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S. P. Somtow

Sucharitkul, Somtow Papinian

December 30, 1952 (age 73)

Birth place: Bangkok, Thailand

112 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
July 1982 Interview Interview: Somtow Sucharitkul The Alexandria Gazette (Packet), July 14-20, 1982
April 1984 10 Essay Galactic Garbage Art SF & Fantasy Review, April 1984
April 1984 26 Review The Aquiliad Dragon Magazine, April 1984
May 1984 37 Review Vampire Junction Fantasy Review, May 1984
June 1984 17 Essay On the Set of Clonan the Barbarian Fantasy Review, June 1984
October 1984 35 Review Mallworld Science Fiction Chronicle, #61 October 1984
December 1984 9 Essay An Ellis Island of the Mind Fantasy Review, December 1984
December 1984 185 Review Vampire Junction Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-December 1984
April 1985 1 Interview Somtow Sucharitkul: Clown Prince of SF Locus, #291 April 1985
May 1985 9 Essay Worst Week of My Life Fantasy Review, May 1985
December 1985 8 Interior Art World Fantasy Convention: Tucson Draws a Full House (photos) Fantasy Review, December 1985
1986 15 Review The Shattered Horse American Fantasy, Fall 1986
April 1986 40 Review Vampire Junction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1986
April 1986 Review Vampire Junction Paperback Inferno, #59
May 1986 36 Review Vampire Junction Science Fiction Chronicle, #80 May 1986
June 1986 15 Review The Shattered Horse Locus, #305 June 1986
June 1986 56 Review Vampire Junction Fangoria, June 1986
July 1986 17 Essay Ta-da! Hollywood! Fantasy Review, July-August 1986
July 1986 39 Review The Fallen Country Science Fiction Chronicle, #82 July 1986
July 1986 33 Review The Shattered Horse Fantasy Review, July-August 1986
October 1986 11 Essay Stand by Stephen King Fantasy Review, October 1986
December 1986 188 Review The Shattered Horse Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-December 1986
1987 38 Short Fiction ResurrecTechâ„¢ Night Cry, Spring 1987
January 1987 181 Review The Shattered Horse Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1987
June 1988 Review The Shattered Horse Paperback Inferno, #72
September 1988 23 Review Aquila and the Iron Horse Aboriginal Science Fiction, September-October 1988
December 1989 19 Review Moon Dance Locus, #347 December 1989
1990 20 Short Fiction Dark River (excerpt) Midnight Graffiti, Winter 1990-1991
1990 Review Moon Dance Nova Express, Summer 1990
April 1990 74 Short Fiction Lottery Night Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1990
April 1990 Review Moon Dance The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1990
May 1990 56 Review Moon Dance Fangoria, May 1990
July 1990 7 Review Moon Dance Aboriginal Science Fiction, July-August 1990
September 1990 213 Short Fiction Cruise Eternity Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Summer 1990
October 1990 106 Essay A Certain Slant of "I" (Iniquities, Autumn 1990) Iniquities, Autumn 1990
November 1990 12 Essay With an Olive Branch Through the Heart Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Fall 1990
March 1991 91 Essay A Certain Slant of "I" (Iniquities, Spring 1991) Iniquities, Spring 1991
April 1991 66|66.4 Review Moon Dance Interzone, April 1991
June 1991 33 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 1 of 15) Pulphouse: A Weekly Magazine, June 1, 1991
July 1991 36 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 2 of 15) Pulphouse: A Weekly Magazine, July 6, 1991
July 1991 30 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 3 of 15) Pulphouse: A Weekly Fiction Magazine, July 27, 1991
August 1991 30 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 4 of 15) Pulphouse: A Weekly Fiction Magazine, August 17, 1991
August 1991 19 Review Moondance Vector 162
August 1991 21 Review Riverrun Locus, #367 August 1991
August 1991 31 Review Riverrun Locus, #367 August 1991
September 1991 84 Essay A Certain Slant of "I" (Iniquities, Autumn 1991) Iniquities, Autumn 1991
September 1991 29 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 5 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, September 20, 1991
September 1991 17 Review Riverrun Locus, #368 September 1991
October 1991 43 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 6 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, October 25, 1991
November 1991 30 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 7 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, November 29, 1991
November 1991 4 Interview S. P. Somtow: Opening All the Doors Locus, #370 November 1991
December 1991 59 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 8 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, December 31, 1991
December 1991 22 Review Moon Dance Vector 164
