Peter Crowther
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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) of PS Publishing. He edits a series of themed anthologies of science fiction short stories published by DAW Books. He is also the editor of Postscripts, an anthology established in 2004, which has since 2012 released the Exotic Gothic series, including Vol. 4 and 5.[1]
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)[2] – Template:ISBN
Standalone novels
- Escardy Gap (1996) (with James Lovegrove) – Template:ISBN
- After Happily Ever (2000) (with Gillian Roberts) (Cassette) – Template:ISBN
- By Wizard Oak (2011) – Template:ISBN
Chapbook form
- 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) – Template:ISBN
Collections of short stories
- The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions (1999) – Template:ISBN
- Lonesome Roads (1999) – Template:ISBN
- 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)[3]
- 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)
Anthologies edited by Crowther
- Narrow Houses (1992) – Template:ISBN
- Narrow Houses Vol 2: Touch Wood (1993) – Template:ISBN
- Narrow Houses Vol 3: Blue Motel (1994) – Template:ISBN
- Heaven Sent: 18 Glorious Tales of the Angels (1995) – Template:ISBN
- Tombs (1996) – Template:ISBN
- Dante's Disciples (1997) – Template:ISBN
- Destination Unknown (1997) – Template:ISBN
- Tales in Time (1997) – Template:ISBN
- Tales in Space (1998) – Template:ISBN
- Moon Shots (1999) – Template:ISBN
- Foursight (1999) – Template:ISBN
- Taps and Sighs (1999) – Template:ISBN
- Foursight Vol 2: Futures (2000) – Template:ISBN
- Mars Probes (2002) – Template:ISBN
- Foursight Vol 3: Infinities (2002) – Template:ISBN
- Foursight Vol. 4: Cities (2003) – Template:ISBN
- Foursight Vol. 5: Fourbodings (2005) – Template:ISBN
- Constellations (2005) – Template:ISBN
- Forbidden Planets (2006) – Template:ISBN
- We Think, Therefore We Are (2009) – Template:ISBN
Literary awards
Major awards
Crowther has won a variety of BFAs, primarily as editor.[4][5] He's also a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Awards.[6][7][5][8]
| Year Presented | Society | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Awards (1993) | Anthology | Narrow Houses | Nominated | [9][5][10] |
| 1998 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (1998) | Short Story | "Even Beggars Would Ride" (with James Lovegrove) | Nominated | [5][11] |
| 2000 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2000) | Best Collection | Lonesome Roads | Won | [5][12] |
| 2000 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2000) | Short Fiction | "The Hand that Feeds" | Nominated | [5][12] |
| 2001 | World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Awards (2001) | Special – Non-Pro | PS Publishing | Nominated | [13][5][14] |
| 2001 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2001) | Small Press | PS Publishing | Won | [5][15] |
| 2002 | World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Awards (2002) | Special – Non-Pro | PS Publishing | Nominated | [16][5][17] |
| 2002 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2002) | Small Press | PS Publishing | Won | [5][18] |
| 2002 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2002) | Anthology | Futures | Nominated | [5][18] |
| 2003 | World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Awards (2003) | Special – Non-Pro | PS Publishing | Nominated | [19][5][20] |
| 2003 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2003) | Small Press | PS Publishing | Won | [5][21] |
| 2004 | World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Awards (2004) | Special – Pro | PS Publishing | Won | [6][5][22] |
| 2004 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2004) | Small Press | PS Publishing | Won | [5][23] |
| 2005 | World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Awards (2005) | Collection | Songs of Leaving | Nominated | [24][5][25] |
| 2005 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2005) | Small Press | PS Publishing | Nominated | [5][26] |
| 2005 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2005) | Small Press | Postscripts (with Nick Gevers) | Nominated | [5][26] |
| 2006 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2006) | Small Press | PS Publishing | Won | [5][27] |
| 2006 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2006) | Anthology | Fourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Members of the Macabre | Nominated | [5][27] |
| 2007 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2007) | Small Press | PS Publishing | Won | [5][28] |
| 2008 | World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Awards (2008) | Special – Pro | PS Publishing | Won | [7][5][29] |
| 2008 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2008) | Small Press | PS Publishing | Won | [5][30] |
| 2008 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2008) | Small Press | Postscripts | Nominated | [5][30] |
| 2009 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2009) | Best Magazine/Periodical | Postscripts (with Nick Gevers) | Won | [5][31] |
| 2010 | World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Award (2010) | Special – Pro | PS Publishing (with Nicky Crowther) | Nominated | [32][5][33] |
| 2012 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2012) | Special Award | (with Nicky Crowther) | Won | [4] |
| 2012 | British Fantasy Society | BFA (2012) | Novella | "Ghosts with Teeth" | Nominated | [5][34] |
| 2013 | World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Awards (2013) | Special – Pro | PS Publishing (with Nicky Crowther) | Nominated | [35][5][36] |
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's 2005 novel The Line of Beauty, in the very first lines.
References
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External links
- Template:Isfdb name
- Biography from the World Horror Convention
- Peter Crowther at Scifipedia
- PS Publishing
- Pages with script errors
- 1949 births
- Living people
- British book publishing company founders
- British anthologists
- British speculative fiction editors
- British speculative fiction publishers (people)
- English male journalists
- English male novelists
- English male short story writers
- English publishers (people)
- English science fiction writers
- English short story writers
- Science fiction editors
- Writers from Leeds