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Dennis Etchison

Etchison, Dennis William

March 30, 1943 – May 29, 2019 (aged 76)

Birth place: Stockton, California, USA

100 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
August 1964 74 Short Fiction A Nice, Shady Place The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1964
September 1965 118 Short Fiction Wet Season Gamma, September 1965
February 1967 32 Short Fiction A Walk in the Wet The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1967
June 1967 3 Essay Presenting! The Amazing! Ackermonster! Cavalier, June 1967
March 1970 48 Short Fiction The Night of the Eye The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1970
October 1971 50 Short Fiction The Smell of Death The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1971
March 1972 Short Fiction The Machine Demands a Sacrifice Cavalier, March 1972
May 1972 Short Fiction Today's Special Cavalier, May 1972
October 1972 82 Short Fiction Time Killer Fantastic, October 1972
June 1973 21 Short Fiction Calling All Monsters The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1973
February 1974 136 Short Fiction The Graveyard Blues The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1974
August 1974 59 Short Fiction Drop City The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1974
December 1976 33 Short Fiction Sitting in the Corner, Whimpering Quietly Whispers, December 1976
March 1977 115 Short Fiction On the Pike The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1977
October 1978 115 Short Fiction The Pitch Whispers, October 1978
June 1979 12 Short Fiction It Will Be Here Soon Weirdbook 14
October 1979 121 Short Fiction The Dead Line Whispers, October 1979
March 1980 13 Short Fiction On Call Fantasy Newsletter, No. 22 March 1980
September 1980 75 Short Fiction You Can Go Now Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, September 1980
1981 29 Short Fiction The Chill Weirdbook 15
March 1981 16 Interview Interview: Dennis Etchison Fantasy Newsletter, #34 March 1981
February 1982 29 Essay Why is the Horror Genre Frowned Upon by the Literary Establishment? American Fantasy, February 1982
October 1983 167 Short Fiction Home Call Whispers, October 1983
December 1984 118 Short Fiction The Woman in Black Whispers, December 1984
January 1985 12 Review Red Dreams Fantasy Review, January 1985
1986 90 Short Fiction Deadtime Story Night Cry, Summer 1986
1986 24 Essay Views on Horror and the Limits of Violence American Fantasy, Fall 1986
March 1986 62 Interview Horror in Print: Dennis Etchison Fangoria, March 1986
September 1986 22 Review Cutting Edge Fantasy Review, September 1986
October 1986 11 Review Cutting Edge Locus, #309 October 1986
October 1986 23 Review Masters of Darkness Fantasy Review, October 1986
December 1986 33 Review Darkside Fantasy Review, December 1986
December 1986 48 Review Masters of Darkness Science Fiction Chronicle, #87 December 1986
1987 Review Cutting Edge Nova Express, Summer 1987
1987 187 Review Cutting Edge Night Cry, Fall 1987
February 1987 14 Review Cutting Edge Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1987
February 1987 45|45.06 Review Cutting Edge Science Fiction Chronicle, #89 February 1987
February 1987 47 Review Masters of Darkness Fangoria, February 1987
June 1987 10 Review Darkside Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, June 1987
December 1987 15 Interview Dennis Etchison The Horror Show, Winter 1987
December 1987 41 Essay Fragments of Horror (The Horror Show, Winter 1987) The Horror Show, Winter 1987
December 1987 5 Short Fiction The Scar The Horror Show, Winter 1987
1988 12 Review The Blood Kiss Nova Express, Winter 1988
February 1988 24 Short Fiction Call 666 Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1988
February 1988 20 Interview On the Cutting Edge: A Conversation with Dennis Etchison Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1988
May 1988 53 Review Cutting Edge Fangoria, May 1988
June 1988 90 Review The Blood Kiss Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, June 1988
December 1988 57 Review The Blood Kiss Fangoria, December 1988
1989 11 Review The Blood Kiss Weird Tales, Spring/Fall 1989
March 1989 64|64.07 Review The Blood Kiss Interzone, March-April 1989
April 1989 53 Review Masters of Darkness II Fangoria, April 1989
March 1990 35 Interview Novelizing the Horror Film: An Interview with Dennis Etchison The Horror Show, Spring 1990
March 1991 49 Short Fiction Deadspace Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue Ten: Winter 1991
August 1991 57 Review The Complete Masters of Darkness Fear, August 1991
June 1992 25 Review The Dark Country The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1992
July 1992 34|34.03 Review MetaHorror Science Fiction Chronicle, 153 July/August 1992
September 1992 7 Review MetaHorror The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1992
September 1992 21 Review MetaHorror Locus, #380 September 1992
September 1992 11 Essay Read This (NYRSF, September 1992) The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1992
October 1992 60 Review Metahorror Fangoria, October 1992
December 1992 101 Review Metahorror Science Fiction Eye, #11, December 1992
1993 93 Review Shadowman Cemetery Dance, Fall 1993
January 1993 100 Review Shadow Man Cemetery Dance, Winter 1993
March 1993 30 Review Shadowman Science Fiction Chronicle, #160 March 1993
April 1993 54 Review Shadow Man Fangoria, April 1993
July 1993 23 Review Shadowman Locus, #390 July 1993
February 1995 57 Review Shadowman Interzone, February 1995
August 1995 29 Review California Gothic Locus, #415 August 1995
October 1995 52 Review California Gothic Fangoria, October 1995
October 1995 18 Review California Gothic Realms of Fantasy, October 1995
July 1996 54 Review California Gothic Talebones #4, Summer 1996
1997 12 Essay An Informal Conversation on the Art of Writing Squane's Journal, #4
May 1998 27 Review Darkside The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1998
May 1998 27 Review Double Edge The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1998
July 1998 23 Interview Arterial Motives Interzone, July 1998
February 1999 58 Review Double Edge Interzone, February 1999
March 1999 61 Review Double Edge Interzone, March 1999
2000 8|8.1 Review The Death Artist Weird Tales, Summer 2000
2000 12 Review The Death Artist Weird Tales, Winter 2000/2001
January 2000 26 Short Fiction The Detailer Horror Garage, #1
May 2001 113 Short Fiction Got to Kill Them All Cemetery Dance, #34
July 2001 35 Review Talking in the Dark Locus, #486 July 2001
August 2001 Review Talking in the Dark Realms of Fantasy, August 2001
November 2001 40|40.05 Review The Museum of Horrors Science Fiction Chronicle, #218 November 2001
February 2002 92 Review The Museum of Horrors Cemetery Dance, #37
April 2003 |1 Review Gathering the Bones Ideomancer, April 2003
June 2003 110 Review Gathering the Bones Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #7, June-July 2003
June 2003 33 Review Gathering the Bones Locus, #509 June 2003
April 2004 108 Review Gathering the Bones Aurealis, #32
August 2004 Review Gathering the Bones Realms of Fantasy, August 2004
October 2004 121 Review Gathering the Bones All Hallows, October 2004
September 2006 21 Review Fine Cuts Vector 249
2014 184 Interview Bradbury in Hollywood: A Conversation with Ray Bradbury The Weird Fiction Review, Fall 2014
July 2014 |12 Interview Author Spotlight: Dennis Etchison Nightmare Magazine, July 2014
July 2014 |3 Short Fiction Talking in the Dark Nightmare Magazine, July 2014
November 2014 Short Fiction The Walk Tor.com, November 12, 2014
September 2015 134 Short Fiction Don't Move The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October 2015
February 2016 |12 Interview Author Spotlight: Dennis Etchison Nightmare Magazine, February 2016
February 2016 |2 Short Fiction Princess Nightmare Magazine, February 2016
December 2022 199 Short Fiction The Olympic Runner Phantasmagoria Special Edition Series, December 2022

