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J. N. Williamson

Williamson, Gerald Neal

April 17, 1932 – December 8, 2005 (aged 73)

Birth place: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

176 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
January 1966 47|3 Short Fiction Time to Murder Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1966
October 1970 127|4 Short Fiction They Never Even See Me Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1970
January 1982 62|62.6 Review The Banished The Patchin Review, Number Three, January 1982
1983 15 Short Fiction Keeping Christmas Weirdbook 18
June 1983 21 Short Fiction Review of the Latest Arrivals The Horror Show, Summer 1983
March 1984 43 Short Fiction Leitmotif Weirdbook 19, Spring 1984
August 1984 31 Review Ghost Fantasy Review, August 1984
September 1984 14 Short Fiction Milestones Fantasy Book, September 1984
September 1984 45 Short Fiction Vital Parts The Horror Show, Fall 1984
December 1984 77 Short Fiction Small Gift from Home Whispers, December 1984
December 1984 37 Review The Offspring Science Fiction Chronicle, #63 December 1984
1985 78 Short Fiction The Bus People Weird Tales, Winter 1985
1985 9 Short Fiction The Gap Nearly Closed Today The Horror Show, Summer 1985
1985 13 Essay The Night of the Gripper The Horror Show, Fall 1985
1985 39 Short Fiction Uncoverup SPWAO Showcase #5, 1985
January 1985 33 Short Fiction "Don't" Weirdbook 20, Spring 1985
January 1985 22 Short Fiction A Matter of Identification Grue Magazine, #1
January 1985 43 Short Fiction Little Doll from the Backwoods The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine, Issue Four 1985
January 1985 32 Review Masques Fantasy Review, January 1985
January 1985 32 Short Fiction Souvenir The Horror Show, Winter 1985
January 1985 32 Review The Dentist Fantasy Review, January 1985
March 1985 3 Short Fiction I'll Give You My Magic, If You'll Give Me Your Love The Horror Show, Spring 1985
March 1985 22 Review Masques Fantasy Review, March 1985
April 1985 20 Short Fiction Orwell Redux Footsteps, #5
May 1985 11 Short Fiction Flush Alpha Adventures, May 1985
July 1985 12 Review Masques Amazing Stories, July 1985
August 1985 11 Interview Interview: J. N. Williamson Fantasy Review, August 1985
October 1985 23 Review The New Devil's Dictionary Fantasy Review, October 1985
December 1985 21 Review Haunted Castles Fantasy Review, December 1985
December 1985 7 Review The New Devil's Dictionary Fantasy Book, December 1985
1986 141 Short Fiction Hellter-Shelter! Night Cry, Fall 1986
1986 173 Short Fiction The Book of Webster's Night Cry, Spring 1986
1986 62 Serial The Night Seasons (Part 1 of 4) Night Cry, Winter 1986
January 1986 14 Short Fiction Renunciations Eldritch Tales, No. 12
March 1986 17 Review The New Devil's Dictionary Amazing Stories, March 1986
March 1986 36|36.03 Review The New Devil's Dictionary: Creepy Cliches and Sinister Synonyms Science Fiction Chronicle, #78 March 1986
May 1986 12 Interview Horror in Print: J.N. Williamson Fangoria, May 1986
May 1986 32 Short Fiction The Legend of Lincoln County Alpha Adventures, May 1986
May 1986 35 Short Fiction The Scars of Bonding The Horror Show, Spring 1986
July 1986 41 Short Fiction If I Make My Bed in Hell The Horror Show, Summer 1986
July 1986 47 Short Fiction The Queerness of Time Dark Regions, Summer 1986
August 1986 13 Short Fiction The Bountiful Spirit 2 AM, Fall 1986
September 1986 53 Short Fiction Bleed Bargaining Grue Magazine, #3
October 1986 9 Essay The Dark Corner (2 AM, Winter 1986) 2 AM, Winter 1986
December 1986 26 Short Fiction Smile and Say... Sycophant, December 1986
1987 4 Short Fiction Nature and Mr. Humphries Macabre 8
1987 117 Serial The Night Seasons (Part 2 of 4) Night Cry, Spring 1987
1987 91 Serial The Night Seasons (Part 3 of 4) Night Cry, Summer 1987
1987 124 Serial The Night Seasons (Part 4 of 4) Night Cry, Fall 1987
January 1987 9 Essay Fragments of Horror (The Horror Show, January 1987) The Horror Show, January 1987
January 1987 11 Essay The Dark Corner (2 AM, Spring 1987) 2 AM, Spring 1987
January 1987 23 Short Fiction Townkiller Grue Magazine, #4
February 1987 38 Short Fiction Happy Hour Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1987
May 1987 33 Short Fiction Belonging Sycophant, May 1987
June 1987 10 Review Afterlife 2 AM, Fall 1987
June 1987 10 Review Communion 2 AM, Fall 1987
June 1987 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Summer 1987) 2 AM, Summer 1987
June 1987 9 Review Night Warriors 2 AM, Fall 1987
June 1987 10 Review Nuclear Futures 2 AM, Fall 1987
June 1987 9 Review Strands 2 AM, Fall 1987
June 1987 9 Essay The Dark Corner (2 AM, Fall 1987) 2 AM, Fall 1987
