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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn

September 15, 1942 – August 31, 2025 (aged 82)

Birth place: Berkeley, California, USA

120 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
September 1969 46 Short Fiction The Posture of Prophecy If, September 1969
December 1969 10 Essay Worldcon: Public Relations in Retrospect SFWA Bulletin, December 1969
November 1970 2 Essay From the Secretary The SFWA Bulletin, September-November 1970
March 1971 162 Short Fiction Frog Pond Galaxy Magazine, March 1971
July 1971 8 Essay From the Secretary (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, July 1971) The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, July 1971
July 1973 70 Short Fiction The Meaning of the Word Worlds of If, July-August 1973
September 1973 10|10.1 Essay 1973 Nebula Award Banquet—Berkeley SFWA Bulletin, Summer 1973
1974 73 Review Science Fiction, Today and Tomorrow SFWA Bulletin, Fall 1974
March 1974 44 Short Fiction Training Twofoots Worlds of If, March-April 1974
April 1974 122 Review Two Views of Wonder Galaxy, April 1974
October 1976 12 Review Time of the Fourth Horseman The Science Fiction Review Monthly, October 1976
1977 37 Review Time of the Fourth Horseman Luna Monthly, #67, Spring 1977
February 1977 12 Review Time of the Fourth Horseman Delap's F & SF Review, February 1977
April 1977 58 Review Lisa Kane Algol, Spring 1977
April 1977 134 Review Time of the Fourth Horseman Galaxy, April 1977
May 1978 115 Review Time of the Fourth Horseman Foundation, #13 May 1978
June 1978 143 Review Hotel Transylvania Galaxy, June 1978
November 1978 139 Review False Dawn Galaxy, November-December 1978
January 1979 49 Review False Dawn The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1979
April 1979 14 Review The Palace Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1979
August 1979 33 Review False Dawn Future Life, August 1979
November 1979 63|63.5 Essay Letter (Starship, Fall 1979) Starship, Fall 1979
January 1980 66 Review Cautionary Tales Foundation, #18 January 1980
February 1980 12 Review False Dawn Vector Review Supplement 1
April 1980 37 Review Time of the Fourth Horseman Vector 97
July 1980 36|36.4 Review Ariosto Ares, #3 July 1980
October 1980 23 Review Cautionary Tales Vector 99
January 1981 13 Review Blood Games Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 19, 1981
January 1981 13 Review Hotel Transylvania Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 19, 1981
January 1981 13 Review The Palace Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 19, 1981
December 1981 10 Interview Interview: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Fantasy Newsletter, #43 December 1981
January 1982 57|57.2 Review Time of the Fourth Horseman The Patchin Review, Number Three, January 1982
February 1982 30 Essay Why is the Horror Genre Frowned Upon by the Literary Establishment? American Fantasy, February 1982
May 1982 25 Review Tempting Fate Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #4, May 1982
September 1982 41 Review Science Fiction Special 40 Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #7, September 1982
October 1982 36 Review Tempting Fate Fantasy Newsletter, #52 October 1982
August 1983 31 Review The Saint-Germain Chronicles Fantasy Newsletter, #61 August 1983
October 1983 13|13.3 Review Anackire Locus, #273 October 1983
October 1983 13|13.1 Essay Locus Looks at Books (Locus #273) Locus, #273 October 1983
October 1983 33 Review Shadows 6 Locus, #273 October 1983
October 1983 13|13.2 Review The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror Locus, #273 October 1983
November 1983 11|11.2 Review Incarnate Locus, #274 November 1983
November 1983 11|11.1 Essay Locus Looks at Books (Locus #274) Locus, #274 November 1983
November 1983 11|11.3 Review The Face That Must Die Locus, #274 November 1983
February 1984 18 Essay 1983: The Science Fiction Year in Review: Recommended Reading Locus, #277 February 1984
June 1984 32|32.4 Review Nomads Science Fiction Chronicle, #57 June 1984
August 1984 33 Review Nomads Fantasy Review, August 1984
November 1984 32 Review Signs and Portents Locus, #286 November 1984
December 1984 49 Review Nomads Fangoria, December 1984
1985 5 Interview Songs Sweet and Haunting Foundation, #33 Spring 1985
February 1985 28 Review A Mortal Glamour Fantasy Review, February 1985
April 1985 32 Review Signs & Portents Fantasy Review, April 1985
August 1985 48 Review A Mortal Glamour Fangoria, August 1985
September 1985 17 Review To the High Redoubt Locus, #296 September 1985
1986 67 Essay Letter: On vampires and other things Foundation, #35 Winter 1985/1986
1986 25 Essay Views on Horror and the Limits of Violence American Fantasy, Fall 1986
April 1986 29 Review More Messages from Michael Fantasy Review, April 1986
December 1986 49 Review A Baroque Fable Science Fiction Chronicle, #87 December 1986
1987 9 Review Firecode American Fantasy, Spring 1987
February 1987 182 Review A Baroque Fable Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1987
April 1987 15 Review Firecode Locus, #315 April 1987
April 1987 44 Review Firecode Fantasy Review, April 1987
August 1987 15|15.1 Review A Flame in Byzantium Locus, #319 August 1987
October 1987 180 Review Firecode Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1987
October 1987 41|41.02 Review Firecode Science Fiction Chronicle, #97 October 1987
1988 24 Interview An Interview with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Tales of the Unanticipated, Winter/Spring 1988
January 1988 48 Review A Flame in Byzantium Science Fiction Chronicle, #100 January 1988
February 1988 15|15.3 Review Taji's Syndrome Locus, #325 February 1988
1990 96 Review Tempting Fate Science Fiction Review, Autumn 1990
1991 126 Review Beyond the Gate of Worlds Foundation, #53 Autumn 1991
July 1991 16 Interview Profiles in Terror: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Cemetery Dance, Summer 1991
1992 11 Essay A Matter of Willful Copyright Infringement The SFWA Bulletin, Summer 1992
