Gary William Crawford (January 1, 1953 -July 9, 2020) was an American writer and

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publisher. He is the founder and editor of Gothic Press,Gothic Press
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Gothic literature Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror in the 20th century, is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name is a reference to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of ea ...

. From 1979 to 1987, Crawford produced six issues of the journal ''Gothic'', which features articles on

Gothic fiction Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror in the 20th century, is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name is a reference to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of ea ...

from 1764 to 1986."About the Editor and Contributors" in S. T. Joshi, ''Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and Popular Culture''. ABC-CLIO, 2011 , (p.426). Later, the press published the horror poetry magazine ''Night Songs''. In recent years, the press has published The Gothic Chapbook Series, which features pamphlets of fiction, poetry and scholarship. He has numerous poems, stories, and articles in the small press. He has an essay and bibliography on modern horror fiction in ''Horror Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide''. Crawford has recently begun the online journal, ''Le Fanu Studies'', about ghost and mystery story writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu, and is compiling Internet databases on Le Fanu,

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and

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. His M.A. thesis, "Sheridan Le Fanu's ''In a Glass Darkly:'' Ironic Distance and the Supernatural," Mississippi State University, 1977, is available from Crawford's Gothic Press. He has also written an essay about

for a book published by McFarland Publishers. Crawford's poetry collection ''The Shadow City'' was nominated for a

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from the

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. His collection of poetry, ''The Phantom World'', was published by Sam's Dot Publishing in 2008 and was also nominated for a Stoker. Poems written in collaboration with Bruce Boston are in Boston's book ''Double Visions.'' In 2009, Dark Regions Press published Crawford's poetry collection ''Voices from the Dark.'' He edited with Jim Rockhill and Brian J. Showers the book ''Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu'' for publication by Hippocampus Press. He has contributed entries to ''The Encyclopedia of the Vampire.'' He is co-author with Bruce Boston of the poetry collection ''Notes from the Shadow City,'' which is published by Dark Regions Press in 2012.

Swan River Press Swan River Press is an independent Irish publishing company dedicated to gothic, supernatural, and fantastic literature. It was founded in Rathmines, Dublin in October 2003 by Brian J. Showers. Swan River publishes contemporary fiction from around ...

in Dublin, Ireland has published a condensed version of his Le Fanu bibliography in pamphlet format. He recently edited a book of essays on

from Gothic Press and a book of essays on

. Works in progress include (for Hippocampus Press) a critical study of Robert Aickman. A free online journal, Aickman Studies, edited by Tom R. Baynham, is now available from Gothic Press at www.aickmandata.com/aickmanstudies.html. Crawford contributed several articles to ''

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'' (1986).

Bibliography

Poetry collections

* ''Poems of the Divided Self'' (1992) * ''In Shadow Lands'' (1998) * ''The Shadow City'' (2005) * ''The Phantom World'' (2008) * ''Voices from the Dark'' (2009) * with Bruce Boston ''Notes from the Shadow City'' (2012)

Story collections

* ''Gothic Fevers'' (2000) * ''Mysteries of Von Domarus, and Other Stories'' (2006)

Non-fiction

* ''Horror Literature: a core collection and reference guide'' (1981) (modern fiction section) * ''

'' (1988) * '' J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A Bio-Bibliography'' (1995) * ''

: An Introduction'' (2003) * ''Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: A Concise Bibliography'' with Brian J. Showers (2011) * Edited with Jim Rockhill and Brian J. Showers ''Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu'' (2011) * Editor ''Insufficient Answers: Essays on Robert Aickman'' (2012) * Editor ''Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Modern Master of Horror'' (2013)

References

External links

Gothic Press website
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