June 1987 10 Review The Tower 2 AM, Fall 1987
June 1987 9 Review Watchers 2 AM, Fall 1987
July 1987 63 Review How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Aboriginal Science Fiction, July-August 1987
October 1987 9 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Winter 1987) 2 AM, Winter 1987
October 1987 11 Short Fiction Starry Coping Eldritch Tales, No. 14
November 1987 53|53.06 Review How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Science Fiction Chronicle, #98 November 1987
November 1987 60 Short Fiction Watchwolf Footsteps, #8
1988 70 Review The Best of Masques Midnight Graffiti, Fall 1988
January 1988 60 Short Fiction After-Howl Grue Magazine, #7
January 1988 32 Review How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Fangoria, January 1988
January 1988 17 Review Masques II Aboriginal Science Fiction, January-February 1988
February 1988 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Spring 1988) 2 AM, Spring 1988
February 1988 14 Review Masques II Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1988
February 1988 17 Short Fiction Mercy 2 AM, Spring 1988
February 1988 41 Review Noonspell 2 AM, Spring 1988
May 1988 14 Short Fiction Amorphous Gorezone, May 1988
May 1988 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Summer 1988) 2 AM, Summer 1988
August 1988 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Fall 1988) 2 AM, Fall 1988
August 1988 59 Review Masques II Fangoria, August 1988
October 1988 37 Short Fiction Fancy That Fantasy Tales, Autumn 1988
October 1988 125 Short Fiction Public Places Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Fall 1988
November 1988 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Winter 1988) 2 AM, Winter 1988
1989 49 Interview A Conversation with J. N. Williamson (Part 1 of 2) Thin Ice #4, 1989
1989 26 Short Fiction Absolute Peace and Quiet New Blood #5, Winter 1989
January 1989 ii Essay Creativity, Commercialism and Candor SPWAO Showcase #7, 1989-1990
January 1989 11 Short Fiction Overnight Pass After Hours, Winter 1989
January 1989 Editor SPWAO Showcase #7, 1989-1990 SPWAO Showcase #7, 1989-1990
February 1989 42 Short Fiction You'd Better Watch Out Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1989
March 1989 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Spring 1989) 2 AM, Spring 1989
June 1989 21 Interview A Graveside Chat: J.N. Williamson Interview Deathrealm, Summer 1989
June 1989 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Summer 1989) 2 AM, Summer 1989
June 1989 26 Short Fiction Devil's Powder Horror: The Illustrated Book of Fears, June 1989
June 1989 22 Interview Portrait of Horror: J. N. Williamson Horror: The Illustrated Book of Fears, June 1989
July 1989 33 Short Fiction Everyone Must Know... Dead of Night #2, July 1989
July 1989 8 Short Fiction Pact After Hours, Summer 1989
July 1989 13 Short Fiction Vampire Nostalgia Dead of Night #2, July 1989
September 1989 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Fall 1989) 2 AM, Fall 1989
September 1989 19 Review Masques III Locus, #344 September 1989
September 1989 60 Essay The Writer's Corner (Dark Regions, Fall/Winter 1989) Dark Regions, Fall/Winter 1989
October 1989 22 Essay Inspiration: Amateur & Professional Approaches to Characterization Dead of Night #3, Fall 1989
October 1989 179 Short Fiction The Sudd Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 5: Fall 1989
December 1989 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Winter 1989) 2 AM, Winter 1989
1990 92 Short Fiction Parnassus on Wheels II Thin Ice #7, 1990
1990 36 Essay The Longest Day Midnight Graffiti, Winter 1990-1991
January 1990 37 Essay Dreams as They Stand... On Editing Masques The Blood Review, Issue 2
January 1990 5 Essay What to Put in a Prologue (Part 1 of 2) Dead of Night #4, Winter 1990
February 1990 10 Review Masques Paperback Inferno, #82
March 1990 78 Review Masques III Midnight Graffiti, Spring 1990
March 1990 5 Essay The Dark Corner (2 AM, Spring 1990) 2 AM, Spring 1990
April 1990 44 Interview J. N. Williamson Cemetery Dance, Spring 1990
April 1990 45 Short Fiction My Brother, the Sex Fiend Cemetery Dance, Spring 1990
April 1990 Short Fiction Sleepover The Blood Review, Issue 3
April 1990 5 Essay What to Put in a Prologue (Part 2 of 2) Dead of Night #5, Spring 1990
July 1990 6 Essay Inspiration (Dead of Night #6, Summer 1990) Dead of Night #6, Summer 1990
July 1990 53 Review Masques III Fangoria, July 1990
August 1990 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, August 1990) 2 AM, August 1990
October 1990 49 Short Fiction Happier Endings Fear, October 1990
October 1990 32 Interview Hoosier Horrors: A Conversation with J.N. Williamson Cemetery Dance, Fall 1990
