Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include

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and

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—both of which he attributes to seeing

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's ''

Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...

'' at the age of eleven—and alternative fictional versions of history. He has won the

Bram Stoker Award The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. History The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since 1 ...

, the

International Horror Guild Award The International Horror Guild Award (also known as the IHG Award) was an accolade recognizing excellence in the field of Horror fiction, horror/dark fantasy, presented by the International Horror Guild (IHG) from 1995 to 2008. The IHG Awards wer ...

, and the

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Early life

Kim Newman was born 31 July 1959 in

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, the son of Bryan Michael Newman and Julia Christen Newman, both potters.Kim James Newman. ''Contemporary Authors Online'',

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. He was educated at Dr. Morgan's Grammar School for Boys in

Bridgwater Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...

. While he attended, the school merged with two others to become Haygrove Comprehensive. He graduated from the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

with an English degree in 1980, and set a short story, ''Angel Down, Sussex'' (1999) in the area. Newman acted in school plays and with the Bridgwater Youth Theatre.

Non-fiction

Early in his career, Newman was a

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for the magazines ''

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'' and '' Knave''. Newman's first two books were both non-fiction; '' Ghastly Beyond Belief: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of Quotations'' (1985), co-written with his friend

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, is a light-hearted tribute to entertainingly bad prose in fantastic fiction, and '' Nightmare Movies: A Critical History of the Horror Film, 1968–88'' (1988) is a serious history of horror films. An expanded edition, an update of his overview of post-1968 genre cinema, was published in 2011. ''Nightmare Movies'' was followed by ''Wild West Movies: Or How the West Was Found, Won, Lost, Lied About, Filmed and Forgotten'' (1990) and ''Millennium Movies: End of the World Cinema'' (1999). Newman's non-fiction also includes the ''BFI Companion to Horror'' (1996). Newman and Stephen Jones jointly edited ''Horror: 100 Best Books'', the 1988 horror volume in Xanadu's 100 Best series and ''Horror: Another 100 Best Books'', a 2005 sequel from Carroll & Graf, U.S. publisher of the series. The books comprise 100 essays by 100 horror writers about 100 horror books and both won the annual

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.Bibliography: ''Horror: 100 Best Books''"

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.

"Bibliography: ''Horror: Another 100 Best Books''"
ISFDB. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
Select a "Title" for more data including a complete table of contents. Newman is a contributing editor to the UK film magazine ''

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'', as well as writing the monthly segment, "Kim Newman's Video Dungeon" in which he gives often scathing reviews of recently released straight-to-video horror films. He contributes to ''

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'', ''

Venue Venue is the location at which an event takes place. It may refer to: Locations * Venue (law), the place a case is heard * Financial trading venue, a place or system where financial transactions can occur * Music venue, place used for a concer ...

'', ''

Video Watchdog ''Video Watchdog'' was a bimonthly, digest size film magazine published from 1990 to 2017 by publisher/editor Tim Lucas and his wife, art director and co-publisher Donna Lucas. Although devoted chiefly to the horror, science fiction, and fantas ...

'' ('The Perfectionist's Guide to Fantastic Video') and ''

Sight & Sound ''Sight and Sound'' (also spelled ''Sight & Sound'') is a British monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI). It conducts the well-known, once-a-decade ''Sight and Sound'' Poll of the Greatest Films of All Time, ongoing ...

''. Newman is the author of the ''

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'' entry in the

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's book series on TV Classics. In 2018, Newman became the chief writer on the

BBC Four BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002

documentary series ''

Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema ''Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema'' is a British TV documentary series on BBC Four. Presented by the film critic Mark Kermode, each 60-minute episode examines the tropes which come together to make a particular genre of cinema. An initial series ...

''. Newman participated in the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', ''

Apocalypse Now ''Apocalypse Now'' is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius and Michael Herr, is loosely based on the 1899 novella ''Heart of Darkness'' by Joseph Conr ...

'', ''

A Canterbury Tale ''A Canterbury Tale'' is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price and Sgt. John Sweet; Esmond Knight provided narration and played two small roles. For the post-war American ...

'', ''

Céline and Julie Go Boating ''Céline and Julie Go Boating'' (french: Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies Over Paris) is a 1974 French film directed by Jacques Rivette. The film stars Dominique Labourier as Julie and Juliet Berto as Céline. It won the Special ...

'', ''

Citizen Kane ''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. ''Citizen Kane'' is frequently cited ...

'', ''

Duck Amuck ''Duck Amuck'' is an American animated surreal comedy short film directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short was released on January 17, 1953 as part of the ''Merrie Melodies'' series, and stars Daffy Duck. In the cartoon, D ...

