Chris Kelso

Chris Kelso (born 22 March 1988, Kilmarnock, Scotland) is a Scottish Fantasy writer, illustrator, and anthologist from Scotland.

Kelso's works have also been printed in magazines such as Interzone , Black Static , 3:AM , Locus , Bella Caledonia and Evergreen Review . He and Garrett Cook are the co-creators of 'The Imperial Youth Review'. ^[1]

In 2019, he was nominated for a British Fantasy Award for best short fiction. ^{[2] [3]} His essay 'Transmigrational Defences' was nominated for a 2024 Pushcart Prize.

Kelso is also a founding member of experimental spoken word band, Vantablack, with Nick Hudson and George Stuart Dahlquist from Sunn O))) .

Works

Fiction

• Last Exit To Interzone (Black Dharma Press)
• Schadenfreude (Dog Horn Publishing) ^[4]
• A Message from the Slave State (Western Legends Books) ^{[5] [6]}
• Moosejaw Frontier (Bizarro Pulp Press) ^{[7] [8]}
• Transmatic (MorbidbookS) ^{[9] [10] [11]}
• The Black Dog Eats The City (Omnium Gatherum) ^{[12] [13] [14]}
• Terence, Mephisto and Viscera Eyes (Journalstone) ^[15]
• The Dissolving Zinc Theatre (Villipede) ^[16]
• The Folger Variation (Shoreline of Infinity)
• Wire & Spittle (Omnium Gatherum)
• Rattled by the Rush (Journalstone)
• The Church of Latter Day Eugenics (with Tom Bradley) ^[17]
• I Dream of Mirrors' (The Sinister Horror Company) ^{[18] [19]}
• The DREGS Trilogy (Black Shuck Books)
• Voidheads (Schism)
• Metympsychosis (Feral Dove)

Non-Fiction

• Burroughs and Scotland: Dethroning the Ancients (Beatdom)
• Interrogating the Abyss (Apocalypse Party)
• On Melting: essays against the body (Control)
• Possession: dreams of suffering and sanity (PS Publishing)

Anthologies edited

• Caledonia Dreamin – Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent (by Chris Kelso and Hal Duncan) ^[20]
• This is NOT an Anthology (Onieros Books) ^[21]
• Slave Stories - Scenes of the Slave State (Omnium Gatherum)
• I Transgress (Salo' Press)
• Children of the New Flesh: The Early Films and Pervasive Influence of David Cronenberg (11:11)
• The Mad Butterfly's Ball (by Chris Kelso and Preston Grassmann) (PS Publishing) ^[22]

References

1. "Imperial Youth Review". Dog Horn Publishing. 13 November 2018.
2. Rocket, Stubby the (21 October 2019). "Announcing the 2019 British Fantasy Award Winners". Tor.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
3. "British Fantasy Awards 2019 | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
4. Tambour, Anna (26 July 2013). "A Review of Chris Kelso's Schadenfreude". The Shwibly – A Magazine of the Arts. Dog Horn Publishing. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013.
5. Kelso, Chris. A Message from the Slave State. Western Legend Books. p. The Speculative Bookshop. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
6. Wargo, Joseph. "BOOK REVIEW: A Message From The Slave State by Chris Kelso". Your Friendly Counter Counterculturalist. Western Legend Press. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
7. seanofthedead. "Book Review: Moosejaw Frontier – Author Chris Kelso". Horrornews.net. Bizarro Pulp Press. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
8. Wamack, Grant. "Moosejaw Frontier (Book Review)". Spontaneous Combustion. Bizarro Pulp Press. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
9. Kelso, Chris. Transmatic. MorbidbookS. p. Best Science Fiction Stories.
10. Kelso, Chris. Transmatic. MorbidbookS. p. MorbidbookS Extreme Fiction Publisher.
11. Kelso, Chris. Transmatic. MorbidbookS. p. Chris Kelso Website.
12. Kelso, Chris. The Black Dog Eats The City. Omnium Gatherum. p. Interzone.
13. Kelso, Chris (20 April 2024). The Black Dog Eats The City. Omnium Gatherum. p. Omnium Gatherum.
14. "End of the Year Booklist (2014 Edition) | David Davis". Weird Fiction Review. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
15. Helgadóttir, Margrét (1 October 2014). "Guest Author: Chris Kelso". Margrét Helgadóttir.
16. Lockley, Craig (22 August 2015). "The Dissolving Zinc Theatre by Chris Kelso. Book review". The British Fantasy Society.
17. Media, Clash (19 April 2018). "Review: The Church of Latter-Day Eugenics by Chris Kelso & Tom Bradley". CLASH. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
18. "Review: I Dream of Mirrors by Chris Kelso". Cemetery Dance Online. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
19. ""I Dream of Mirrors" by Chris Kelso". LitReactor. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
20. Kelso, Chris. Caledonia Dreaming - Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent. p. Future Fire.
21. Wills, David (13 July 2014). "The is NOT an Anthology". Beatdom. Beatdom Books.
22. "The Mad Butterfly's Ball by".

External links

• Official website
• Interview with Chris Kelso
• Chris Kelso at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database