Thomas Piccirilli (May 27, 1965 – July 11, 2015) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Career
Piccirilli sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Some of his stories were included in
Eden Studios
Eden Studios was a commercial recording facility in west London. It opened in 1967, originally at 11 Eden Street in Kingston upon Thames (now under the Eden Walk shopping centre), before moving to 20-24 Beaumont Road in Chiswick in 1972. It was ...
' zombie anthologies edited by
James Lowder
James Daniel Lowder (born January 2, 1963 in Quincy, Massachusetts) is an American author and editor, working regularly within the fantasy, dark fantasy, and horror genres, and on tabletop role-playing games and critical works exploring popular ...
.
Awards
Piccirilli was a two-time winner of the
International Thriller Writers Award The International Thriller Writers Awards are awarded by International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers (ITW), was founded October 9, 2004, at Bouchercon XXXV, the "World Mystery and Suspense Conference", in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...
for "Best Paperback Original" (2008, 2010). He is a four-time winner of 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 ...
. He was also a finalist for the 2009
Edgar Allan Poe Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...
given by the
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City.
The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday.
It presents the Edgar Award ...
, a final nominee for the Fantasy Award, and the winner of the first
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 ...
given in the category of "
Best Poetry Collection".
Bibliography
Novels
*''Dark Father'' (Pocket, 1990)
*''Shards'' (Write Way, 1996)
*''Inside the Works: A 3-Way Collection of Hardcore Horror'' (Necro Publications, 1997) (with
Gerard Daniel Houarner
Gerard Daniel Houarner (born 1955) is an American writer of horror, dark fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. He has had over 300 stories published since 1973. He has been the fiction editor of '' Space and Time'' magazine sinc ...
,
Edward Lee)
*''Hexes'' (Leisure, 1999)
*''The Deceased'' (Leisure, 2000)
*''The Night Class'' (2000)
*''A Lower Deep'' (2001)
*''Grave Men'' (2002)
*''Fuckin' Lie Down Already'' (2003)
*''A Choir of Ill Children'' (2003)
*''Coffin Blues'' (2004)
*''Thrust'' (2005)
*''November Mourns'' (2005)
*''Headstone City'' (2006)
*''The Dead Letters'' (2006)
*''Frayed'' (2007)
*''The Midnight Road'' (Bantam, 2007)
*''The Fever Kill'' (2007)
*''The Cold Spot'' (Bantam, 2008)
*''The Coldest Mile'' (Bantam, 2009)
*''Shadow Season'' (Bantam, 2009)
*''The Last Kind Words'' (Bantam, 2012)
Series
=''Felicity Grove'' series
=
# ''The Dead Past'' (Write Way, 1997)
# ''Sorrow's Crown'' (Write Way, 1998)
=''Cold'' series
=
#''The Cold Spot'' (Bantam, 2008)
#''The Coldest Mile'' (Bantam, 2009)
#''The Cold and the Dead'' (forthcoming tentative title)
Media tie-ins
*''
Hellboy
Hellboy is a fictional superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers ...
: Emerald Hell'' (Dark Horse, 2008)
Novellas
*''Cast in Dark Waters'' (
Cemetery Dance Publications
Cemetery Dance Publications is an American specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with ''Cemetery Dance'' magazine, whic ...
, 2002) (with
Ed Gorman)
*''All You Despise'' (Shroud Publishing, 2008)
*''The Nobody'' (Tasmaniac Publications, 2008)
*''Every Shallow Cut'' (ChiZine Publications, 2011)
*''The Walls of the Castle'' (Dark Regions Press, 2013)
*
What Makes you Die' (
Apex Publications
''Apex Magazine'', also previously known as ''Apex Digest'', is an American horror and science fiction magazine. This subscription webzine, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been nominated for several awa ...
, 2013)
Collections and anthologies
Omnibus
*''Epitaphs: Two Novels of the Dead Past'' (1999) (contains ''The Dead Past'' and ''Sorrow's Crown'')
Collections
*''Pentacle'' (Pirate Writings, 1995), introduction by Jack Cady. . Features five short stories that make one continuing narrative:
:"Neverdead"
:"Bury St. Edmonds"
:"Maleficia"
:"Paindance"
:"Eye-Biting and Other Displays of Affection"
*''The Hanging Man and Other Strange Suspensions'' (1996)
*''The Dog Syndrome and Other Sick Puppies'' (Marietta Publishing, 1997)
:"The Dog Syndrome"
:"Fellowship"
:"Where the Swamp Folk Go When the Need Comes"
:"Hostages"
:"Water Wears the Stones"
:"Lilith at the Playground"
*''Deep into that Darkness Peering'' (Terminal Fright Press, 1999)
*''A Student of Hell'' (poetry collection) (2000)
*''Four Dark Nights'' (Leisure 2002) (with
Douglas Clegg
Douglas Clegg (born April 1, 1958) is an American horror and dark fantasy author, and a pioneer in the field of e-publishing. He maintains a strong Internet presence through his website.