'', ''

Let's Scare Jessica to Death ''Let's Scare Jessica to Death'' is a 1971 American independent horror film co-written and directed by John Hancock in his directorial debut, and starring Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Gretchen Corbett, and Mariclare Costello. The film depicts ...

'', ''

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'', '' Notorious'', and ''

To Have and Have Not ''To Have and Have Not'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1937 by Charles Scribner's Sons. The book follows Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain out of Key West, Florida. ''To Have and Have Not'' was Hemingway's second novel set in th ...

''.

Fiction

A feature of Newman's fiction is his fondness for reinterpreting historical figures (particularly from the entertainment industry) and other authors' characters in new settings, either realistic alternate-history or outright fantasy. Some of these characters (e.g.

) are easily recognised. Many more, particularly minor characters, are obscure except to knowledgeable readers. An example is the appearance of the American John Reid, who owned a silver mine and exported silver bullets to Great Britain in ''Anno Dracula'' (a reference to the

Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in ...

). Another is the American actor named Kent cast as "Hercules" in an Italian production of the same name (apparently a reference to both

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and Steve Reeves

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who played

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and

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, respectively) in the novel ''Dracula Cha Cha Cha'' a.k.a. ''Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959''.

Novels

Newman's first published novel was ''The Night Mayor'' (1989), set in a

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, based on old black-and-white detective movies. In the same year, as "Jack Yeovil", he began contributing to a series of novels published by

Games Workshop Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake (gam ...

, set in the world of their ''

Warhammer Warhammer may refer to: * War hammer, a medieval weapon Warhammer media franchise *''Warhammer'', a series of games and related media: ** ''Warhammer'' (game), a table-top fantasy miniature wargame, and origin of the franchise ** ''Warhammer Fan ...

'' and ''

Dark Future ''Dark Future'' is a post-apocalyptic miniatures wargame published by Games Workshop in 1988. Description ''Dark Future'' is a ''Mad Max''-like game of vehicular combat set in an alternate world. Setting The game is set in a fictional alternate ...

wargaming A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a realistic simulation of an armed conflict. Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to s ...

and role-playing games. Games Workshop's fiction imprint Black Flame returned the Dark Future books to print in 2006, publishing ''Demon Download'', ''Krokodil Tears'', ''Comeback Tour'' and the expanded, 250-page version of the short story "Route 666". ''

Anno Dracula ''Anno Dracula'' is a 1992 novel by British writer Kim Newman, the first in the ''Anno Dracula'' series. It is an alternate history using 19th-century English historical settings and personalities, along with characters from popular fiction. ...

'' was published in 1992. The novel is set in 1888, during

Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in the autumn of 1888. In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts, the killer wa ...

's killing spree—but a different 1888, in which Dracula became the ruler of England. In the novel, fictional characters—not only from ''Dracula'', but also from other works of

Victorian era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...

fiction—appear alongside historical persons. One major character, the vampire Geneviève Dieudonné, had previously appeared (in a different setting) in his ''Warhammer'' novels. (Newman has stated there are three versions of Geneviève: the ''Warhammer'' version, the ''Anno Dracula'' version and a ''Diogenes Club'' version who appears in the ''Seven Stars'' collection of linked stories and ''The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club''.) ''Anno Dracula'' was followed by the Anno Dracula series of novels and shorter works, that followed the same alternative history, including '' The Bloody Red Baron'' (set in World War I) and ''

Dracula Cha Cha Cha ''Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha'' (re-titled ''Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959'' upon initial U.S. release) is an alternate history/ horror novel by British writer Kim Newman. First published in 1998 by Carroll & Graf, it is the third ...

'' (titled ''Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959'' in the US). Some of the short stories are available online; see below. The fourth novel in the series was published in 2013 as ''Johnny Alucard''. Other novels include ''

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'' (1999), in which the protagonist's life story is determined by the reader's choices (an adult version of the

Choose Your Own Adventure ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actio ...

series of children's books), ''The Quorum'' (1994), ''Jago'' (1991) and ''Bad Dreams'' (1990). Newman wrote a ''

novella A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...

, ''

Time and Relative ''Time and Relative'' is an original novella written by Kim Newman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Set shortly before the first televised ''Doctor Who'' story, it features the First Doctor ...

'' in 2001.

Short stories

Newman is a prolific writer of short stories; his first published story was "Dreamers", which appeared in '' Interzone'' in 1984. His short story collections include ''The Original Dr. Shade, and Other Stories'' (1994), ''Famous Monsters'' (1995), ''Seven Stars'' (2000), ''Where the Bodies are Buried'' (2000), ''Unforgivable Stories'' (2000), ''The Man from the Diogenes Club'' (2006), ''The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club'' (2007) and ''Mysteries of the Diogenes Club'' (2010). There is also ''

Back in the USSA ''Back in the USSA'' is a 1997 collection of seven short stories by English writers Eugene Byrne and Kim Newman, which was published by Mark V. Ziesing Books. The title is a reference to the song " Back in the U.S.S.R." by The Beatles. The stor ...

