Eric J. Guignard | |
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 Guignard in 2007 | |
| Born | December 20, 1975 Montebello, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | horror author, publisher |
| Spouse | Jeannette |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Eric J. Guignard (born December 20, 1975 in Montebello, California) is an American horror, dark fantasy, and literary fiction anthologist, editor, and author. He is a lifelong resident of Southern California, [1] and teaches Technical Writing through the University of California system.
Eric J. Guignard has written and published over one hundred short stories including "Experiments in An Isolation Tank," published in the 2012 anthology titled Chiral Mad by Written Backwards.; [2] "The Tall Man," published in Shock Totem.; [3] and "A Case Study in Natural Selection and How it Applies to Love," published in Black Static. [4] His non-fiction works include "The H Word: Horror Fiction of Tomorrow," published in Nightmare Magazine . [5]
In 2017, he purchased the small press company Dark Moon Books. Under this imprint, he has released several anthologies including A World of Horror [6] and After Death... which won a Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology.
The press also published a series of introductory primers titled Exploring Dark Short Fiction: A Primer to.... Each release in this series promotes a specific author, including Steve Rasnic Tem (2017), Kaaron Warren (2018), Nisi Shawl (2018), and Jeffrey Ford (2019). [7]
Guignard also served as general editor of the Haunted Library of Horror Classics, co-edited with Leslie S. Klinger) and published by the Horror Writers Association and Poisoned Pen Press/Sourcebooks. The series consisted of Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, followed by The Beetle by Richard Marsh, Vathek by William Beckford, House on the Borderlands by William Hope Hodgson, Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins, The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror by Arthur Conan Doyle, The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, Ghost Stories of an Antiquarian by M.R. James, Gothic Classics: The Castle of Otranto and The Old English Baron by Horace Walpole and Clara Reeve, and The Mummy! by Jane Webb.
| Award | Category | Award Year | Eligibility Year | Nominated Work | Result | Ref |
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| Bram Stoker Awards | BSA–Anthology | 2013 | 2012 | Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations | Nominated | [8] |
| 2014 | 2013 | After Death... | Won | |||
| 2019 | 2018 | A World of Horror | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | 2019 | Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | 2021 | Professor Charlatan Bardot's Travel Anthology... | Nominated | |||
| BSA–Collection | 2019 | 2018 | That Which Grows Wild | Won | ||
| BSA–First Novel | 2020 | 2019 | Doorways to the Deadeye | Nominated | ||
| BSA–Long Fiction | 2015 | 2014 | “Dreams of a Little Suicide” | Nominated |
| Award Year | Award | Sponsor | Nominated Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Seventh International Short Story Contest | Firstwriter.com | "Solicitors Will Be Deleted" | Special Commendation | [9] |
| 2011 | A Very Short Story Contest, February | "Thoughts of a Fish" | Won | [10] | |
| 2013 | International Thriller Writers Awards Award for Best Short Story | International Thriller Writers | "Baggage of Eternal Night" | Finalist | [11] |
| 2014 | Writers of the Future Contest | Galaxy Press | Soulmate | Honorable Mention | [12] |
| 2015 | Pushcart Prize for Best Short Story | Pushcart Press | "O Shades, My Woe" | Finalist | [13] |
All anthologies below are published under Dark Moon Books unless otherwise noted.
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Melanie Tem was an American horror and dark fantasy author.
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The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.
Rebecca Roanhorse is an American science fiction and fantasy writer from New Mexico. She has written short stories and science fiction novels featuring Navajo characters. Her work has received Hugo and Nebula awards, among others.
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