Early life
Born in Alexandria, Virginia to a "family of ...
,
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
,
Bentley Little
Bentley Little (born 1960 in Mesa, Arizona) is an American author of horror fiction. Publishing an average of a novel a year since 1990, Little avoids publicity and rarely does promotional work or interviews for his writing.
Early life
Little i ...
). Featuring the Piccirilli story "Jonah Rose."
*''This Cape Is Red Because I've Been Bleeding'' (poetry collection)(Catalyst Press, 2002)
*''Mean Sheep'' (Delirium Books, 2003)
:"The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair"
:"The Whole Head is Sick, the Whole Heart Faint"
:"This, and That's the End of It"
:"New York Comes to the Desert"
:"Sentry"
:"At One Stride Comes the Dark"
:"Her Child Arises"
:"Come Back to Tell You All"
:"Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crowd"
:"Whisper, When You Drown"
:"Souls, Written on the Flea"
:"Twilight in the Room of Fathers"
:"Horsepower"
:"A square Wedge of Vanilla"
:"Tracking the Death Angel"
:"Those Vanished I Recognize"
:"Mean Sheep" (poem)
:"What You Leave Behind on the Side of Your Plate" (poem)
:"In the Outrunning" (poem)
:"A Lightning Sting on the Far Side of the Skull" (poem)
:"How To Perform Heart Surgery With Someone Else's Gaze" (poem)
:"When the First Lemming Drops" (poem)
:"The Curve After Which the Engine Squeals" (poem)
:"My Conscience Shattered by a Jittery Scrawl" (poem)
:"Rye" (poem)
:"Staring Into A Bitter Face I've Seen Before" (poem)
:"The Living Room" (poem)
:"Sylvia" (poem)
:"Tragedy As You Like It" (poem)
:"45 Seconds On Third Avenue and 8th Street" (poem)
:"Another Man's October" (poem)
*''Waiting My Turn to Go Under the Knife'' (poems) (2005)
*''A Little Black Book of Noir Stoires'' (Borderlands Press, 2003)
:"Fellowship"
:"Seems Like Old Times"
:"Horsepower"
:"Hostages"
:"Inside the Works"
:"Diamond Mozzarella"
:"Black"
Anthologies edited
*''The Devil's Wine'' (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2004), a poetry anthology featuring
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
,
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...
,
Peter Straub
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
, and many more.
*''Midnight Premiere'' (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2007), also contains Tom Piccirilli's short story "Shadder."
Anthologies containing stories by Tom Piccirilli
*''100 Wicked Little Witch Stories'' (Barnes & Noble, 1995) edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz,
Martin H. Greenberg
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...
, and Robert H. Weinberg. Features the short story, "Sorrow Laughed."
*''Stranger by Night: The Hot Blood Series part VI'' (1995) edited by
Michael Garrett and Jeff Gelb. Features the short story, "Take It as It Comes."
*''Fear the Fever: The Hot Blod Series part VII'' (1996) edited by Michael Garrett and Jeff Gelb. Features the short story, "Call It."
*''White House Horrors'' (DAW, 1996) edited by
Martin H. Greenberg
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...
. Features the short story "Broken ’Neath the Weight of Wraiths."
*''Women Who Run with the Werewolves: Tales of Blood, Lust, and Metamorphosis'' (Cleis Press, 1996) edited by
Pam Keesey. Features the short story, "The Hound of God."
*''Crimes of Passion: The Hot Blood Series part IX'' (Pinnacle, 1997) edited by Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett. Features the short story, "Curs."
*''Terminal Frights'' (Terminal Fright, 1997) edited by Kenneth E. Abner, Jr. Features the short story, "A Lower Deep."
*''Cat Crimes Through Time'' (Carroll & Graf, 1998) edited by
Ed Gorman,
Martin H. Greenberg
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...
, and
Larry Segriff
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names.
Larry may refer to the following:
People Arts and entertainment
* Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer
*Larry Boone ...
. Features the short story "Of Persephone, Poe, and the Whisperer."
*''Horrors! 365 Scary Stories'' (Barnes & Noble, 1998) edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg. Features the short story, "On the Panecraft Train."
*''Going Postal'' (Space & Time, 1998) edited by Gerard Daniel Houarner. Features the short story, "Nietzsche Sooths Fishboy Lenny."
*''More Monsters from Memphis'' (Zapizdat Publications, 1998), edited by Beecher Smith. Features the short story, "Go Back to the Church."
*''100 Hilarious Little Howlers'' (Barnes & Noble, 1999) edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz,
Robert Weinberg, and
Martin H. Greenberg
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...
. Features the short story, "Chasing the Ugly Dog."