December 1991 20 Review Riverrun Vector 164
1992 104 Short Fiction Hunting the Lion Weird Tales, Spring 1992
January 1992 53|53.3 Review Moon Dance Imagination, January/February 1992
February 1992 90 Short Fiction Kingdoms in the Sky Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1992
February 1992 10 Review Moon Dance Paperback Inferno, #94
June 1992 56 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 9 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, June 1992
July 1992 35|35.08 Review I Wake from a Dream of a Drowned Star City Science Fiction Chronicle, 153 July/August 1992
July 1992 57 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 10 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, July 1992
August 1992 58 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 11 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, August 1992
August 1992 22 Review Valentine Vector 168
September 1992 121 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 12 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, September-October 1992
September 1992 19 Review The Forest of the Night Locus, #380 September 1992
November 1992 60 Review I Wake from a Dream of a Drowned Star City Locus, #382 November 1992
November 1992 53 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 13 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, November 1992
December 1992 19 Review Valentine Locus, #383 December 1992
December 1992 68 Review Valentine Fangoria, December 1992
1993 60 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 14 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, #15
1993 60 Serial Jasmine Nights (Part 15 of 15) Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, #16
January 1993 306 Review I Wake from a Dream of a Drowned Star City Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1993
August 1993 49 Review The Wizard's Apprentice Locus, #391 August 1993
August 1993 34 Review Valentine Vector 174
September 1993 73 Review The Wizard's Apprentice Locus, #392 September 1993
December 1993 126 Short Fiction Tagging the Moon Asimov's Science Fiction, Mid-December 1993
January 1994 75 Review The Wizard's Apprentice Dragon Magazine, January 1994
January 1994 33|33.25 Review The Wizard's Apprentice Science Fiction Chronicle, #169 January 1994
February 1994 3 Essay Thai Superstore Set to Open in 1994 Horror: The News Magazine of the Horror & Dark Fantasy Field #2, February 1994
June 1994 54 Review Riverrun Vector 179
November 1994 22 Review Armorica Vector 181
April 1995 23 Review Jasmine Nights Locus, #411 April 1995
August 1995 91 Review Vanitas SFX, #3
September 1995 19 Review Vanitas Vector 185
October 1995 27 Review Vanitas Locus, #417 October 1995
July 1996 151 Review Vanitas Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1996
November 1996 Review The Pavilion of Frozen Women Vector 190
January 1997 23 Review The Pavilion of Frozen Women Locus, #432 January 1997
March 1997 55 Review The Pavilion of Frozen Women The Zone and Premonitions, Spring 1997
September 1997 70 Review The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter Locus, #440 September 1997
November 1997 62 Review The Pavilion of Frozen Women Odyssey, November/December 1997
December 1997 21 Review Darker Angels Locus, #443 December 1997
1998 47 Interview A Talk with S. P. Somtow Weird Tales, Fall 1998
1998 52 Short Fiction The Hero's Celluloid Journey Weird Tales, Fall 1998
January 1998 21 Review Darker Angels Locus, #444 January 1998
February 1998 60 Review Darker Angels Interzone, February 1998
February 1998 61 Review The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter Science Fiction Chronicle, #195 February 1998
March 1998 18 Review Darker Angels The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1998
March 1998 72 Review Darker Angels Fangoria, March 1998
May 1998 33 Review Darker Angels Vector 199
June 1998 4 Interview S. P. Somtow: Man of Many Arts Locus, #449 June 1998
July 1998 44 Review The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1998
August 1998 54 Short Fiction Dr. Rumpole Realms of Fantasy, August 1998
1999 41|41.2 Review Darker Angels Nova Express, Fall/Winter 1999
March 1999 40 Review Darker Angels Vector 204
November 1999 56 Review Dragon's Fin Soup Locus, #466 November 1999
2000 8|8.7 Review Tagging the Moon: Fairy Tales from L. A. Weird Tales, Summer 2000
January 2000 32 Review The Crow: Temple of Night Locus, #468 January 2000
June 2001 Review Tagging the Moon Realms of Fantasy, June 2001
April 2008 88 Short Fiction An Alien Heresy Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2008
May 2013 15 Short Fiction The Bird Catcher International Speculative Fiction, #4
August 2019 4 Short Fiction Another Avatar Amazing Stories, Fall 2019