1992 19 Essay Copyright Infringement Part II The SFWA Bulletin, Fall 1992
April 1992 113 Short Fiction Investigating Jericho The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1992
1993 102 Review Darker Jewels Science Fiction Eye, #12, Summer 1993
June 1993 33 Review Darker Jewels Science Fiction Chronicle, #163 June 1993
1994 107 Review Better in the Dark Science Fiction Eye, #13, Spring 1994
January 1994 32 Review Better in the Dark Science Fiction Chronicle, #169 January 1994
February 1994 9 Review Better in the Dark Horror: The News Magazine of the Horror & Dark Fantasy Field #2, February 1994
1995 10 Interview Interview: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Journal of the Dark #3
April 1997 Review Mansions of Darkness Science Fiction Chronicle, April/May 1997
November 1997 39 Review Monet's Ghost Science Fiction Chronicle, #194 November 1997
March 1998 Review Writ in Blood SF Site, Mid-March 1998
April 1998 12 Review Blood Roses Realms of Fantasy, April 1998
July 1998 40|40.04 Review Blood and Roses Science Fiction Chronicle, #198 July-August 1998
July 1998 Review The Angry Angel Vector 200
August 1998 61 Review Sisters of the Night: The Angry Angel Fangoria, August 1998
October 1998 53|53.10 Review The Angry Angel Science Fiction Chronicle, #199 Oct-November 1998
November 1998 55 Review Blood Roses Interzone, November 1998
December 1998 Review Blood Roses SF Site, Mid-December 1998
September 1999 34 Review The Soul of an Angel Vector 207
March 2000 38 Review Communion Blood Vector 210
July 2000 39 Review Communion Blood Dreams of Decadence, Autumn 2000
July 2000 231 Review Magnificat Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2000
November 2000 75 Review Come Twilight Fangoria, November 2000
April 2001 Review Come Twilight Realms of Fantasy, April 2001
May 2001 33 Review Come Twilight Vector 217
November 2001 36 Review Come Twilight Vector 220
November 2001 44|44.02 Review In the Face of Death Science Fiction Chronicle, #218 November 2001
January 2002 34 Review A Feast in Exile Vector 221
March 2002 34 Review A Feast in Exile Vector 222
June 2002 69 Interview A Conversation with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Outer Darkness, #25
October 2002 Review Night Blooming Strange Horizons, 28 October 2002
October 2002 35 Review Night Blooming Locus, #501 October 2002
December 2002 6 Short Fiction Siren Song Horror Garage, #6
May 2004 Short Fiction Un Bel Di Sci Fiction, May 5, 2004
March 2005 82 Interview Our Ladies of Darkness: A Conversation with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Cemetery Dance, #51, 2005
May 2005 30 Review Dark of the Sun Vector 241
November 2005 36 Review Dark of the Sun Vector 244
November 2005 36 Review States of Grace Vector 244
June 2006 34 Interview An Interview with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Dark Wisdom, Spring 2006
June 2006 33 Review States of Grace The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2006
September 2006 82 Short Fiction Sugar Skulls H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror, Fall 2006
June 2008 9 Short Fiction Endra - from Memory Interzone, June 2008
December 2008 144 Review A Dangerous Climate Black Static, December 2008-January 2009
March 2011 |6 Interview Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (ICFA Conference, March 2009, Orlando, Florida) Dissections: The Journal of Contemporary Horror, March 2011
September 2015 Interview An Interview with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Strange Horizons, 21 September 2015
September 2015 76 Review Haunting Investigation Galaxy's Edge, Issue 16: September 2015
April 2016 Interview Searching after Dark Dark Discoveries, Spring 2016
April 2016 Short Fiction Things Heard in the Dark Dark Discoveries, Spring 2016

82 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1973 Anthology Two Views of Wonder Thomas N. Scortia & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1976 Novel Ogilvie, Tallant & Moon Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1976 Novel Time of the Fourth Horseman Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1978 Collection Cautionary Tales Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1978 Novel False Dawn Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1978 Novel Hotel Transylvania Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1979 Novel Blood Games Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1979 Nonfiction Messages from Michael Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1979 Novel Music When Sweet Voices Die Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1979 Novel The Palace Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1980 Novel Ariosto Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1980 Novel Dead & Buried Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1980 Novel Sins of Omission Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1981 Novel Path of the Eclipse Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1982 Nonfiction CQY Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1982 Chapbook On Saint Hubert's Thing Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1982 Omnibus Science Fiction Special 40 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1982 Novel Tempting Fate Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1983 Novel Hyacinths Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1983 Novel The Godforsaken Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1983 Collection The Saint-Germain Chronicles Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1984 Novel Locadio's Apprentice Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1984 Novel Nomads Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1984 Collection Signs & Portents Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1985 Novel A Mortal Glamour Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1985 Novel Four Horses for Tishtry Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1985 Novel To