Peter Crowther

For the Welsh cricketer, see Peter Crowther (cricketer).

Peter Crowther
Born	(1949-07-04) 4 July 1949 (age 76) [1] Leeds, England
Occupation	Writer, editor, publisher
Nationality	British
Genre	Speculative fiction, sci-fi, fantasy
Years active	1992–present
Notable works	Founder and editor of PS Publishing, Postscripts
Notable awards	World Fantasy Special Award—Professional (2004) World Fantasy Special Award—Professional (2008)

Peter Crowther (born 4 July 1949) is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. He is a founder (with Simon Conway) of PS Publishing, which began in 1998. ^[2] He edits a series of themed anthologies of science fiction short stories published by DAW Books. He is also the editor of Postscripts , an anthology established in 2004, which has since 2012 released the Exotic Gothic series, including Vol. 4 and 5. ^[3]

Crowther received the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. ^{[4] [5]} He has won a variety of British Fantasy Awards, primarily as editor. ^[6] He's also a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Special Award—Professional. ^{[4] [7]}

Crowther's short stories are generally in the horror or fantasy genre. His first published science fiction was "The Antique Restorer" in Science Fiction Monthly for September 1975. ^[2] The stories are included in several collections.

Bibliography

Series

Forever Twilight

• Book One:Darkness, Darkness (2002)*
• Book Two:Windows of the Soul (2009)*

* significantly expanded into Darkness Falling, The Forever Twilight (2011, Angry Robot) ^[8] – ISBN   978-0857661685

Standalone novels

• Escardy Gap (1996) (with James Lovegrove) – ISBN   978-0671016050
• After Happily Ever (2000) (with Gillian Roberts) (Cassette) – ISBN   978-1552046432
• By Wizard Oak (2011) – ISBN   978-0979505485

Chapbook form

• Forest Plains (1996)
• Fugue on a G-String (1998)
• The Hand That Feeds (1999) (with James Lovegrove)
• Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day (2000)
• All We Know of Heaven (2001) – ISBN   978-1842990322

Collections of short stories

• The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions (1999) – ISBN   978-1881475569
• Lonesome Roads (1999) – ISBN   978-0953146819
• Cold Comforts (2001) (CDRom)
• Songs of Leaving (2004)
• The Spaces Between the Lines (2007)
• The Land at the End of the Working Day (2008)
• Jewels in the Dust (2013) ^[9]
• Things I Didn't Know My Father Knew (2021)

Short stories

• Blue Christmas (1991)
• Constant Companion (1992)
• The Visitor (1992)
• Fallen Angel (1993)
• Rustle (1993)
• Morning Terrors (1994)
• All We Know of Heaven (1995)
• Bindlestiff (1995)
• A Breeze from a Distant Shore (1995)
• Conundrums to Guess (1995)
• Home Comforts (1995)
• The Invasion (1995)
• Too Short a Death (1995)
• The Bachelor (1996)
• The Fairy Trap (1996)
• Halfway House (1996)
• Surface Tension (1996)
• A Worse Place Than Hell (1996)
• "Boxing Day" (1997)
• The Killing of Davis-Davis (1997)
• The Last Vampire (1997)
• Palindromic (1997)
• Safe Arrival (1997)
• Three Plays a Quarter (1997)
• Tomorrow Eyes (1997)
• The Unbetrayable Reply (1997)
• Elmer (1998)
• Front-Page McGuffin and the Greatest Story Never Told (1998)
• "The Musician of Bremen, GA" (1998)
• Some Burial Place, Vast and Dry (1998)
• Cat On an Old School Roof (1999)
• The Hand that Feeds (1999) (with James Lovegrove)
• Late Night Pick-up (1999)
• Old Delicious Burdens (1999)
• Setting Free the Daughters of Earth (1999)
• Shatsi (1999)
• "Circling the Drain" (2000)
• Dream a Little Dream for Me... (2000)
• Songs of Leaving (2000)
• Bernard Boyce Bennington And the American Dream (2001)
• "Things I Didn't Know My Father Knew" (2001)
• "Breathing in Faces" (2002)
• "Jewels in the Dust" (2004"
• "The Doorway in Stephenson's Store" (2005)
• "Thoughtful Breaths" (2006)

