Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones (born 1953) is an acclaimed editor of numerous award-winning horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications. Jones has edited anthologies such as the Best New Horror series, Dark Terrors, 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 and The Conan Chronicles, 1 and The Conan Chronicles, 2 by Robert E. Howard. Jones has also been co-editor of several books with Kim Newman, such as Horror: 100 Best Books and Horror: Another 100 Best Books with 200 essays on seminal horror books by acclaimed writers of this genre. 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 Hugo award and many Bram Stoker Awards.
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Books by Stephen Jones
Series by Stephen Jones
Dark Terrors (6 books)
Fantasy Tales (2 books)
Shadows Over Innsmouth (3 books)
Zombie Apocalypse! (4 books)
The Lovecraft Squad (3 books)
Darkness, Mist & Shadow (2 books)
The Mammoth Book of ... (33 books)
Speculative Fiction Books
Darkness, Mist & Shadow - The Collected Macabre Tales of Basil Copper: Volume 2 (Darkness, Mist & Shadow #2 / 2)
2010 | science fiction, fantasy, horror, short stories
Darkness, Mist & Shadow (Darkness, Mist & Shadow #1 / 2)
2010 | science fiction, fantasy, horror, short stories
Comics and Anthology
New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural (New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural #3 / 3)
2025 | horror, anthology, short stories
Best New Horror #31 (Best New Horror #31 / 31)
2021 | fantasy, horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Best New Horror #30 (Best New Horror #30 / 31)
2020 | fantasy, horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Best of Best New Horror Volume 2 (Best of Best New Horror #2 / 2)
2020 | fantasy, horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, short stories
Best of Best New Horror Volume 1 (Best of Best New Horror #1 / 2)
2020 | fantasy, horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, weird fiction
The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (The Mammoth Book of ... )
2019 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories: Terrifying Tales Set on the Scariest Night of the Year! (The Mammoth Book of ... )
2018 | horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, short stories, holiday/seasonal, halloween fiction
Best New Horror #28 (Best New Horror #28 / 31)
2018 | fantasy, horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
In the Footsteps of Dracula: Tales of the Un-Dead Count
2017 | horror, anthology
Best New Horror 27 (Best New Horror #27 / 31)
2017 | fantasy, horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus
2016 | horror, anthology, necromancer
Darker Terrors
2015 | horror, anthology
Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome
2013 | fantasy, horror, anthology
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth (Shadows Over Innsmouth #3 / 3)
2013 | horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction, cthulhu
A Book of Horrors
2011 | horror, anthology
The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror: A Twenty Year Celebration (Best New Horror)
2010 | horror, anthology
Brighton Shock!
2010 | horror, anthology
The Dead That Walk
2009 | horror, anthology
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (Best New Horror #20 / 31)
2009 | horror, anthology, british fantasy award
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19 (Best New Horror #19 / 31)
2008 | horror, anthology, british fantasy award
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18 (Best New Horror #18 / 31)
2007 | horror, anthology, british fantasy award
The Mammoth Book of Monsters (The Mammoth Book of ... )
2007 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories
Summer Chills
2007 | horror, anthology
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
2006 | horror, anthology
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth (Shadows Over Innsmouth #2 / 3)
2005 | horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction, cthulhu
The Mammoth Book of New Terror (The Mammoth Book of ... )
2004 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 (Best New Horror #14 / 31)
2003 | horror, anthology, british fantasy award
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12 (Best New Horror #12 / 31)
2001 | horror, anthology, british fantasy award
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women (The Mammoth Book of ... )
2001 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, vampires
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 (Best New Horror #10 / 31)
1999 | horror, anthology, british fantasy award
Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths
1999 | fantasy, anthology
Dancing with the Dark
1997 | horror, anthology
Dark Voices 6 (Dark Voices #6 / 6)
1994 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Shadows Over Innsmouth (Shadows Over Innsmouth #1 / 3)
1994 | horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction, cthulhu
The Mammoth Book of Werewolves (The Mammoth Book of ... )
1994 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, werewolves
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (The Mammoth Book of ... )
1994 | science fiction, horror, anthology
Dark Voices 5 (Dark Voices #5 / 6)
1993 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, weird fiction, british fantasy award
The Mammoth Book of Zombies (The Mammoth Book of ... )
1993 | horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, short stories, zombies
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror
1993 | horror, anthology
Dark Voices 4 (Dark Voices #4 / 6)
1992 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, weird fiction
The Mammoth Book of Vampires (The Mammoth Book of ... )
1992 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, vampires
Dark Voices 3 (Dark Voices #3 / 6)
1991 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, weird fiction
The Mammoth Book of Terror (The Mammoth Book of ... )
1991 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories
Dark Voices 2 (Dark Voices #2 / 6)
1990 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, weird fiction
Best New Horror (Best New Horror #1 / 31)
1990 | horror, anthology, world fantasy award, british fantasy award
Fictions and Others
The Hellraiser Chronicles
2004 | non-fiction
Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden
1991 | bram stoker award, non-fiction