Who Made Stevie Crye?

Who Made Stevie Crye?

Dust-jacket illustration by Glennray Tutor.
Author	Michael Bishop
Illustrator	Jeffrey K. Potter
Cover artist	Glennray Tutor
Language	English
Genre	Horror
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1984
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	309
ISBN	0-87054-099-8
OCLC	10723399
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3552.I772 W5 1984

Who Made Stevie Crye?, subtitled A Novel of the American South, is a horror novel by American writer Michael Bishop. It was released in 1984 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,591 copies, and later in paperback by Headline. ^[1] It was the author's first novel and third book published by Arkham House.

A 30th Anniversary Edition was published by Fairwood Press in August 2014, including a new introduction by Jack Slay and a new afterword by the author. It also reprints the full-page black and white illustrations by J. K. Potter which were originally commissioned for the Arkham House edition.

Plot summary

The story concerns Mary Stevenson Crye, a newly widowed housewife, who turns to freelance writing to provide for her family. Her typewriter, which is demonically possessed, involves her in a series of occult events. ^[2]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Who Made Stevie Crye? for White Dwarf #97, and stated that "Every possible double meaning in the title gets its due airing, and I defy you to predict the outrageous final chapter. Buy this one." ^[3]

Reviews

• Review by Debbie Notkin (1984) in Locus , #286 November 1984 ^[4]
• Review by Mary Gentle (1984) in Interzone , #10 Winter 1984/85
• Review by Joe Sanders (1984) in Fantasy Review , December 1984
• Review by Doc Kennedy (1985) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine , March–April 1985
• Review [French] by Élisabeth Campos (1986) in Fiction, #370
• Review by Charles L. Grant (1986) in American Fantasy , Fall 1986
• Review by Barbara Davies (1988) in Vector 143
• Review by Ian Watson (1988) in Horror: 100 Best Books, (1988)

References

1. Pringle, David. "Who Made Stevie Crye? by Michael Bishop." Modern Fantasy: The One Hundred Best Novels . New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1989. 231-2.
2. "Michael Bishop: Who Made Stevie Crye?" . Retrieved May 28, 2025.
3. Langford, Dave (January 1988). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf . No. 97. Games Workshop. p. 13.
4. "Title: Who Made Stevie Crye?".

Sources

• Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 136. ISBN   1-55742-005-X.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 55.
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 152. ISBN   0-87054-176-5.
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 130. ISBN   0-7864-1785-4.

External links

• Official website
• Who Made Stevie Crye? title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database