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Stephen Volk

July 3, 1954 (age 71)

Birth place: Pontypridd, Wales, UK

99 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
June 1987 Review Gothic Paperback Inferno, #66
October 1995 18 Essay In a Tube Darkly All Hallows, October 1995
February 1996 9 Essay Letter (All Hallows, February 1996) All Hallows, February 1996
June 1999 72 Short Fiction The Anamorph of Hans Baldung Grien All Hallows, June 1999
October 1999 13 Essay Letter (All Hallows, October 1999) All Hallows, October 1999
February 2001 47 Short Fiction The Fall Children All Hallows, February 2001
February 2002 33 Short Fiction A Pair of Pince-Nez All Hallows, February 2002
June 2002 21 Essay Letter (All Hallows, June 2002) All Hallows, June 2002
June 2002 18 Essay Letter (All Hallows, June 2002) All Hallows, June 2002
June 2003 56 Short Fiction Indicator Crimewave 7: The Last Sunset
June 2003 23 Essay Letter (All Hallows, June 2003) All Hallows, June 2003
June 2003 71 Short Fiction Sleepless Nights All Hallows, June 2003
October 2003 17 Essay Letter (All Hallows, October 2003) All Hallows, October 2003
2004 24 Essay Electric Darkness (The Third Alternative, Autumn 2004) The Third Alternative, Autumn 2004
2004 16 Essay Electric Darkness (The Third Alternative, Winter 2004) The Third Alternative, Winter 2004
June 2004 19 Essay Letter (All Hallows, June 2004) All Hallows, June 2004
2005 41 Short Fiction Curious Green Colours Sleep Furiously Postscripts, Spring 2005
2005 16 Essay Electric Darkness (The Third Alternative, Spring 2005) The Third Alternative, Spring 2005
2005 22 Essay Electric Darkness (The Third Alternative, Summer 2005) The Third Alternative, Summer 2005
2006 8 Short Fiction A Paper Tissue Postscripts, Summer 2006
February 2006 117 Short Fiction A Whisper to a Grey All Hallows, February 2006
October 2006 299 Review Dark Corners All Hallows, October 2006
March 2007 136 Short Fiction Who Dies Best Postscripts, Spring 2007
April 2007 6 Essay 25 TV (25 Years of TV) Interzone, April 2007
June 2007 75 Interview All Hallows Talks with Stephen Volk All Hallows, Summer 2007
September 2007 14 Essay Too Dark Black Static Horror Magazine, September-October 2007
November 2007 229 Essay Shamans and Shitmeisters Black Static Horror Magazine, November-December 2007
January 2008 90 Essay Bubba Ho-Tep Black Static Horror Magazine, January-February 2008
March 2008 48 Essay Can Hammer Ever Rise from the Grave? Pantechnicon, #6
March 2008 43 Essay Electric Darkness: The Big Perhaps Black Static, March-April 2008
June 2008 81 Essay Not in Front of the Grown-ups Black Static, June-July 2008
August 2008 47 Essay Fur * Lon Chaney * Boris Karloff Black Static, August-September 2008
October 2008 52 Essay Sarah Polley * A Clockwork Orange * Dexter * Mary Whitehouse Black Static, October-November 2008
December 2008 73 Essay Siri Hustvedt * Famous Monsters * Jaws * David Mamet Black Static, December 2008-January 2009
February 2009 77 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, February-March 2009) Black Static, February-March 2009
February 2009 251 Short Fiction Fear Black Static, February-March 2009
April 2009 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, April-May 2009) Black Static, April-May 2009
June 2009 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, June-July 2009) Black Static, June-July 2009
August 2009 20 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, August-September 2009) Black Static, August-September 2009
October 2009 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, October-November 2009) Black Static, October-November 2009
December 2009 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, December 2009-January 2010) Black Static, December 2009-January 2010
February 2010 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, February-March 2010) Black Static, February-March 2010
April 2010 12 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, April-May 2010) Black Static, April-May 2010
June 2010 4 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, June-July 2010) Black Static, June-July 2010
August 2010 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, August-September 2010) Black Static, Issue 18 August-September 2010
October 2010 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, October-November 2010) Black Static, Issue 19 October-November 2010
December 2010 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, December 2010-January 2011) Black Static, Issue 20 December 2010-January 2011
February 2011 Essay Electric Darkness (Black Static, Issue 21 February-March 2011) Black Static, Issue 21 February-March 2011
April 2011 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 22 April-May 2011) Black Static, Issue 22 April-May 2011
June 2011 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 23 June-July 2011) Black Static, Issue 23 June-July 2011
August 2011 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 24 August-September 2011) Black Static, Issue 24 August-September 2011
October 2011 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 25 October-November 2011) Black Static, Issue 25 October-November 2011
December 2011 4 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 26 December 2011-January 2012) Black Static, Issue 26 December 2011-January 2012
December 2011 106 Review Vardøger Cemetery Dance, #65, 2011