the High Redoubt Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1986 Novel A Baroque Fable Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1986 Novel Floating Illusions Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1986 Nonfiction More Messages from Michael Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1987 Novel A Flame in Byzantium Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1987 Novel Firecode Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1988 Novel Crusader's Torch Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1988 Nonfiction Michael's People Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1988 Novel Taji's Syndrome Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1989 Novel A Candle for D'Artagnan Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1989 Novel Beastnights Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1989 Novel The Law in Charity Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1990 Novel Out of the House of Life Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1991 Anthology Beyond the Gate of Worlds Robert Silverberg & John Brunner & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1991 Chapbook The Spider Glass Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1993 Novel Better in the Dark Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1993 Novel Charity, Colorado Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1993 Novel Darker Jewels Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1994 Novel Crown of Empire Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1994 Collection The Vampire Stories of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1995 Nonfiction Michael for the Millennium Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1995 Anthology Strangers in the Night Maggie Shayne & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro & Anne Stuart
1996 Novel Mansions of Darkness Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1997 Novel Monet's Ghost Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1997 Novel Writ in Blood Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1998 Novel Blood Roses Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1998 Novel The Angry Angel Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1999 Novel Communion Blood: A Novel of Saint-Germain Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1999 Novel Dark Light Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1999 Novel Magnificat Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1999 Novel The Soul of an Angel Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2000 Novel Come Twilight Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2001 Novel A Feast in Exile Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2002 Novel Night Blooming Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2002 Novel Outrageous Fortune Armin Shimerman & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2003 Collection Apprehensions and Other Delusions Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2003 Novel Midnight Harvest Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2004 Novel Dark of the Sun Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2004 Novel In the Face of Death Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2005 Novel Alas, Poor Yorick Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2005 Novel States of Grace Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2006 Novel Roman Dusk Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2007 Novel Borne in Blood Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2007 Collection Saint-Germain: Memoirs Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2008 Novel A Dangerous Climate Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2009 Novel Burning Shadows Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2009 Novel Dead Mice Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2009 Novel Poisonous Fruit Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2011 Novel An Embarrassment of Riches Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2012 Novel Commedia della Morte Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2013 Novel Night Pilgrims Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2014 Novel Arcane Wisdome Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2014 Novel Sustenance Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2014 Omnibus The Vildecaz Talents Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2015 Novel Haunting Investigation Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2016 Novel Living Spectres Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1977 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Time of the Fourth Horseman Nominee
1979 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Hotel Transylvania Nominee
1980 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Palace Nominee
1980 World Fantasy Award Best Novel The Palace Nominee
1981 Balrog Award Novel Ariosto Nominee
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Ariosto Nominee
1981 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Ariosto Nominee
1981 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Cabin 33 Nominee
1982 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Path of the Eclipse Nominee
1983 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Tempting Fate Nominee
1984 Locus Poll Award Best Collection The Saint-Germain Chronicles Nominee
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Signs & Portents Nominee
1986 World Fantasy Award Best Novella Do I Dare to Eat a Peach? Nominee
1991 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Advocates Nominee
1998 Lord Ruthven Award Fiction Writ in Blood Winner
2000 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) Communion Blood: A Novel of Saint-Germain Nominee
2000 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Traduction Le comte de Saint Germain: Une histoire d'amour interdit Nominee
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