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Chet Williamson


USA flag (b.1948)

Chet Wiliamson sold hisfirst story in 1981. Since then he's published twenty-five books and over a hundred short stories in anthologies and such magazines as The New Yorker, Playboy, Esquire, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and many others.

His work has been adapted for film and TV, and has been published worldwide. Mr. Williamson won the International Horror Guild Award, and been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award (twice), the MWAs Edgar, and the HWAs Bram Stoker Award (six times). He write plays as well as fiction.

Also a member of Actors Equity Association who occasionally acts in professional theaters in his area, the author has a fine, trained voice and the rare ability to narrate his own books in a manner that truly brings them to life.
 

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
 
Series
Searchers
   1. City of Iron (1998)
   2. Empire of Dust (1998)
   3. Siege of Stone (1999)
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Novels
   Soulstorm (1986)
   Ash Wednesday (1987)
   McKain's Dilemma (1988)
   Lowland Rider (1988)
   Dreamthorp (1989)
   Reign (1990)
   Second Chance (1994)
   Atmosfear (1995)
   Hell (1995)
   Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas (2000)
   Story of Noichi the Blind (2007)
   Defenders of the Faith (2011)
   Hunters (2011)
   Psycho: Sanitarium (2016)
   Murder Old and New (2020) (with Laurie Williamson)
   A Step Across (2021) (with Laurie Williamson)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Series contributed to
Ravenloft
   9. Mordenheim (1994)
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Crow
   3. Clash by Night (1998)
   The City of Angels (1996)
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Chet Williamson recommends
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The Chrysalis (2018)
Brendan Deneen
"All the more frightening because ... Deneen makes you care before he starts the scares. A powerful, engrossing, and relentless book."

Anthologies containing stories by Chet Williamson

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Awards
Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (1988) : Ash Wednesday
Bram Stoker Best Short Story nominee (1989) : The Music of the Dark Time
Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1990) : The Confessions of St. James
Bram Stoker Best Short Story nominee (1990) : 'Yore Skin's Jes's Soft 'n Purdy,' He Said
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1990) : 'Yore Skin's Jes's Soft 'n Purdy,' He Said
Bram Stoker Best Short Story nominee (1991) : From the Papers of Helmut Hecker
Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (1991) : Reign
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (2003) : Figures in Rain: Weird And Ghostly Tales


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