'' (1997), a collection of stories co-written with

Eugene Byrne Eugene Byrne (born 25 February 1959) is an English freelance journalist and fiction writer. His novel ''ThigMOO'', and the story it was based on, were nominated for the BSFA award. His story "HMS Habakkuk" was nominated for a Sidewise Award for Alt ...

, set in an

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where the United States had a communist revolution in the early twentieth century and Russia did not. Many of his stories—notably those collected in ''Seven Stars'', ''The Man from the Diogenes Club'', ''The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club'', and ''Mysteries of the Diogenes Club''—feature agents of the

Diogenes Club The Diogenes Club is a fictional gentlemen's club created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and featured in several Sherlock Holmes stories, such as 1893's "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter". It seems to have been named after Diogenes the Cynic ...

, the gentlemen's club created by

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

for the

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

story "

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as ''The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes''. The story was originally published in ...

". In Newman's stories, it is a cover for a top-secret establishment of the British government, described as "an institution that quietly existed to cope with matters beyond the purview of regular police and intelligence services". One sequence emphasizes the adventures during the 1970s of psychic investigator

Richard Jeperson Richard Jeperson is a fictional character created by British horror / fantasy author Kim Newman. He appears in many of Newman's short stories as both a central and background character, primarily within the Diogenes Club series; however, an altern ...

; the stories pay homage to various aspects of 1970s British society, through adventures reminiscent of '70s television series such as '' The Avengers'' and '' Department S''. (A version of the Diogenes Club also appears in the ''Anno Dracula'' series, complete with an alternative version of Jeperson. The Diogenes Club series, conversely, sometimes includes alternative versions of characters who first appeared in the ''Anno Dracula'' series.) He contributed two short stories to ''Shadows Over Innsmouth'' (as Kim Newman and as Jack Yeovil), an anthology based on H P Lovecraft's ''

The Shadow Over Innsmouth ''The Shadow over Innsmouth'' is a horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November–December 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization, and references several shared ...

''. The short story "Famous Monsters", in which a

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left over from the invasion in H. G. Wells' ''

The War of the Worlds ''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by ''Pearson's Magazine'' in the UK and by ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'' magazine in the US. The novel's first appear ...

'' gets a job in Hollywood, was included on an information package sent to Mars by a US–Russian probe in 1994. In 2011, Newman published '' Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles'', a collection of seven stories about Professor James Moriarty, as told by his assistant, Colonel

Sebastian Moran Colonel Sebastian Moran is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. An enemy of Sherlock Holmes, he first appears in the 1903 short story "The Adventure of the Empty House". Holmes once described him as "the second most ...

. Both Moriarty and Moran are developments of characters created by Sir

in his

novels and stories; Moriarty appeared in "

The Final Problem "The Final Problem" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in the United Kingdom, and ''McClure's'' in the United States, under the title ...

" and ''

The Valley of Fear ''The Valley of Fear'' is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the ''Strand Magazine ...

'' and Moran appeared in "

The Adventure of the Empty House "The Adventure of the Empty House", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as '' The Return of Sherlock Holmes''. It was first published in '' Collier's'' in ...

", which also mentions Moriarty. Each of the stories in this collection satirizes a major story of the Sherlock Holmes canon. The seven stories are: * "A Volume in Vermillion", which introduces Colonel Moran to Professor Moriarty and develops plot elements and characters from ''

A Study in Scarlet ''A Study in Scarlet'' is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature. The book's title der ...

'', blending them with plot elements and characters from ''

Riders of the Purple Sage ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by scholars to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called ...

'' by

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. * "A Shambles in Belgravia", inspired by " A Scandal in Bohemia" and the thrillers of

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, with a featured role for

Irene Adler Irene Adler is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A former opera singer and actress, she was featured in the short story " A Scandal in Bohemia", published in July 1891. Adler is one of the ...

. * "The Red Planet League", inspired not only by "

The Red-Headed League "The Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in ''The Strand Magazine'' in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed Leag ...

" but also by ''

'' and "

The Crystal Egg "The Crystal Egg" is a science fiction short story written by H. G. Wells in 1897. The story tells of a shop owner, named Mr. Cave, who finds a strange crystal egg that serves as a window into the planet Mars. The story was written the same yea ...

" by

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Revised 18 May 2015. ''

The Hound of the Baskervilles ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set i ...

'' and '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' by

Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word ...

. * "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions", inspired by "

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes''. It was first published in ''Collier's'' in th ...

