Stephen Jones (born 4 November 1953 in

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, London) is an English editor of

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, and the author of several book-length studies of

and

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s as well as an account of H. P. Lovecraft's early British publications. Jones and Kim Newman have edited several books together, including ''Horror: 100 Best Books'', the 1988 horror volume in Xanadu's 100 Best series, and ''Horror: Another 100 Best Books'', a 2005 sequel from Carroll & Graf (US publisher of the earlier series). Each comprises 100 essays by 100 horror writers about 100 horror books and each was recognised by the

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with its annual Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction. Jones has edited anthologies such as the ''Dark Voices'', ''Dark Terrors'', ''Best New Horror'' series, ''The Mammoth Book of Vampires'', ''The Mammoth Book of Zombies'', ''The Mammoth Book of Dracula'', ''The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein'', ''The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women'', ''

The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes ''The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes'' is a collection of horror short stories by British author R. Chetwynd-Hayes, edited by Stephen Jones. It was released in 1997 by Fedogan & Bremer Fedogan & Bremer is a weird fiction specialty publ ...

'', ''

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'' and '' The Conan Chronicles, 2'' by

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, and ''Scream Quietly: The Best of

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''. Jones also edited ''Dancing with the Dark'', a collection of stories of allegedly real life encounters with the paranormal by established horror writers. Jones has been the recipient of a

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and many Bram Stoker Awards. His Mammoth book ''Best New Horror'' (1990, with Ramsey Campbell) was a World Fantasy Award winner. Volume 29, the most recent installment of the annual anthology, was published in 2019.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Fiction

Works as editor

Anthology series

''Dark Voices''

# ''Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories'' (1990) with David Sutton # ''Dark Voices 2'' (1990) with David Sutton # ''Dark Voices 3'' (1991) with David Sutton # ''Dark Voices 4'' (1992) with David Sutton # ''Dark Voices 5'' (1993) with David Sutton # ''Dark Voices 6: The Pan Book of Horror'' (1994) with David Sutton

''Dark Terrors''

# ''Dark Terrors'' (1995) with David Sutton # ''Dark Terrors 2'' (1996) with David Sutton # ''Dark Terrors 3'' (1997) with David Sutton # ''Dark Terrors 4'' (1998) with David Sutton # ''Dark Terrors 5'' (2000) with David Sutton # ''Dark Terrors 6'' (2002) with David Sutton

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# ''Best New Horror'' (1990) with Ramsey Campbell # ''Best New Horror 2'' (1991) with Ramsey Campbell # ''Best New Horror 3'' (1992) with Ramsey Campbell # ''Best New Horror 4'' (1993) with Ramsey Campbell # ''Best New Horror 5'' (1994) with Ramsey Campbell # ''Best New Horror 6'' (1995) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 7'' (1996) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 8'' (1997) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 9'' (1998) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 10'' (1999) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 11'' (2000) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 12'' (2001) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 13'' (2002) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 14'' (2003) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 15'' (2004) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 16'' (2005) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 17'' (2006) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 18'' (2007) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 19'' (2008) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 20'' (2009) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 21'' (2010) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 22'' (2011) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 23'' (2012) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 24'' (2013) # ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 25'' (2014) # ''Best New Horror 26'' (2015) # ''Best New Horror 27'' (2017) # ''Best New Horror 28'' (2018) # ''Best New Horror 29'' (2019)

''The Mammoth Book of...''

# ''The Mammoth Book of Terror'' (1991) # ''The Mammoth Book of Vampires'' (1992) # ''The Mammoth Book of Zombies'' (1993) # ''The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein'' (1994) # ''The Mammoth Book of Werewolves'' (1994) # ''The Mammoth Book of Dracula'' (1997) # ''The Mammoth Book of New Terror'' (2004) # ''The Mammoth Book of Monsters'' (2007) # ''The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men'' (2009) # ''The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse!'' (2010) # ''The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback'' (2012) # ''Zombie Apocalypse! Endgame'' (2014) # ''The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories'' (2018) # ''The Mammoth Book of Folk Lore: Evil Lives on in the Land!'' (2021)

Standalone Anthologies

* ''Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse'' (1991) with

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* ''H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror'' (1993) with

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* ''

Shadows Over Innsmouth ''Shadows over Innsmouth'' is an anthology of stories edited by Stephen Jones. It was published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1994 in an edition of 2,100 copies of which 100 were signed by the contributors. The anthology contains the H. P. Lovecraft ...

'' (1994) * ''The Anthology of Fantasy & the Supernatural'' (1994) with David Sutton * ''The Giant Book of Terror'' (1994) with Ramsey Campbell * ''Dark of the Night'' (1997) * ''

Dark Detectives ''Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths'' is an anthology of fantasy and horror detective stories edited by Stephen Jones. It was published by F & B Mystery in 1999 in an edition of 2,100 copies of which 100 were signed by all ...

'' (1999) * ''White of the Moon: New Tales of Madness and Dread'' (1999) * ''Great Ghost Stories'' (2004) with R. Chetwynd-Hayes * ''

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'' (2005) * ''Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories'' (2006) with R. Chetwynd-Hayes * ''H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre'' (2006) * ''Summer Chills: Tales of Vacation Horror'' (2007) * ''The Dead That Walk: Flesh-Eating Stories'' (2009) * ''Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels & Heavenly Hosts'' (2010) * ''Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead'' (2011) * ''A Book of Horrors'' (2011) * ''Psycho-Mania!'' (2013) * ''Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome'' (2013) * ''Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth'' (2013) * ''Horrorology'' (2015) * ''In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus'' (2016) * ''In the Footsteps of Dracula: Tales of the Un-Dead Count'' (2017) * ''The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories'' (2019) * ''Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night'' (2019)

Awards

*1984: World Fantasy Award: Special Award Non-Professional, for ''Fantasy Tales'' *1989: Bram Stoker Award, for ''Horror: 100 Best Books'', shared with co-editor Kim Newman *1991: World Fantasy Award: Anthology, for ''Best New Horror'' *1992: Bram Stoker Award for ''Barker's Shadows in Eden'' *1996: International Horror Guild Award for ''Best New Horror 6'' *1998: Bram Stoker Award for ''Exorcisms and Ecstasies'' *1999: International Horror Guild Award for ''Dark Terrors 4'' *2002: World Fantasy Award: "Special Award Professional: for editing" *2003: International Horror Guild Award, for ''Dark Terrors 6'' *2005: Bram Stoker Award, for ''Horror: Another 100 Best Books'', shared with co-editor Kim Newman *2017: Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award: Book of the Year, for ''The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History''

References

External links

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Podcast audio interview with Stephen Jones
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