Anthologies edited by Crowther

• Narrow Houses (1992) – ISBN   978-0316903950
• Narrow Houses Vol 2: Touch Wood (1993) – ISBN   978-0316907323
• Narrow Houses Vol 3: Blue Motel (1994) – ISBN   978-1565049222
• Heaven Sent: 18 Glorious Tales of the Angels (1995) – ISBN   978-0886776565
• Tombs (1996) – ISBN   978-1565049055
• Dante's Disciples (1997) – ISBN   978-1565049079
• Destination Unknown (1997) – ISBN   978-1565049413
• Tales in Time (1997) – ISBN   978-1565049895
• Tales in Space (1998) – ISBN   978-1565048676
• Moon Shots (1999) – ISBN   978-0886778484
• Foursight (1999) – ISBN   978-0575068704
• Taps and Sighs (1999) – ISBN   978-1892284372
• Foursight Vol 2: Futures (2000) – ISBN   978-0575070233
• Mars Probes (2002) – ISBN   978-0756400880
• Foursight Vol 3: Infinities (2002) – ISBN   978-0575073555
• Foursight Vol. 4: Cities (2003) – ISBN   978-0575075047
• Foursight Vol. 5: Fourbodings (2005) – ISBN   978-1587670909
• Constellations (2005) – ISBN   978-0756402341
• Forbidden Planets (2006) – ISBN   978-0756403300
• We Think, Therefore We Are (2009) – ISBN   978-0756405335

Literary awards

Year Presented	Society	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
1993	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (1993)	Anthology	Narrow Houses	Nominated	[10] [5]
1998	British Fantasy Society	BFA (1998)	Short Story	"Even Beggars Would Ride" (with James Lovegrove)	Nominated	[5]
2000	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2000)	Best Collection	Lonesome Roads	Won	[6]
2000	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2000)	Short Fiction	"The Hand that Feeds"	Nominated	[5]
2001	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2001)	Special – Non-Pro	PS Publishing	Nominated	[11]
2001	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2001)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won	[6]
2002	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2002)	Special – Non-Pro	PS Publishing	Nominated	[11]
2002	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2002)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won	[6]
2002	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2002)	Anthology	Futures	Nominated	[5]
2003		International Horror Guild Award	long form	"Breathing in Faces"	Nominated	[12]
2003	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2003)	Special – Non-Pro	PS Publishing	Nominated	[11]
2003	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2003)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won	[6]
2004	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2004)	Special – Pro	PS Publishing	Won	[4]
2004	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2004)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won	[6]
2005	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2005)	Collection	Songs of Leaving	Nominated	[11]
2005	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2005)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Nominated	[5]
2005	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2005)	Small Press	Postscripts (with Nick Gevers)	Nominated	[5]
2006	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2006)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won	[6]
2006	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2006)	Anthology	Fourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Members of the Macabre	Nominated	[5]
2007	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2007)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won	[6]
2008	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2008)	Special – Pro	PS Publishing	Won	[4]
2008	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2008)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won	[6]
2008	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2008)	Small Press	Postscripts	Nominated	[5]
2009	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2009)	Best Magazine/Periodical	Postscripts (with Nick Gevers)	Won	[6]
2010	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Award (2010)	Special – Pro	PS Publishing (with Nicky Crowther)	Nominated	[11]
2012	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2012)	Special Award	(with Nicky Crowther)	Won	[6]
2012	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2012)	Novella	"Ghosts with Teeth"	Nominated	[5]
2013	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2013)	Special – Pro	PS Publishing (with Nicky Crowther)	Nominated	[11]

Other media

• In the television series Fear Itself , an episode of Season 1 ("Eater") is based on the short story of the same name. The same story had previously been adapted as an episode of the British horror anthology series Urban Gothic.

Cultural references

• Crowther has been mentioned in Alan Hollinghurst's 2005 novel The Line of Beauty , in the very first lines.

References

1. "Peter Crowther". Worlds Without End.
2. "Crowther, Peter". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
3. "POSTSCRIPTS". PS Publishing. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
4. "Winners". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
5. "sfadb : Peter Crowther Chronology". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
6. "Winners | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
7. "Peter Crowther". Angry Robot. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
8. Detailed review by Opionator — retrieved 2013-08-04
9. Detailed review by Opionator — retrieved 2013-08-04
10. "1993: The 19th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention" . Retrieved 10 June 2022.
11. "Nominees". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
12. "IHG Award Recipients". International Horror Guild. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

External links

• Peter Crowther at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Biography from the World Horror Convention Archived 10 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Peter Crowther at Scifipedia
• PS Publishing