Peter Crowther (born 4 July 1949) is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. He is a founder (with
Simon Conway
Simon Conway is a radio show host and public speaker born in London, England who hosts a talk show on WHO-AM in Des Moines, Iowa.
Early life
Conway was born in London, England and raised in nearby Wellesden. There he got the journalism bug at ...
) of
PS Publishing
PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK.
Background
PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.DAW books. He is also the editor of ''
Postscripts
''Postscripts'' was a quarterly British magazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction, first published in June 2004.Exotic Gothic ''Exotic Gothic'' is an anthology series of original short fiction and novel excerpts in the gothic, horror and fantasy genres. A recipient of the World Fantasy Award and Shirley Jackson Awards, it is conceptualized and edited by Danel Olson, a pr ...
'' series, including ''Vol. 4'' and ''5''.
Bibliography
Series
''Forever Twilight''
* ''Book One:'' ''Darkness, Darkness'' (2002)*
* ''Book Two:'' ''Windows of the Soul'' (2009)*
* significantly expanded into ''Darkness Falling, The Forever Twilight'' (2011, Angry Robot) –
* ''Forest Plains'' (1996)
* ''Fugue on a G-String'' (1998)
* ''The Hand That Feeds'' (1999) (with James Lovegrove)
* ''Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day'' (2000)
* ''All We Know of Heaven'' (2001) –
Collections of short stories
* ''The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions'' (1999) –
* ''Lonesome Roads'' (1999) –
* ''Cold Comforts'' (2001) (CDRom)
* ''Songs of Leaving'' (2004)
* ''The Spaces Between the Lines'' (2007)
* ''The Land at the End of the Working Day'' (2008)
* ''Jewels in the Dust'' (2013)
* ''Things I Didn't Know My Father Knew'' (2021)
Short stories
* ''Blue Christmas'' (1991)
* ''Constant Companion'' (1992)
* ''The Visitor'' (1992)
* ''Fallen Angel'' (1993)
* ''Rustle'' (1993)
* ''Morning Terrors'' (1994)
* ''All We Know of Heaven'' (1995)
* ''Bindlestiff'' (1995)
* ''A Breeze from a Distant Shore'' (1995)
* ''Conundrums to Guess'' (1995)
* ''Home Comforts'' (1995)
* ''The Invasion'' (1995)
* ''Too Short a Death'' (1995)
* ''The Bachelor'' (1996)
* ''The Fairy Trap'' (1996)
* ''Halfway House'' (1996)
* ''Surface Tension'' (1996)
* ''A Worse Place than Hell'' (1996)
* "Boxing Day" (1997)
* ''The Killing of Davis-Davis'' (1997)
* ''The Last Vampire'' (1997)
* ''Palindromic'' (1997)
* ''Safe Arrival'' (1997)
* ''Three Plays a Quarter'' (1997)
* ''Tomorrow Eyes'' (1997)
* ''The Unbetrayable Reply'' (1997)
* ''Elmer'' (1998)
* ''Front-Page McGuffin and the Greatest Story Never Told'' (1998)
* "The Musician of Bremen, GA" (1998)
* ''Some Burial Place, Vast and Dry'' (1998)
* ''Cat On an Old School Roof'' (1999)
* ''The Hand that Feeds'' (1999) (with James Lovegrove)
* ''Late Night Pick-up'' (1999)
* ''Old Delicious Burdens'' (1999)
* ''Setting Free the Daughters of Earth'' (1999)
* ''Shatsi'' (1999)
* "Circling the Drain" (2000)
* ''Dream a Little Dream for Me...'' (2000)
* ''Songs of Leaving'' (2000)
* ''Bernard Boyce Bennington And the American Dream'' (2001)
* "Things I Didn't Know My Father Knew" (2001)
* "Breathing in Faces" (2002)
* "Jewels in the Dust" (2004"
* "The Doorway in Stephenson's Store" (2005)
* "Thoughtful Breaths" (2006)
Tombs
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Constellations
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The origins of the earliest constellation ...
Crowther has won a variety of BFAs, primarily as editor. He's also a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Awards.
Other media
* In the television series '' Fear Itself'', an episode of Season 1 ("Eater") is based on the short story of the same name. The same story had previously been adapted as an episode of the British horror anthology series ''Urban Gothic''.
Cultural references
* Crowther has been mentioned in
Alan Hollinghurst
Alan James Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. He won the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award, the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the 2004 Booker Prize.
Early life and education
H ...
's 2005 novel ''
The Line of Beauty
''The Line of Beauty'' is a 2004 Man Booker Prize-winning novel by Alan Hollinghurst.
Plot
The novel is set in Britain in three parts, taking place in 1983, 1986 and 1987. The story surrounds the young gay protagonist, Nick Guest. Nick is midd ...