Charles L. Grant

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Charles Lewis Grant (September 12, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey-September 15, 2006) was a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he called "dark fantasy" and "quiet horror." He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Marsh, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Felicia Andrews, and Deborah Lewis.

Grant won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection Nightmare Seasons, a Nebula Award in 1976 for his short story "A Crowd of Shadows", and another Nebula Award in 1978 for his novella "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye," the latter telling of an actor's dilemma in a post-literate future. Grant also edited the award winning Shadows anthology, running eleven volumes from 1978-1991. Contributors include Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, R.A. Lafferty, Avram Davidson, and Steve Rasnic and Melanie Tem. Grant was a former Executive Secretary and Eastern Regional Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and president of the Horror Writers Association.

Grant wrote 12 books (9 novels and three collections of four related novellas with interstitial material) set in the fictional Connecticut town of Oxrun Station. (See the starred titles below.) Three of these were intentionally pastiches of classic Universal and Hammer horror films, and feature a vampire, a werewolf, and an animated mummy. There is a loose continuity running through the Oxrun Station books, with characters from one novel making minor appearances in others.

Grant married Debbie Voss with whom he had two children Ian Matthew and Emily Kathryn and two grandsons Payton and Aaron.

Grant married writer and editor Kathryn Ptacek in February, 1982.

Grant died on September 15, 2006 from health complications.

Contents 1 Some Books by Charles Grant 2 The Millennium series by Charles Grant 3 External links 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Some Books by Charles Grant

"Dark Fantasy" Novels

• The Hour of the Oxrun Dead (1978)*
• The Last Call of Mourning (1979)*
• The Sound of Midnight (1979)*
• The Grave (1981)*
• The Bloodwind (1982)*
• The Nestling (1982)
• The Soft Whisper of the Dead (1982)*
• Night Songs (1984)
• The Dark Cry of the Moon (1986)*
• The Long Night of the Grave (1986)*
• The Pet (1986)
• Dialing the Wind (1989)*
• Stunts (1990)
• Fire Mask (1991) - for Young Adults
• Jackals (1994)

Collections

• Tales from the Nightside (1981) (includes stories set in Oxrun Station)
• A Glow of Candles and Other Stories (1981)
• Nightmare Seasons (1982)*
• Black Carousel (1995)*
• The Orchard (1986)*

[edit] The Millennium series by Charles Grant

• Symphony (1997)
• In The Mood (1998)
• Chariot (1998)
• Riders in the Sky (1999)

[edit] External links

• Charles L. Grant at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• His homepage
• Bio at SciFi.com

[edit] References

• Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 428-429. ISBN 0-88184-708-9. 

[edit] See also

• List of horror fiction authors