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1977 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction It Only Comes Out at Night Nominee
1981 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction The Late Shift Nominee
1982 British Fantasy Award Best Short Story The Dark Country Winner
1982 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction The Dark Country Winner
1983 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology/Collection (old) The Dark Country Nominee
1983 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Deathtracks Nominee
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Red Dreams Nominee
1987 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction The Olympic Runner Winner
1987 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Cutting Edge Nominee
1987 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology/Collection (old) Cutting Edge Nominee
1988 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection The Blood Kiss Nominee
1989 Locus Poll Award Best Collection The Blood Kiss Nominee
1989 World Fantasy Award Best Collection The Blood Kiss Nominee
1993 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Short Fiction The Dog Park Nominee
1993 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology MetaHorror Nominee
1993 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology MetaHorror Winner
1994 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Short Fiction A Wind from the South Nominee
1994 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction The Dog Park Winner
1996 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) California Gothic Nominee
1997 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction The Dead Cop Nominee
1998 International Horror Guild Award Best Short Form Inside the Cackle Factory Nominee
2000 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection The Death Artist Nominee
2000 International Horror Guild Award Best Collection The Death Artist Nominee
2001 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Talking in the Dark: Selected Stories Nominee
2001 British Fantasy Award Best Collection The Death Artist Nominee
2001 International Horror Guild Award Best Anthology The Museum of Horrors Nominee
2001 International Horror Guild Award Best Collection Talking in the Dark: Selected Stories Nominee
2001 Locus Poll Award Best Collection The Death Artist Nominee
2002 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology The Museum of Horrors Winner
2002 World Fantasy Award Best Collection Talking in the Dark: Selected Stories Nominee
2003 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in an Anthology Gathering the Bones Nominee
2003 International Horror Guild Award Best Anthology Gathering the Bones Nominee
2004 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Gathering the Bones Nominee
2004 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology Gathering the Bones Nominee
2009 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Got to Kill Them All & Other Stories Nominee
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