" with mentions of ''

The Jewel of Seven Stars ''The Jewel of Seven Stars'' is a horror novel by Irish writer Bram Stoker, first published by Heinemann in 1903. The story is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egypt ...

'' by

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and " The Green Eye of the Yellow God" by J. Milton Hayes. * "The Adventure of the Greek Invertebrate", inspired by "

The Greek Interpreter "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as ''The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes''. The story was originally published in ' ...

". * "The Problem of the Final Adventure", inspired by "

" and "

Selected fiction

Novels

* ''The Night Mayor'' (1989) * ''Bad Dreams'' (1990) * ''Jago'' (1991) * ''The Quorum'' (1994) * ''

'' (1999) * '' Anno Dracula series'' ** ''

'' (1992) ** '' The Bloody Red Baron'' (1995) ** ''

'' (also published as ''Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959'') (1998) ** ''Johnny Alucard'' (2013) ** ''One Thousand Monsters'' (2017) ** ''Anno Dracula 1999: Daikaiju'' (2019) * ''

'' (2001) * ''An English Ghost Story'' (2014) * ''The Secrets of Drearcliffe Grange School'' (2015) *The Haunting of Drearcliff Grange School (2018) * ''Angels of Music'' (2016) *''Something More Than Night'' (2021)

Short story collections

* ''The Original Dr. Shade, and Other Stories'' (1994) * ''Famous Monsters'' (1995) * ''

'' (1997) (with

) * ''Seven Stars'' (2000) * ''Where the Bodies are Buried'' (2000) * ''Unforgivable Stories'' (2000) * ''Dead Travel Fast'' (2005) * ''Diogenes Club'' series ** ''The Man from the Diogenes Club'' (2006) ** ''The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club'' (2007) ** ''Mysteries of the Diogenes Club'' (2010) ** ''The Man From the Diogenes Club'' (2017) * '' Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles'' (Titan Books, 2011; )

Comics

* ''Anno Dracula – 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem'' (Titan Comics, 2017, 5 issues) with artist Paul McCaffrey.

As "Jack Yeovil"

* ''

'' setting ** ''Drachenfels'' (1989) ** ''Beasts in Velvet'' (1991) ** ''Genevieve Undead'' (1993, three

s published as a single book) ** ''Silver Nails'' (2002, short stories) ** ''The Vampire Genevieve'' (2005, compilation of the above four books) * ''

'' setting ** ''Krokodil Tears'' (1990) ** ''Demon Download'' (1990) ** ''Route 666'' (1993) ** ''Comeback Tour'' (1991) * ''Orgy of the Blood Parasites'' (1994) * "The Big Fish" in ''

Shadows over Innsmouth ''Shadows over Innsmouth'' is an anthology of stories edited by Stephen Jones. It was published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1994 in an edition of 2,100 copies of which 100 were signed by the contributors. The anthology contains the H. P. Lovecraft ...

'' (1994)

Awards

* The Horror Writers of America Bram Stoker Award for Best Non Fiction, shared 1989 (''Horror: 100 Best Books'', edited by Stephen Jones and Newman) * The Horror Writers of America Bram Stoker Award for Best Non Fiction, shared 2005 (''Horror: Another 100 Best Books'', eds. Jones and Newman) * The British Science Fiction Award for Best Short Fiction (''The Original Dr Shade'') * The Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award for Best Novel (''Anno Dracula'') * The Fiction Award of the Lord Ruthven Assembly (''Anno Dracula'') *

for Best Novel (''Anno Dracula'') * International Horror Guild Award for Best Novella (''Coppola's Dracula'') * Prix Ozone for Best Novel (''Anno Dracula'') * The British Fantasy Award for Best Collection, 2000 (''Where the Bodies Are Buried'') Newman has been nominated for the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award six times and for the

World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy literature, fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year a ...

seven times.

Notes

References

Bibliography

* Clute, John and John Grant. ''

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' is a 1997 reference work concerning fantasy fiction, edited by John Clute and John Grant. Other contributors include Mike Ashley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, David Langford, Sam J. Lundwall, Michael Scott R ...

''. New York: St Martin's Press, 1997. .

External links

* – official site
''EOFFTV: Kim Newman Archive''
– Newman's film related writings archive (ongoing project) * * * * Original publication date unknown. {{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Kim 1959 births British alternative history writers Alumni of the University of Sussex English film critics English horror writers Cthulhu Mythos writers English short story writers English science fiction writers British film historians Film theorists Living people Writers from London People from Brixton People from South Somerset (district) Warhammer Fantasy writers 20th-century English novelists 21st-century British novelists 20th-century British short story writers 21st-century British short story writers Psychological fiction writers English male novelists 20th-century pseudonymous writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers