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Nicholas Royle


UK flag (b.1963)

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: Literary Fiction, Horror, Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
March 2024

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Shadow Lines
 
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)
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Collections
   Mortality (2006)
   Ornithology (2017)
   The Dummy (2018)
   London Gothic (2020)
   Manchester Uncanny (2022)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Enigma of Departure (2008)
   The Appetite (2008)
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Anthologies edited
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Anthology series
Darklands
   1. Darklands (1987)
   2. Darklands Two (1992)
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Neon Lit
   1. Neon Lit (1998)
   2. Neon Lit II (1999)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
Nicholas Royle recommends
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The Harlequin (2015)
Nina Allan
"An outstanding, resonant piece of work."
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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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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."

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Anthologies containing stories by Nicholas Royle
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Out of the Darkness (2021)
edited by
Dan Coxon
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Best New Horror 30 (2020)
(Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, book 30)
edited by
Stephen Jones
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Best New Horror 29 (2019)
(Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, book 29)
edited by
Stephen Jones

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Awards
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1995) : The Homecoming
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1997) : The Matter of the Heart
British Fantasy Society Best Short Story nominee (1999) : The Roundabout


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