October 1990 111 Short Fiction The Bridge People Fantasy Tales, Fall 1990
October 1990 40 Short Fiction Wotan's Oak Cemetery Dance, Fall 1990
1991 47 Review How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Back Brain Recluse, Summer 1991
January 1991 10 Review SPAWO Showcase #7, 1989-1990 New Pathways, January 1991
January 1991 14 Poem The End Is (Too) Near Scavenger's Newsletter, #83
March 1991 5 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Spring 1991) 2 AM, Spring 1991
June 1991 15 Review How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Paperback Inferno, #90
July 1991 5 Essay Brainpulp (Pulphouse, July 6, 1991) Pulphouse: A Weekly Magazine, July 6, 1991
September 1991 3 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Fall 1991) 2 AM, Fall 1991
November 1991 4 Essay Brainpulp (Pulphouse, November 29, 1991) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, November 29, 1991
1992 Interview J.N. Williamson Midnight Zoo, v2n5 1992
1992 1 Short Fiction The Train Man SPWAO Showcase #8, 1992
January 1992 98 Review Masques IV Cemetery Dance, Winter 1992
March 1992 3 Essay Dark Corner (2 AM, Spring 1992) 2 AM, Spring 1992
March 1992 4 Short Fiction Eater of the Dead Crossroads, March 1992
March 1992 60 Review How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction 2 AM, Spring 1992
March 1992 60 Review Masques IV 2 AM, Spring 1992
March 1992 23 Short Fiction Watchful Eyes The Silver Web, Spring/Summer 1992
April 1992 5 Short Fiction Free Among the Dead Pulphouse Fiction Spotlight, v1 #1, 1992
September 1992 34 Essay Brainpulp (Pulphouse, September-October 1992) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, September-October 1992
September 1992 5 Essay The Dark Corner (2 AM, Winter 1992) 2 AM, Winter 1992
November 1992 35|35.03 Review The Monastery Science Fiction Chronicle, #156 November 1992
1993 121 Review The Book of Webster's Cemetery Dance, Fall 1993
April 1993 9 Essay Grave Sight (Dead of Night #7, Spring/Summer 1993) Dead of Night #7, Spring/Summer 1993
April 1993 26 Short Fiction Reds and Whites (excerpt) Dead of Night #7, Spring/Summer 1993
April 1993 40 Interview Tracy Knight Interviews J. N. Williamson Dead of Night #7, Spring/Summer 1993
September 1993 32|32.2 Review The Book of Webster's Science Fiction Chronicle, #166 September 1993
October 1993 8 Essay Grave Sight (Dead of Night #8, Fall/Winter 1993) Dead of Night, Fall/Winter 1993
October 1993 54 Short Fiction Snowlight Dead of Night, Fall/Winter 1993
October 1993 57 Short Fiction The Carolers Dead of Night, Fall/Winter 1993
November 1993 26 Review Masques IV Locus, #394 November 1993
December 1993 44 Short Fiction Dead Body Run Deathrealm, Winter 1993
1994 33 Short Fiction Child of the Sea Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, Issue 17
1994 64 Short Fiction The Field of Blood Pirate Writings, Fall 1994
January 1994 25 Essay A Word in Edgewise Horror, January 1994
January 1994 151 Short Fiction Mostly the Evil Shows Palace Corbie, #5, 1994
March 1994 56 Short Fiction Indecent Proponent Bizarre Bazaar, March 1994
April 1994 9 Essay Grave Sight (Dead of Night #9, Spring/Summer 1994) Dead of Night #9, Spring/Summer 1994
April 1994 24 Interview J. N. Williamson Interview After Hours, Spring 1994
April 1994 34 Short Fiction The Last Nazi Invasion Dead of Night #9, Spring/Summer 1994
May 1994 2 Interview J. N. Williamson on J. N. Williamson Parlour Papers, May/June 1994
August 1994 38|38.03 Review The Fifth Season Science Fiction Chronicle, #175 August 1994
September 1994 35 Review Bloodlines Dead of Night #10, Fall 1994
September 1994 17 Essay Grave Sight (Dead of Night #10, Fall 1994) Dead of Night #10, Fall 1994
October 1994 5 Short Fiction The Vardoger Terminal Fright, October/December 1994
1995 44 Short Fiction Time Tells Us Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, #19
January 1995 134 Review Bloodlines Cemetery Dance, Winter 1995
January 1995 9 Essay Grave Sight (Dead of Night #11, Winter 1995) Dead of Night #11, Winter 1995
January 1995 48 Essay Small Wonders Dead of Night #11, Winter 1995
January 1995 58 Short Fiction The Mother Pact After Hours, Winter 1995
April 1995 10 Essay Grave Sight (Dead of Night #12, Spring 1995) Dead of Night #12, Spring 1995
June 1995 12 Short Fiction A Misunderstanding at Midnight Crossroads, June 1995
July 1995 13 Essay Grave Sight (Dead of Night #13, Summer 1995) Dead of Night #13, Summer 1995
March 1996 50 Short Fiction On the Late Train Through Texas Deathrealm, Spring 1996
July 1997 11 Short Fiction Stalemate Night Terrors, July 1997
October 1999 13 Interview J. N. Williamson Dark Matter, Halloween 1999
January 2020 52 Review Horror House Pulp Horror: All Reviews Special Edition

