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Alan Ryan

Ryan, Alan Peter

May 17, 1943 – June 3, 2011 (aged 68)

Birth place: Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

48 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
August 1979 104 Short Fiction "You're Welcome," Said the Robot and Turned to Watch the Snowflakes The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1979
January 1980 90 Review Jem Galileo, January 1980
July 1980 60|60.3 Review The Golden Man Galaxy Magazine, July 1980
January 1981 69 Short Fiction Give Us This Day Our Daily Death Amazing Stories, January 1981
June 1981 66 Short Fiction Waiting for the Papers Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, June 1981
November 1981 84 Short Fiction Sanasardo Meets Attila The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1981
1982 40 Poem A Perfect Night for Vampires Shayol, #6 Winter 1982
March 1982 8 Essay Letter: SFWA Memebers Eligible for Discount on Radio Shack Word Processors The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, March 1982
July 1982 32 Essay Remembering Philip K. Dick Fantasy Newsletter, #49 July 1982
September 1982 103 Short Fiction Gestures Amazing Science Fiction Stories, September 1982
October 1982 92 Short Fiction The Witch, the Child, and the U.P.S. Fellow Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1982
December 1982 38 Review Perpetual Light Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #10, December 1982
February 1983 16 Review Different Seasons Fantasy Newsletter, #56 February 1983
March 1983 13 Review Perpetual Light Fantasy Newsletter, #57 March 1983
July 1983 166 Review Perpetual Light Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1983
October 1983 132 Review The Kill Whispers, October 1983
November 1983 10 Review The Kill Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, November-December 1983
December 1983 56 Review The Kill Fangoria, December 1983
January 1984 31 Poem The Astonishing, Wonderful, Great Monster Kit! Fantasy Review, #64 January 1984
March 1984 42 Poem The Path Weirdbook 19, Spring 1984
June 1984 30 Review Dead White Fantasy Review, June 1984
August 1984 24 Review Cast a Cold Eye Fantasy Review, August 1984
December 1984 60 Short Fiction Bundoran, Co. Donegal Whispers, December 1984
December 1984 36 Review Cast a Cold Eye Science Fiction Chronicle, #63 December 1984
December 1984 100 Review Cast a Cold Eye Whispers, December 1984
December 1984 14 Short Fiction The Bones Wizard Whispers, December 1984
January 1985 45 Poem Return to the Goblin Tower Weirdbook 20, Spring 1985
February 1985 20 Review Night Visions 1 Fantasy Review, February 1985
June 1985 97 Short Fiction Kiss the Vampire Goodbye Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 1985
1986 26 Essay Views on Horror and the Limits of Violence American Fantasy, Fall 1986
May 1986 23 Review Quadriphobia Fantasy Review, May 1986
October 1986 11 Review Halloween Horrors Locus, #309 October 1986
October 1986 49|49.13 Review Quadriphobia Science Fiction Chronicle, #85 October 1986
November 1986 32 Review Halloween Horrors Fantasy Review, November 1986
December 1986 Review Cast a Cold Eye Paperback Inferno, #63
December 1986 14 Review Halloween Horrors Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1986
December 1986 48 Review Halloween Horrors Science Fiction Chronicle, #87 December 1986
1987 189 Review Halloween Horrors Night Cry, Fall 1987
1987 9 Review Quadriphobia American Fantasy, Winter 1987
June 1987 62 Poem The Haunted House of My Childhood Weirdbook 22, Summer 1987
December 1987 46 Review Vampires Science Fiction Chronicle, #99 December 1987
February 1988 11|11.2 Review Vampires Locus, #325 February 1988
June 1988 62 Review Halloween Horrors Midnight Graffiti, June 1988
November 1988 13 Review Haunting Women The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1988
November 1988 17 Review Haunting Women Locus, #334 November 1988
January 1989 19 Review Haunting Women Aboriginal Science Fiction, January-February 1989
March 1989 63 Review Haunting Women Interzone, March-April 1989
April 1989 23 Review The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories Vector 149

13 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1981 Novel Panther Alan Ryan
1982 Anthology Perpetual Light Alan Ryan
1982 Novel The Kill Alan Ryan
1983 Novel Dead White Alan Ryan
1984 Novel Cast a Cold Eye Alan Ryan
1984 Anthology Night Visions 1 Alan Ryan
1986 Anthology Halloween Horrors Alan Ryan
1986 Collection Quadriphobia Alan Ryan
1987 Anthology Vampires Alan Ryan
1988 Anthology Haunting Women Alan Ryan
1988 Anthology Night Visions: In the Blood Alan Ryan
1988 Collection The Bones Wizard Alan Ryan
1988 Anthology The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories Alan Ryan

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1980 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story "You're Welcome," Said the Robot and Turned to Watch the Snowflakes Nominee
1983 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Perpetual Light Finalist
1983 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology/Collection (old) Perpetual Light Nominee
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Night Visions 1 Nominee
1985 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology/Collection (old) Night Visions 1 Nominee
1985 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction The Bones Wizard Winner
1988 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Vampires Nominee
1989 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Haunting Women Nominee

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