Within (1987)
   6. The Last Alien (1987)
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Kent Montana (as by Lionel Fenn)
   1. The Really Ugly Thing from Mars (1990)
   2. The Reasonably Invisible Man (1991)
   3. The Once and Future Thing (1991)
   4. The Mark of the Moderately Vicious Vampire (1992)
   5. 668 (1992)
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Midnight Place (as by Simon Lake)
   1. Daughter of Darkness (1992)
   2. Something's Watching (1992)
   3. Death Cycle (1993)
   4. He Told Me to (1993)
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Diego (as by Lionel Fenn)
   1. Once Upon a Time in the East (1993)
   2. By the Time I Get to Nashville (1994)
   3. Time (1994)
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Millenium
   1. Symphony (1997)
   2. In the Mood (1998)
   3. Chariot (1998)
   4. Riders in the Sky (1999)
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Black Oak
   1. Genesis (1998)
   2. The Hush of Dark Wings (1999)
   3. Winter Knight (1999)
   4. Hunting Ground (2000)
   5. When the Cold Wind Blows (2001)
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Novels
   The Curse (1977)
   Voices Out of Time (1977) (as by Deborah Lewis)
   The Ravens of the Moon (1978)
   A Quiet Night of Fear (1981)
   The Nestling (1982)
   Night Songs (1984)
   The Tea Party (1985)
   The Pet (1986)
   For Fear of the Night (1987)
   The Seven Spears of the W'dch'ck (1988) (as by Lionel Fenn)
   In a Dark Dream (1989)
   Stunts (1990)
   Fire Mask (1991)
   Hudson Hawk (1991) (as by Geoffrey Marsh)
   Heritages from Our Founding Fathers (1991)
   Something Stirs (1991)
   Raven (1993)
   Jackals (1994)
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Collections
   A Glow of Candles (1977)
   Tales from the Nightside (1981)
   Black Wine (1986) (with Ramsey Campbell)
   The Black Carousel (1994)
   Scream Quietly (2011)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
   Terrors (1982)
   Fears (1983)
   Gallery of Horror (1983)
     aka The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror
   Nightmares (1984)
   Midnight (1985)
   Horrors (1986)
   After Midnight (1986)
   Night Terrors (1989)
   Gothic Ghosts (1997) (with Wendy Webb)
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Anthology series
Shadows
   1. Shadows (1978)
   2. Shadows 2 (1979)
   3. Shadows 3 (1980)
   4. Shadows 4 (1981)
   5. Shadows 5 (1982)
   6. Shadows 6 (1983)
   7. Shadows 7 (1984)
   8. Shadows 8 (1985)
   9. Shadows 9 (1986)
   10. Shadows 10 (1987)
   The Best of Shadows (1988)
   11. Final Shadows (1991)
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Greystone Bay
   1. The First Chronicles of Greystone Bay (1985)
   2. Doom City (1987)
   3. The SeaHarp Hotel (1990)
   4. In the Fog (1993)
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Series contributed to
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X-Files
   1. Goblins (1994)
   2. Whirlwind (1995)
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Books containing stories by Charles L Grant
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Speaking of Horror (2022)
(Speaking of Horror, book 1)
edited by
Darrell Schweitzer
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Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night (2019)
10 Scary Stories to Give You Nightmares!
edited by
Stephen Jones
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Blurring the Line (2015)
Dark Selections Book 1
edited by
Marty Young

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Awards
2000 Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella : Confess the Seasons
1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection : Nightmare Seasons
1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection : Shadows
1979 Nebula Award for Best Novelette : A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye
1977 Nebula Award for Best Short Story : A Crowd of Shadows

Award nominations
1995 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (nominee) : The Black Carousel
1995 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Sometimes, in the Rain
1994 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (nominee) : Sometimes in the Rain
1990 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : In a Dark Dream
1989 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel (nominee) : In a Dark Dream
1987 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Pet
1987 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (nominee) : This Old Man
1984 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Shadows 6
1984 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Gallery of Horror
1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Night's Swift Dragons
1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Nestling
1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Shadows 5
1983 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Bloodwind
1982 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Coin of the Realm
1982 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Tales from the Nightside
1982 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Shadows 4
1982 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : A Glow of Candles: And Other Stories
1981 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Shadows 3
1981 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Secrets of the Heart
1980 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Last Call of Mourning
1980 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Shadows 2
1980 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Nightmares
1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Hear Me Now, My Sweet Abbey Rose
1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Sound of Midnight
1979 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Shadows
1978 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : When All the Children Call My Name
1978 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Hour of the Oxrun Dead
1977 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : A Crowd of Shadows
1976 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : White Wolf Calling
1975 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Rest is Silence


Charles L Grant recommends
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Steel Ghosts (2004)
Michael Paine
"A startlingly good writer. Read him."
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All of Us Are Dying (1999)
George Clayton Johnson
"The best short story writer in the field today, bar none."
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Yellow Fog (1986)
(Don Sebastian de Villanueva, book 4)
Les Daniels
"Were talking real vampires here!"

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