David Schow

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David J. Schow (born 1955 in Marburg, Germany) is an American fiction writer. He has published a number of short story collections, novels, as well as written screenplays for films such as The Crow. Most of Schow's work is in the horror sub-genre of splatterpunk, a term he is sometimes credited with inventing^[1]. In the 1990's, Schow wrote a regular column for Fangoria magazine.

In 1987, Schow's story, "Pamela's Get", won a Bram Stoker Award for best long fiction.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Novels 1.2 Short story collections 1.3 Non-fiction 1.4 As editor 1.5 Screenplays 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• The Kill Riff (1988)
• The Shaft (1990)
• Bullets Of Rain (2003)
• Rocks Breaks Scissors Cut (2003)
• Gun Work (2008)

[edit] Short story collections

• Seeing Red (1990)
• Lost Angels (1990)
• Black Leather Required (1994)
• Crypt Orchids (1998)
• Eye (2001)
• Zombie Jam (2005)
• Havoc Swims Jaded (2006)

[edit] Non-fiction

• The Outer Limits:The Official Companion (1986)
• The Outer Limits Companion (1998)
• Wild Hairs (2001)

[edit] As editor

• Silver Scream (1988)
• The Lost Bloch Volume 1: The Devil With You (1999)
• The Lost Bloch Volume 2: Hell On Earth (2000)
• The Lost Bloch Volume 3: Crimes And Punishments (2002)
• Elvisland (2003)

[edit] Screenplays

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
• Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1989)
• Critters 3 (1991)
• Critters 4 (1991)
• The Crow (1993)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

A critical essay on Schow's novels and stories can be found in S. T. Joshi's book The Evolution of the Weird Tale (2004).

[edit] See also

• List of horror fiction authors
• Splatterpunk

[edit] References

1. ^ Bloch, R. 1998, 'Look Out, He's Got a Knife!' in Crypt Orchids, David J. Schow, Subterranean Press, Burton, MI

[edit] External links

• official site