Stephen Jones (author)

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Stephen Jones
Jones in 2007
Jones in 2007
Born (1953-11-04) 4 November 1953 (age 70)[1]
Pimlico, London, England
OccupationEditor, writer
NationalityBritish
GenreHorror fiction
Website
stephenjoneseditor.com

Stephen Jones (born 4 November 1953 in

horror and fantasy films as well as an account of H. P. Lovecraft
's early British publications.

Jones and

Jones has edited anthologies such as the Dark Voices, Dark Terrors, Best New Horror series, The Mammoth Book of Vampires, The Mammoth Book of Zombies, The Mammoth Book of Dracula, The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes, The Conan Chronicles, 1 and The Conan Chronicles, 2 by Robert E. Howard, and Scream Quietly: The Best of Charles L. Grant. Jones also edited Dancing with the Dark, a collection of stories of allegedly real life encounters with the paranormal by established horror writers.

Jones has been the recipient of a

Hugo award and many Bram Stoker Awards. His Mammoth book Best New Horror (1990, with Ramsey Campbell) was a World Fantasy Award winner.[3]
Volume 29, the most recent installment of the annual anthology, was published in 2019.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Name Year Author (Other) ISBN Notes
Horror: 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman) 1988
Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden 1991
James Herbert: By Horror Haunted, ed. 1992
The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide 1993
The Illustrated Frankenstein Movie Guide 1994
The Frankenstein Scrapbook 1995
The Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide 1995
Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror 1997 Clive Barker
The Essential Monster Movie Guide 1998
Creepshows: The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide 2001
Horror: Another 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman) 2005
H. P. Lovecraft in Britain 2007
Basil Copper: A Life in Books, ed. 2008
The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History, ed. 2015
The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History, ed. 2017

Fiction

Works as editor

Anthology series

Dark Voices

  1. Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories (1990) with David Sutton
  2. Dark Voices 2 (1990) with David Sutton
  3. Dark Voices 3 (1991) with David Sutton
  4. Dark Voices 4 (1992) with David Sutton
  5. Dark Voices 5 (1993) with David Sutton
  6. Dark Voices 6: The Pan Book of Horror (1994) with David Sutton

Dark Terrors

  1. Dark Terrors (1995) with David Sutton
  2. Dark Terrors 2 (1996) with David Sutton
  3. Dark Terrors 3 (1997) with David Sutton
  4. Dark Terrors 4 (1998) with David Sutton
  5. Dark Terrors 5 (2000) with David Sutton
  6. Dark Terrors 6 (2002) with David Sutton

Best New Horror

  1. Best New Horror (1990) with Ramsey Campbell
  2. Best New Horror 2 (1991) with Ramsey Campbell
  3. Best New Horror 3 (1992) with Ramsey Campbell
  4. Best New Horror 4 (1993) with Ramsey Campbell
  5. Best New Horror 5 (1994) with Ramsey Campbell
  6. Best New Horror 6 (1995)
  7. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 7 (1996)
  8. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 8 (1997)
  9. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 9 (1998)
  10. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 10 (1999)
  11. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 11 (2000)
  12. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 12 (2001)
  13. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 13 (2002)
  14. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 14 (2003)
  15. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 15 (2004)
  16. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 16 (2005)
  17. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 17 (2006)
  18. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 18 (2007)
  19. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 19 (2008)
  20. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 20 (2009)
  21. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 21 (2010)
  22. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 22 (2011)
  23. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 23 (2012)
  24. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 24 (2013)
  25. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 25 (2014)
  26. Best New Horror 26 (2015)
  27. Best New Horror 27 (2017)
  28. Best New Horror 28 (2018)
  29. Best New Horror 29 (2019)

The Mammoth Book of...

  1. The Mammoth Book of Terror (1991)
  2. The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992)
  3. The Mammoth Book of Zombies (1993)
  4. The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (1994)
  5. The Mammoth Book of Werewolves (1994)
  6. The Mammoth Book of Dracula (1997)
  7. The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004)
  8. The Mammoth Book of Monsters (2007)
  9. The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men (2009)
  10. The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! (2010)
  11. The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback (2012)
  12. Zombie Apocalypse! Endgame (2014)
  13. The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories (2018)
  14. The Mammoth Book of Folk Lore: Evil Lives on in the Land! (2021)

Standalone Anthologies

  • Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse (1991) with Neil Gaiman
  • H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993) with Dave Carson
  • Shadows Over Innsmouth (1994)
  • The Anthology of Fantasy & the Supernatural (1994) with David Sutton
  • The Giant Book of Terror (1994) with Ramsey Campbell
  • Dark of the Night (1997)
  • Dark Detectives (1999)
  • White of the Moon: New Tales of Madness and Dread (1999)
  • Great Ghost Stories (2004) with R. Chetwynd-Hayes
  • Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth (2005)
  • Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories (2006) with R. Chetwynd-Hayes
  • H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre (2006)
  • Summer Chills: Tales of Vacation Horror (2007)
  • The Dead That Walk: Flesh-Eating Stories (2009)
  • Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels & Heavenly Hosts (2010)
  • Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead (2011)
  • A Book of Horrors (2011)
  • Psycho-Mania! (2013)
  • Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome (2013)
  • Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth (2013)
  • Horrorology (2015)
  • In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus (2016)
  • In the Footsteps of Dracula: Tales of the Un-Dead Count (2017)
  • The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (2019)
  • Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night (2019)

Awards

  • 1984: World Fantasy Award: Special Award Non-Professional, for Fantasy Tales
  • 1989: Bram Stoker Award, for Horror: 100 Best Books, shared with co-editor Kim Newman[2]
  • 1991: World Fantasy Award: Anthology, for Best New Horror
  • 1992: Bram Stoker Award for Barker's Shadows in Eden
  • 1996: International Horror Guild Award for Best New Horror 6
  • 1998: Bram Stoker Award for Exorcisms and Ecstasies
  • 1999: International Horror Guild Award for Dark Terrors 4
  • 2002: World Fantasy Award: "Special Award Professional: for editing"
  • 2003: International Horror Guild Award, for Dark Terrors 6
  • 2005: Bram Stoker Award, for Horror: Another 100 Best Books, shared with co-editor Kim Newman[2]
  • 2017: Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award: Book of the Year, for The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History[4]

References

  1. ^ The U.S. Library of Congress (or "LCCN") cites the British Library authority file for Jones.
  2. ^ a b c Bibliography: Horror: 100 Best Books". Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
      "Bibliography: Horror: Another 100 Best Books". ISFDB. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
      Select a "Title" for more data including a complete table of contents.
  3. ^ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  4. ^ "The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards – Honoring the best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation".

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