Steven H Silver (born April 19, 1967) is an American science fiction fan and bibliographer, publisher, author, and

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. He has been nominated for the

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for Best Fan Writer twelve times and Best Fanzine seven times without winning (three for ''Argentus'' and four for ''Journey Planet''). The "H" is his middle name and not an initial.

Editor, publisher, and writer

Silver was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. He is a longtime contributing editor to SF Site and wrote that site's news page from its inception in 2002 until it closed in 2014.

Anthologies

In 2003, he co-edited three anthologies with Martin H. Greenberg, ''

Wondrous Beginnings ''Wondrous Beginnings'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Steven H. Silver and Martin H. Greenberg, first published in paperback by DAW Books in January 2003. It is a compilation of the first published stories of sevente ...

'', ''

Magical Beginnings ''Magical Beginnings'' is an anthology of fantasy short stories edited by Steven H. Silver and Martin H. Greenberg, first published in paperback by DAW Books in February 2003. It is a compilation of the first published stories of sixteen prominen ...

'', and ''

Horrible Beginnings ''Horrible Beginnings'' is an anthology of horror short stories edited by Steven H. Silver and Martin H. Greenberg, first published in paperback by DAW Books in March 2003. The cover art is based on Children of Bodom's debut album, ''Something W ...

'', which reprinted the first published stories of authors in the science fiction, fantasy, and

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genres. From 2004 through 2012 he was the publisher and editor of

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. He co-edited the alternate history anthology ''Alternate Peace'' in 2019 with

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Short fiction

Silver published his first short story, "''Les Lettres de Paston''", in the final issue of ''

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''. Silver had earlier written a column on

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for the magazine. He has continued to publish short stories since, as well as some poetry.

Collections

In 2009 and 2010, he edited the two volume ''Selected Stories of Lester del Rey'' for NESFA Press. The first volume is entitled ''War and Space'' and appeared in August, 2009. The second volume, ''Robots and Magic'' was published in February 2010.

Novels

Silver's first novel, ''After Hastings'', an alternate history in which Harold Godwinson prevented the Norman conquest of Britain by defeating William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, was published by

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in July 2020.

Fandom

Sidewise and Nebula Awards

In 1995, he founded the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and has served as a judge ever since. He was on the short story jury for the

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in 2002, and on the novel jury for the Nebula Award in 2003, 2006, and chaired the novel jury in 2008. In 2005, Silver was one of the co-ordinators of the Nebula weekend in Chicago. In 2008, he was appointed SFWA Event Coordinator and has helped run the Nebula Award Weekends in that capacity since 2009.

Fanzines

Silver is known as an on-line reviewer and has written several articles for science fiction fanzines, as well as publishing his own annual fanzine '' Argentus'', which was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and won the Chronic Rift Roundtable Award for Best Fanzine in 2009 and the monthly APA-zine ''Plata''. He has guest edited four issues of '' Journey Planet''.

Conventions

In addition to his writing and editing activities, Silver is involved in running science fiction conventions. He has chaired Windycon three times, founded Midfan and chaired the first Midwest Construction, and ran programming for Chicon 2000, the Worldcon. From 1998 through 2006 and again from 2008, he sat on the board of directors for ISFiC. He served as a vice chair for

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in 2012.

Personal background

In 2000, Silver appeared on '' Jeopardy!'' winning two days and coming in second on his third day. He won $15,000.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''After Hastings'' (June 2020),

Short fiction

* "Les Lettres de Paston" (2008), original publish in ''

'' magazine, but has been republished on SF Site * "Bats in Thebayou" (2009), published in the anthology ''Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies'', * "Boleslaw Szymanski Gets the Ogden Slip" (2010) * "In the Night" (2010), published in the anthology ''Love & Rockets'', * "The Destiny of Einar the Brave" (2011) * "In the Shadows of Broadway" (2012), featured on the StarShipSofa podcast #236 * "The Cremator's Tale" (2013), published in ''Black Gate'' magazine * "Hunger on Ceos" (2015) * "Village Square" (2015) * "Well of Tranquility" (2016), published in the anthology ''Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place'', * "Big White Men—Attack!" (2017), published in the anthology ''Little Green Men—Attack!'', * "Doing Business at Hodputt's Emporium" (March 2018), published in ''Galaxy's Edge'', Issue 31, * "A Letter Home" (2020), published in ''Ray Bradbury Experience Museum Newsletter'', Volume 2 * "Worst in Show" (2022), published in the anthology ''Ludlow Charlington's Doghouse'' * "Best Policy" (2022), published in the anthology ''Wyrms''

References

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