February 2012 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 27 February-March 2012) Black Static, Issue 27 February-March 2012
April 2012 2 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, April-May 2012) Black Static, Issue 28 April-May 2012
July 2012 Short Fiction After the Ape Tales to Terrify, No 26
July 2012 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 29 July-August 2012) Black Static, Issue 29 July-August 2012
September 2012 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 30 September-October 2012) Black Static, Issue 30 September-October 2012
September 2012 38 Essay Ten Ways Comedy and Horror Are Almost the Same Thing BFS Journal, Autumn 2012
September 2012 Short Fiction The Comfort of the Seine Poe Forevermore, Autumn 2012
November 2012 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 31 November-December 2012) Black Static, Issue 31 November-December 2012
2013 65 Short Fiction Bless Crimewave 12: Hurts
January 2013 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 32 January-February 2013) Black Static, Issue 32 January-February 2013
March 2013 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 33 March-April 2013) Black Static, Issue 33 March-April 2013
May 2013 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 34 May-June 2013) Black Static, Issue 34 May-June 2013
July 2013 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 35 July-August 2013) Black Static, Issue 35 July-August 2013
August 2013 56 Short Fiction Whitstable (excerpt) BFS Journal, August 2013
September 2013 4 Essay What We Learn When We Learn About Writing Black Static, Issue 36, September-October 2013
November 2013 4 Essay Run, Writer, Run! Extinction Is Forever! Black Static, Issue 37, November-December 2013
January 2014 10 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues (Black Static, Issue 38, January-February 2014) Black Static, Issue 38, January-February 2014
March 2014 4 Essay Those Who Fan the Fire Black Static, Issue 39, March-April 2014
May 2014 4 Essay Visiting the Madhouse Black Static, Issue 40, May-June 2014
July 2014 4 Essay Stab Wounds Black Static, Issue 41, July-August 2014
September 2014 4 Essay Giving the Devil His Due Black Static, Issue 42, September-October 2014
September 2014 77 Review Monsters in the Heart Black Static, Issue 42, September-October 2014
November 2014 4 Essay How to Stay Insane Black Static, Issue 43, November-December 2014
January 2015 4 Essay How to Stay Insane (Part 2) Black Static, Issue 44, January-February 2015
March 2015 |1 Essay On the Selling of Souls, and Other Commodities Black Static, March-April 2015
May 2015 4 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues: Horror (Not Horror) Black Static, May-June 2015
July 2015 |1 Essay Alfred and Jack: Ripping Yarns Black Static, July-August 2015
September 2015 4 Essay Mirrors for Eyes (Part 1 of 2) Black Static, September-October 2015
November 2015 4 Essay Mirrors for Eyes (Part 2 of 2) Black Static, November-December 2015
January 2016 |1 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues: 10 Ways Comedy and Horror Are Almost the Same Thing Black Static, January-February 2016
March 2016 |1 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues: The Human Centipede Black Static, March-April 2016
May 2016 |1 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues: To Beat the Dark, or the Disquiet Man Black Static, May-June 2016
July 2016 |1 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues: Update Status Black Static, July-August 2016
September 2016 |1 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues: The Question of Violence Black Static, September-October 2016
November 2016 |1 Essay Coffinmaker's Blues: Where Was I? Black Static, November-December 2016
January 2017 |12.01 Interview Seeking to Subvert: Stephen Volk Black Static, January-February 2017
January 2017 |12.02 Review The Parts We Play Black Static, January-February 2017
November 2018 |9.7 Review The Dark Masters Trilogy Black Static, November-December 2018
March 2019 Short Fiction Unchain the Beast Black Static, March-April 2019
January 2020 8 Short Fiction Sicko Black Static, January-February 2020
July 2020 |3 Short Fiction Agog The Dark, July 2020
2021 |12 Short Fiction Adventurous Weird Horror, Issue 2, Spring 2021
November 2024 15 Short Fiction Not Wanted on Voyage Nightmare Abbey, November 2024
May 2025 29|4 Interview Horror Delve: The Stephen Volk Interview Nightmare Abbey, May 2025
May 2025 19|3 Short Fiction I Won't Be There When You Cross the Road Nightmare Abbey, May 2025

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2006 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Short Fiction 31/10 Nominee
2007 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction 31/10 Nominee
2010 British Fantasy Award Best Novella Vardøger Nominee
2010 Shirley Jackson Award Best Novella Vardøger Nominee
2014 British Fantasy Award Best Collection Monsters in the Heart Winner
2014 British Fantasy Award Best Novella Whitstable Nominee
2015 British Fantasy Award Best Novella Newspaper Heart Winner
2015 Shirley Jackson Award Best Novelette Newspaper Heart Nominee
2017 British Fantasy Award Best Collection The Parts We Play Nominee
2018 British Fantasy Award Best Short Story The Little Gift Nominee
2020 British Fantasy Award Best Non-Fiction Coffinmaker's Blues: Collected Writings on Terror Nominee
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