Simon Strantzas (born 1972) is a weird fiction author from Toronto, Canada. He has written five story collections and been nominated for a
British Fantasy Award in 2009. He has also edited three anthologies including ''Aickman's Heirs'' which won two
Shirley Jackson Awards in 2015, one for best Edited Anthology and one for the included story “The Dying Season” by Lynda E. Rucker. His work was also cited as an influence for
Nic Pizzolatto, creator of
True Detective.
In March 2015, Simon Strantzas was selected as co-editor of ''The Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume 3'' (2016).
''Burnt Black Suns''
In May 2014, Simon Strantzas released his fourth weird fiction collection from
Hippocampus Press. It contained nine stories with two novellas and seven short stories.
S. T. Joshi
Sunand Tryambak Joshi (born June 22, 1958) is an American literary critic whose work has largely focused on weird and fantastic fiction, especially the life and work of H. P. Lovecraft and associated writers.
Career
His literary criticis ...
called it "one of the best weird collections
e’sever read—at least in the last 20 years and maybe longer than that." In May 2015, ''Burnt Black Suns'' was nominated for the 2014
Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection.
''Aickman's Heirs''
In May 2015
Undertow Publicationsreleased Aickman's Heirs, an anthology edited by Simon Strantzas. The short fiction stories in the anthology were written by some of the leading voices in strange fiction, including
Brian Evenson and
Lisa Tuttle, as a showcase of how
Robert Aickman's work continues to inspire contemporary authors. The anthology was nominated for th
British Fantasy Awardand the
World Fantasy Award. It was also the winner of the
Shirley Jackson Award, as was
Lynda E. Rucker
Lynda Rucker is an author of horror fiction, horror and fantasy short stories.Stephen Jones (author), Stephen Jones, ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 24''. Robinson Books, 2013. (p.154)
Life
Born in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Rucker m ...
's "The Dying Season". Rucker's story and
Nadia Bulkin
Nadia Bulkin is an Indonesian-American political scientist and author of short stories, largely in the horror genre.
Biography
Bulkin was born in Indonesia to a Muslim father and Christian mother. Her parents decided to leave Indonesia soon after ...
's also-nominated "Seven Minutes in Heaven" were both stories from the book.
Bibliography
Collections
* ''Beneath the Surface'' (Humdrumming, 2008)
* ''Cold to the Touch'' (Tartarus Press, 2009)
* ''Nightingale Songs'' (Dark Regions Press, 2011)
* ''Burnt Black Suns'' (Hippocampus Press, 2014)
* ''Nothing is Everything'' (Undertow Publications, 2018)
Anthologies edited
* Shadows Edge (Gray Friar Press, 2013)
* Aickman's Heirs (Undertow Publications, 2015)
* Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume 3 (Undertow Publications, 2016)
References
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Living people
1972 births
Canadian fantasy writers
Weird fiction writers
Writers from Toronto
Canadian male short story writers