54 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1979 Novel The Ritual J. N. Williamson
1980 Novel The Houngan J. N. Williamson
1981 Novel Death-Angel J. N. Williamson
1981 Novel Death-Coach J. N. Williamson
1981 Novel Ghost Mansion J. N. Williamson
1981 Novel Horror House J. N. Williamson
1981 Novel Premonition J. N. Williamson
1981 Novel Queen of Hell J. N. Williamson
1981 Novel The Banished J. N. Williamson
1981 Novel The Tulpa J. N. Williamson
1982 Novel Brotherkind J. N. Williamson
1982 Novel Death-Doctor J. N. Williamson
1982 Novel Death-School J. N. Williamson
1982 Novel Horror Mansion J. N. Williamson
1982 Novel Playmates J. N. Williamson
1982 Novel The Evil One J. N. Williamson
1983 Collection Anomalies J. N. Williamson
1983 Collection Nevermore! J. N. Williamson
1983 Novel The Dentist J. N. Williamson
1984 Novel Babel's Children J. N. Williamson
1984 Novel Ghost J. N. Williamson
1984 Anthology Masques J. N. Williamson
1984 Novel Profits J. N. Williamson
1984 Novel The Offspring J. N. Williamson
1985 Novel The Longest Night J. N. Williamson
1985 Nonfiction The New Devil's Dictionary: Creepy Cliches and Sinister Synonyms J. N. Williamson
1986 Novel Wards of Armageddon J. N. Williamson & John Maclay
1987 Novel Evil Offspring J. N. Williamson
1987 Nonfiction How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction J. N. Williamson
1987 Anthology Masques II J. N. Williamson
1987 Novel Noonspell J. N. Williamson
1988 Novel Dead to the World J. N. Williamson
1988 Anthology The Best of Masques J. N. Williamson
1989 Anthology Masques III J. N. Williamson
1989 Anthology Masques Two J. N. Williamson
1989 Novel Shadows of Death J. N. Williamson
1989 Novel The Black School J. N. Williamson
1990 Anthology Flesh Creepers: Startling New Works of Horror and the Supernatural J. N. Williamson
1991 Novel Hell Storm J. N. Williamson
1991 Anthology Masques IV J. N. Williamson
1991 Collection The Naked Flesh of Feeling J. N. Williamson
1991 Novel The Night Seasons J. N. Williamson
1992 Novel The Monastery J. N. Williamson
1993 Novel Don't Take Away the Light J. N. Williamson
1993 Novel The Book of Webster's J. N. Williamson
1993 Collection The Fifth Season J. N. Williamson
1994 Novel Bloodlines J. N. Williamson
1998 Novel Spree J. N. Williamson
1999 Novel The Haunt J. N. Williamson
2000 Collection Frights of Fancy J. N. Williamson
2001 Novel Affinity J. N. Williamson
2001 Omnibus Dark Masques J. N. Williamson
2002 Omnibus Darker Masques J. N. Williamson
2006 Anthology Masques V J. N. Williamson & Gary A. Braunbeck

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1985 Balrog Award Professional Publication Masques Winner
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Masques Nominee
1985 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology/Collection (old) Masques Nominee
1987 World Fantasy Award Best Novella The Night Seasons Nominee
1988 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Masques II Nominee
1988 Locus Poll Award Best Non-Fiction How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Nominee
1988 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology Masques II Nominee
1991 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection The Naked Flesh of Feeling Nominee
1994 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel Bloodlines Nominee
1995 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Long Fiction The Mother Pact Nominee
2000 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Frights of Fancy Nominee
2006 International Horror Guild Award Best Anthology Masques V Nominee

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