57 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1984 Novel Vampire Junction S. P. Somtow
1986 Novel The Shattered Horse S. P. Somtow
1987 Novel Forgetting Places S. P. Somtow
1988 Novel Aquila and the Iron Horse S. P. Somtow
1988 Novel Aquila and the Sphinx S. P. Somtow
1988 Novel Starship & Haiku S. P. Somtow
1988 Collection The Aquiliad: Aquila in the New World S. P. Somtow
1989 Novel Moon Dance S. P. Somtow
1991 Novel Riverrun S. P. Somtow
1992 Novel Forest of the Night S. P. Somtow
1992 Chapbook I Wake from a Dream of a Drowned Star City S. P. Somtow
1992 Novel Valentine S. P. Somtow
1993 Novel The Wizard's Apprentice S. P. Somtow
1994 Novel Armorica S. P. Somtow
1994 Novel Jasmine Nights S. P. Somtow
1995 Novel Vanitas S. P. Somtow
1995 Novel Vanitas: Escape from Vampire Junction S. P. Somtow
1996 Collection The Pavilion of Frozen Women S. P. Somtow
1996 Omnibus The Riverrun Trilogy S. P. Somtow
1997 Novel Darker Angels S. P. Somtow
1997 Novel The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter S. P. Somtow
1998 Chapbook A Lap Dance with the Lobster Lady S. P. Somtow
1998 Collection Dragon's Fin Soup S. P. Somtow
1999 Novel The Crow: Temple of Night S. P. Somtow
2000 Collection Tagging the Moon: Fairy Tales from L.A. S. P. Somtow
2000 Novel The Fallen Country S. P. Somtow
2000 Collection The Ultimate Mallworld S. P. Somtow
2003 Novel Do Comets Dream? S. P. Somtow
2005 Collection Other Edens S. P. Somtow
2007 Novel The Other City of Angels S. P. Somtow
2008 Collection Opus 50 S. P. Somtow
2012 Novel The Stone Buddha's Tears S. P. Somtow
2012 Novel Yestern S. P. Somtow
2013 Collection Aquila in the New World S. P. Somtow
2013 Collection Bible Stories for Secular Humanists S. P. Somtow
2013 Novel Light on the Sound S. P. Somtow
2013 Collection Sonnets About Serial Killers S. P. Somtow
2013 Novel The Darkling Wind S. P. Somtow
2013 Collection The Ultimate, Ultimate, Ultimate Mallworld S. P. Somtow
2013 Collection Utopia Hunters S. P. Somtow
2013 Novel Valentine: Return to Vampire Junction S. P. Somtow
2015 Collection The Snow Dragon: Three Variations S. P. Somtow
2016 Nonfiction The Maestro's Noctuary: A Nine Year Dream Journal S. P. Somtow
2018 Collection My Cold Mad Father S. P. Somtow
2018 Nonfiction Nirvana Express: Journal of a Very Brief Monkhood S. P. Somtow
2018 Nonfiction Sounding Brass: A Curious Musical Partnership S. P. Somtow
2018 Chapbook The Bird Catcher S. P. Somtow
2020 Collection Alien Heresies S. P. Somtow
2020 Chapbook Annunciation S. P. Somtow
2020 Chapbook Another Avatar S. P. Somtow
2020 Collection Beyond Mallworld S. P. Somtow
2020 Novel Homeworld of the Heart S. P. Somtow
2020 Novel The Throne of Madness S. P. Somtow
2021 Novel Club X: Vampire in the Closet S. P. Somtow
2022 Collection Lost Valentines: The Collected Vampire Stories S. P. Somtow
2023 Collection Other Avatars: The Collected Fantasy Stories S. P. Somtow
2023 Collection Three Little Nightmares S. P. Somtow
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Year Publication Title
Cover 2007 The Other City of Angels The Other City of Angels
Cover 2008 Opus 50 Opus 50
Cover November 2013 Sonnets About Serial Killers Sonnets About Serial Killers
Cover November 2013 Sonnets About Serial Killers Sonnets About Serial Killers [2]
Cover July 2018 Inquestor Tales: Despatches from the High Inquest: Number One: July 2018 Inquestor Tales: Despatches from the High Inquest: Number One: July 2018
Cover September 2018 Inquestor Tales: Despatches from the High Inquest: Number Two: October 2018 Inquestor Tales: Despatches from the High Inquest: Number Two: October 2018
Cover September 2018 Moon Dance Moon Dance
Cover April 2019 Inquestor Tales: Despatches from the High Inquest: Number Three: May 2019 Inquestor Tales: Despatches from the High Inquest: Number Three: May 2019