Nicholas Royle is the author of three short story collections – Mortality (Serpent’s Tail), Ornithology (Confingo Publishing), The Dummy and Other Uncanny Stories (Swan River Press) – and seven novels, most recently First Novel (Vintage). He has edited more than twenty anthologies and is series editor of Best British Short Stories (Salt). Reader in Creative Writing at the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University, he also runs Nightjar Press and is head judge of the Manchester Fiction Prize.
Genres: Horror
Novels
Counterparts (1993)
Saxophone Dreams (1996)
The Matter of the Heart (1997)
The Director's Cut (2000)
Antwerp (2004)
The Regicide (2011)
First Novel (2013)
Saxophone Dreams (1996)
The Matter of the Heart (1997)
The Director's Cut (2000)
Antwerp (2004)
The Regicide (2011)
First Novel (2013)
Collections
Novellas
Anthologies edited
Darklands (1987)
Darklands Two (1991)
A Book of Two Halves (1996)
The Tiger Garden (1996)
The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories (1997)
Noenlit (1998)
The Agony and the Ecstacy (1998)
The Ex-files (1998)
Paris Short Stories (1999)
Neolit II (1999)
The Time Out Book of London Short Stories Vol 2 (2000)
Dreams Never End (2004)
The Best British Short Stories 2011 (2011)
The Best British Short Stories 2012 (2012)
The Best British Short Stories 2013 (2013)
The Best British Short Stories 2014 (2014)
Best British Short Stories 2015 (2015)
Best British Short Stories 2016 (2016)
Best British Short Stories 2017 (2017)
Best British Short Stories 2018 (2018)
Best British Short Stories 2019 (2019)
Darklands Two (1991)
A Book of Two Halves (1996)
The Tiger Garden (1996)
The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories (1997)
Noenlit (1998)
The Agony and the Ecstacy (1998)
The Ex-files (1998)
Paris Short Stories (1999)
Neolit II (1999)
The Time Out Book of London Short Stories Vol 2 (2000)
Dreams Never End (2004)
The Best British Short Stories 2011 (2011)
The Best British Short Stories 2012 (2012)
The Best British Short Stories 2013 (2013)
The Best British Short Stories 2014 (2014)
Best British Short Stories 2015 (2015)
Best British Short Stories 2016 (2016)
Best British Short Stories 2017 (2017)
Best British Short Stories 2018 (2018)
Best British Short Stories 2019 (2019)
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Nicholas Royle
Cutting Edge (1986)
Book of the Dead (1989)
Best New Horror (1990)
Best New Horror 2 (1991)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
Dark Voices 4 (1992)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XX (1992)
Dark Voices 5 (1992)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993)
Best New Horror 4 (1993)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
Little Deaths (1994)
Dark Voices 6 (1994)
Shadows over Innsmouth (1994)
The Giant Book of Terror (1994)
The Best New Horror 5 (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Dark Terrors (1995)
The Best New Horror 6 (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Seven (1996)
Dark Terrors 2 (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Dracula (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Dark of the Night (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eight (1997)
Love in Vein II (1997)
Scaremongers (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eleventh Annual Collection (1998)
Scaremongers 2 (1998)
Crossing the Border (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
White of the Moon (1999)
Dark Terrors 5 (2000)
Book of the Dead (1989)
Best New Horror (1990)
Best New Horror 2 (1991)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
Dark Voices 4 (1992)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XX (1992)
Dark Voices 5 (1992)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993)
Best New Horror 4 (1993)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
Little Deaths (1994)
Dark Voices 6 (1994)
Shadows over Innsmouth (1994)
The Giant Book of Terror (1994)
The Best New Horror 5 (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Dark Terrors (1995)
The Best New Horror 6 (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Seven (1996)
Dark Terrors 2 (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Dracula (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Dark of the Night (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eight (1997)
Love in Vein II (1997)
Scaremongers (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eleventh Annual Collection (1998)
Scaremongers 2 (1998)
Crossing the Border (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
White of the Moon (1999)
Dark Terrors 5 (2000)
Short stories
The Comfort of Strangers | |||
Futility Room | |||
Glory | |||
The Swing | |||
Irrelativity (1986) | |||
The Dandelion Woman (1988) | |||
Archway (1989) | |||
Saxophone (1989) | |||
X (1989) | |||
Negatives (1990) | |||
Crispy Notes (1991) | |||
Moving Out (1991) | |||
The Last Drop (1992) | |||
Night Shift Sister (1992) | |||
The Crucian Pit [short story] (1993) | |||
The Editor (1993) | |||
Flying into Naples (1993) | |||
The Big Game (1994) | |||
The Homecoming (1994) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
The Trees (1994) | |||
Lacuna (1995) | |||
The Lagoon (1995) | |||
Kingyo no fun (1996) | |||
Skin Deep (1996) | |||
Magical Thinking (1997) | |||
Mbo (1997) | |||
Question Seven (1997) | |||
Auteur (1998) | |||
The Blue Posts (1998) | |||
Jack (1998) | |||
The Roundabout (1999) | British Fantasy Society (nominee) | ||
The Proposal (2000) |
Awards
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Nicholas Royle recommends

The Cardamom Club (2003)
Jon Stock
"Shades of Greene - in this tense spy thriller with a difference, Jon Stock's Kerala is vividly rendered. Recommended."

Weirdmonger (2003)
D F Lewis
"Keep Weirdmonger by your bed, and when you wake up, you wont be sure if whats running through your head are the remains of your dreams or fragmented memories of the story you read before drifting off to sleep."

Pictures from Hopper (2011)
Neil Campbell
"A vital short story writer, in touch with people and the natural and constructed worlds around us."
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