*''Future Crimes'' (DAW, 1999) edited by
Martin H. Greenberg
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...
and John Helfers. Features the short story, "The Serpent Was More Subtle."
*''New Mythos Legends'' (Marietta Publishing, 1999) edited by Bruce Gehweiler. Features the short story, "Of Darkness I Acknowledge Mine."
*''Bad News'' (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2000) edited by
Richard Laymon
Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 – February 14, 2001) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre.
Life and career
Laymon was born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois, then li ...
. Features the short story, "The Whole Head is Sick, the Whole Heart Faint."
*''Star Colonies'' (DAW, 2000) edited by
Martin H. Greenberg
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...
, John Helfers, and
Ed Gorman. Features the short story, "I am a Graveyard Hated by the Moon."
*''
October Dreams'' (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2000) edited by
Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish. Features the non-fiction piece, "My Favorite Halloween Memory."
*''Corpse Blossoms'' (Creeping Hemlock Press, 2005) edited by Julia Sevin and R. J. Sevin. Features the short story, ""An Average Insanity, A Common Agony."
*''
Evermore'' (
Arkham House
Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had pr ...
, 2006) edited by
James Robert Smith and Stephen Mark Rainey. Features the short story, "Of Persephone, Poe, and the Whisperer."
*''The Death Panel: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness'' (Comet Press, 2009) edited by Cheryl Mullenax. Features the short story, "Blood Sacrifices & The Catatonic Kid."
*''A Splintered Mind'' edited by
Trent Zelazny.
*''Crucified Dreams: Tales of Urban Horror'' (
Tachyon Publications
Tachyon Publications is an independent press specializing in science fiction and fantasy books. Founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Jacob Weisman, Tachyon books have tended toward high-end literary works, short story collections, and anthologies ...
, 2011) edited by
Joe R. Lansdale. Features the short story "Loss."
*''Shrieks and Shivers from the Horror Zine'' (Post Mortem Press, 2015) edited by Jeani Rector. Features the short story "Because What Is Mine Is Mine."
Non fiction
*''Welcome to Hell: A Working Guide for the Beginning Writer'' (2000)
*''Deconstructing Tolkien: A Fundamental Analysis of the Lord of the Rings'' (2004) (with
Edward J McFadden,
J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...
and
Jane Yolen
Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...
)
*Introduction to ''The Well'' by
Jack Cady
Jack Cady (March 20, 1932 – January 14, 2004) was an American author, born in Kentucky. He is known mostly as an award winning writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He won the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker ...
Awards
Won
*
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 ...
for "
Best Poetry Collection" (2000) : ''A Student of Hell''
*Bram Stoker Award for "
Short Fiction
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
" (2002) : "The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Depair"
*Bram Stoker Award for "
Best Novel" (2003) : ''The Night Class''
*Bram Stoker Award for "
Best Alternative Forms" (2004): ''The Devil's Wine''
*
International Thriller Writers Award The International Thriller Writers Awards are awarded by International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers (ITW), was founded October 9, 2004, at Bouchercon XXXV, the "World Mystery and Suspense Conference", in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...
for "Best Paperback Original" (2008) : ''The Midnight Road''
*
International Thriller Writers Award The International Thriller Writers Awards are awarded by International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers (ITW), was founded October 9, 2004, at Bouchercon XXXV, the "World Mystery and Suspense Conference", in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...
for "Best Paperback Original" (2010) : ''The Coldest Mile''
Nominated
*
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 ...
for "
Best First Novel" (1991) : ''Dark Father''
*
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 ...
for "
Best Collection" (2000) : ''Deep into that Darkness Peering''
*Bram Stoker Award for "
Best Fiction Collection" (2000) : ''Deep into that Darkness Peering''
*Bram Stoker Award for "
Best Novel" (2000) : ''Hexes''
*Bram Stoker Award for "Best Novel" (2001) : ''The Deceased''
*Bram Stoker Award for "
Best Long Fiction" (2003) : ''Fuckin' Lie Down Already''
*Bram Stoker Award for "Best Novel" (2005) : ''November Mourns''
*Bram Stoker Award for "
Best Anthology" (2007) : ''Midnight Premiere''
*
International Thriller Writers Award The International Thriller Writers Awards are awarded by International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers (ITW), was founded October 9, 2004, at Bouchercon XXXV, the "World Mystery and Suspense Conference", in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...
for "Best Paperback Original" (2007) : ''Headstone City''
*International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Short Story" (2009) : "Between the Dark and the Daylight"
*Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for "Best Paperback Original" (2008) : "The Cold Spot"
References
External links
Thomas Piccirilli's Official WebsiteThomas Piccirilli's Bibliography on Fantastic FictionVideo review of Piccirilli's ''Cold Spot''*
See also
*
List of horror fiction authors
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Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction.
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