John Pelan

John Pelan

John C. Pelan, 1957 - 2021, was an American author, editor and publisher in the small press science-fiction, weird and horror fiction genres.

He first founded Axolotl Press in 1986 and published several volumes by authors such as Tim Powers, Charles de Lint, Michael Shea and James P. Blaylock. Following this, he founded Darkside Press, Silver Salamander Press and co-founded Midnight House. Darkside Press printed classics of Science Fiction, Midnight House published classic horror fiction (including Charles Birkin, Jane Rice and R. R. Ryan) and Silver Salamander Press was devoted to new works of modern horror, but all three have been inactive since 2006.

Pelan has edited over two dozen single-author collections and novels by such authors as Russell Kirk, Violet Hunt and Fritz Leiber for various publishers including Ash-Tree Press. He is currently working on assembling collections by, Uel Key, Daniel F. Galouye and Richard B. Gamon. He is also the editor of several "new fiction" anthologies, including Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium, The Devil Is Not Mocked, The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique, The Children of Cthulhu and the Bram Stoker Award-winning The Darker Side.

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Updated 11/10/2024




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Series by John Pelan

Darkside (5 books)
The Century's Best Horror Fiction (2 books)

Speculative Fiction Books

2004 | science fiction, fantasy, horror
2004 | horror
2002 | horror
1999 | horror, short stories
1998 | horror
1998 | horror, short stories
1996 | horror

Comics and Anthology

(The Century's Best Horror Fiction #2 / 2)
2011 | horror, anthology
(The Century's Best Horror Fiction #1 / 2)
2011 | horror, anthology
(Darkside #5 / 5)
2006 | horror, anthology
2006 | horror, anthology
(Darkside #4 / 5)
2005 | horror, anthology
(Darkside #3 / 5)
2004 | horror, anthology
2003 | horror, anthology, short stories
(Darkside #2 / 5)
2002 | horror, anthology
1999 | fantasy, horror, anthology
(Darkside #1 / 5)
1998 | horror, anthology

Fictions and Others


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