John Pelan
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| Born: | 1957 Seattle, WA |
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| Occupation(s): | writer, editor, publisher |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
| Genre(s): | Horror fiction, Science-fiction |
| Website: | http://www.darksidepress.com/pelan.html |
John C. Pelan (b. 1957) is an author, editor and publisher in the small press science-fiction, weird and horror fiction genres. He currently resides in his hometown of Seattle, WA with his wife Kathy and their six cats.
He first founded Axolotl Press in 1986 and published several well-received volumes by authors such as Tim Powers, Charles de Lint, Michael Shea and James P. Blaylock. Following this, he founded Darkside Press, Silver Salamander Press and co-founded Midnight House. Darkside Press prints classics of Science Fiction, Midnight House publishes classic horror fiction and Silver Salamander Press is devoted to new works of modern horror.
Pelan has edited over two dozen single-author collections and novels by such authors as Russell Kirk, Violet Hunt, Louisa Baldwin, Keith Fleming, Fritz Leiber and Clive Pemberton, for Ash-Tree Press, Sarob Press and Midnight House. He is currently working on assembling collections by Richard B. Gamon, Uel Key and Daniel F. Galouye for publication by Darkside Press and Midnight House. He is also the editor of several "new fiction" anthologies, including Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium, The Devil Is Not Mocked, The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique, The Children of Cthulhu and the Bram Stoker Award-winning The Darker Side.
Pelan's short stories have appeared in The Urbanite, Gothic.net, Enigmatic Tales, Carpe Noctem and Horrorfind.com. A collection of Pelan's ghost fiction, titled Darkness, My Old Friend, is forthcoming from Ash-Tree Press. His first novella, the Lovecraftian work The Colour Out of Darkness, was published by Cemetery Dance Publications, and he has a second novella, Breaking the Lines, currently in the works.[1][2][3]
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[edit] Short stories
- 1997 "The Piano Player Has No Fingers" co-authored with Edward Lee and published in Palace Corbie #7
- 1997 "Genesis Revisited" published in Palace Corbie #7
- 1997 "Girl’s Night Out" co-authored with Edward Lee and published in Brutarian #23
- 1998 The Case of the Police Officer’s Cock Ring and The Piano Player Who Had No Fingers, co-authored with Edward Lee, Dark Raptor Press
- 1998 "Stillborn" co-authored with Edward Lee and published in Imagination Fully Dilated, eds. Alan M. Clark & Elizabeth Engstrom, Cemetery Dance Publications, ISBN 1-881475-35-2
- 1998 "TV Eye" published in Nasty Piece of Work #10
- 1998 "Twins" published in The Urbanite #10
[edit] Novels
- 1995 Goon co-authored with Edward Lee, Necro Publications
2003 Goon co-authored with Edward Lee, The Overlook Connection - 1998 Shifters co-authored with Edward Lee, Obsidian Books, ISBN 1-891480-00-6
- 1998 Splatterspunk: The Micah Hayes Stories co-authored with Edward Lee, Sideshow Press
- 1999 An Antique Vintage, The Gargadillo Press
- 2004 The Colour Out of Darkness, Cemetery Dance Publications
[edit] Anthologies edited
- 1989 Axolotl Special 1, Axolotl Press
- 1995 Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium, Darkside Press
1997 Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium, Penguin Books - 1999 The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique, Shadowlands Press
- 2002 The Children of Cthulhu co-edited with Benjamin Adams, Del Rey Books
- 2002 The Darker Side: Generations of Horror, Penguin Books
- 2003 Shadows over Baker Street co-edited with Michael Reaves, Del Rey Books
[edit] Citations
- ^ Cemetery Dance Publications (2006). The Dark Arts. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
- ^ Del Rey Books (2003). The Children of Cthulhu. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
- ^ Necro Publications. John Pelan Bio. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
