Al Sarrantonio
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Pseudonyms:
Titles:
Anthologies
- 1987. The Fireside Treasury of Great Humor
- 1989. The Fireside Treasury of New Humor
- 1991. The National Lampoon Treasury of Humor
- 1993. 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
- 1999. 999: Festmahl des Grauens
- 1999. 999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense
- 1999. 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense
- 1999. 999: Le livre du millénaire des maîtres du fantastique
- 2001. 999: Twenty-nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense
- 2001. Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction
- 2004. Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
- 2004. Tracés du vertige
- 2006. Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, Volume I
- 2006. Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, Volume II
- 2009. Bad Candy
- 2010. Halloween: New Poems
- 2010. Stories: All-New Tales
- 2011. Portents
- 2019. Seres Mágicos & Histórias Sombrias
Chapter Books
- 2006. Looking Glass
- 2006. The Baby
- 2012. The Crane House: A Halloween Story
- 2012. The Crane House: A Halloween Story
Collections
- 1999. Toybox
- 2004. Hornets and Others
- 2004. A Little Yellow Book of Fevered Stories
- 2008. Halloween and Other Seasons
Essays
- 1978. From Competition 18: Transposed sf titles
- 1981. Al Sarrantonio
- 1984. Other Dimensions: The Spider-Zone Crossword Puzzle
- 1987. Books (Night Cry #10)
- 1987. Books (Night Cry #11)
- 1987. Books (Night Cry #9)
- 1987. Fragments of Horror (The Horror Show, Summer 1987)
- 1987. Review of the nongenre novel "Hiroshima" by John Hersey
- 1993. Introduction (100 Hair Raising Little Horror Stories)
- 1995. Grave Matters (Thunder's Shadow #6) -- book recommendations
- 1998. Author's Note (Return)
- 1999. Letter (Locus #462)
- 1999. Introduction (999: New Tales of Horror and Supernatural)
- 1999. Introduction (999: Le livre du millénaire des maîtres du fantastique)
- 2001. Introduction (Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction)
- 2004. Preface (Hornets and Others)
- 2004. Charlie Grant: Emperor of the Imagination
- 2004. Introduction (Flights)
- 2004. Introduction (Tracés du vertige)
- 2004. Remerciements (Tracés du vertige)
- 2006. Charlie Grant
- 2007. A Short, Curious History of "The Baby"
- 2008. Tribute to Charles L. Grant
- 2008. Tom Disch
- 2008. Letter (Locus #572)
- 2009. Preface to the New Edition (Moonbane)
- 2009. Foreword (Harvest Hill: 31 Tales of Halloween Horror)
- 2010. Introduction (Halloween: New Poems)
- 2011. Introduction (Portents)
- 2012. Drunk on Bradbury, and No Support Group Requested
- 2014. God Bless Neal Barrett, Jr.
Interviews
- 1985. Al and the Kid: A Conversation with Al Sarrantonio
- 1987. Dark Voices (Horrorstruck, November-December 1987)
- 1988. Dark Voices (Horrorstruck, May-June 1988)
- 1990. Al Sarrantonio
- 2001. Al Sarrantonio: November 6, 1999
- 2002. Visiting in the Dark: A Conversation with Al Sarrantonio
- 2002. Visiting in the Dark: A Conversation with Al Sarrantonio
- 2010. A Conversation with Al Sarrantonio
- 2012. An Interview with Al Sarrantonio
Novels
- 1985. The Worms
- 1985. Totentanz
- 1986. Campbell Wood
- 1987. The Boy with Penny Eyes
- 1989. Cold Night
- 1989. Moonbane
- 1990. West Texas
- 1990. October
- 1991. House Haunted
- 1992. Skeletons
- 1993. Summer Cool
- 1993. Kitt Peak
- 1996. Exile
- 1997. Journey
- 1997. Personal Agendas
- 1998. Return
- 2002. Orangefield
- 2004. Hallows Eve
- 2004. Haydn of Mars
- 2005. Sebastian of Mars
- 2006. Queen of Mars
- 2006. Horrorween
- 2007. Halloweenland
- 2015. Underground
Omnibuses
Poems
Reviews
- 1985. The Worms
- 1985. The Worms
- 1985. The Worms
- 1986. Totentanz
- 1986. Campbell Wood
- 1986. Totentanz
- 1986. Totentanz
- 1986. Campbell Wood
- 1987. Cutting Edge
- 1987. Dark Gods
- 1987. Dead in the West
- 1987. Halloween Horrors
- 1987. It
- 1987. Nukes
- 1987. Shadows 9
- 1987. Watchers
- 1987. Totentanz
- 1987. The Boy With Penny Eyes
- 1987. The Boy With Penny Eyes
- 1987. The Boy With Penny Eyes
- 1988. Salem's Lot
- 1989. Moonbane
- 1990. Moonbane
- 1990. October
- 1990. October
- 1990. October
- 1991. House Haunted
- 1996. Exile
- 1997. Babylon 5 #8: Personal Agendas
- 1997. Babylon 5 #8: Personal Agendas
- 1998. Personal Agendas
- 1998. Return
- 1999. 999
- 1999. 999
- 1999. 999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense
- 2000. 999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense
- 2000. 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense
- 2000. 999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense
- 2000. 999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense
- 2000. 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense
- 2001. 999: Festmahl des Grauens
- 2001. Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction
- 2002. Redshift
- 2002. Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction
- 2002. Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction
- 2002. Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction
- 2003. Orangefield
- 2004. Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
- 2004. Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
- 2005. Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
- 2005. Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
- 2005. Tracés du vertige
- 2006. Haydn of Mars
- 2006. Sebastian of Mars
- 2008. Horrorween
- 2008. Masters of Mars
- 2008. Queen of Mars
- 2010. Stories: All New Tales
- 2010. Stories: All-New Tales
- 2010. Stories: All-New Tales
- 2010. Stories: All-New Tales
- 2010. Stories: All-New Tales
- 2011. Stories: All-New Tales
- 2011. Stories: All-New Tales
- 2011. Portents
- 2013. Stories: All-New Tales
Short Fiction
- 1979. Ahead of the Joneses
- 1979. Roger in the Womb
- 1980. The Artist in the Small Room Above
- 1981. The Haunting of Y-12
- 1981. A Desert Stone
- 1981. That They Be Saved
- 1981. Under My Bed
- 1981. There is a Home
- 1982. Letters from Camp
- 1982. In the Corn
- 1982. The Return of Mad Santa
- 1982. Pumpkin Head
- 1982. Der Künstler da oben im Kämmerchen
- 1982. The Brick Cloud
- 1982. The Dust
- 1982. Boxes
- 1982. The Silly Stuff
- 1982. The Spook Man
- 1983. Bags
- 1983. The Quiet Ones
- 1983. Father Dear
- 1983. The Ticking Clock
- 1983. The Man with Legs
- 1984. The Corn Dolly
- 1984. Testa di zucca
- 1985. Kürbiskopf
- 1985. The Only
- 1985. Wish
- 1986. Der Mann mit den Beinen
- 1987. Excerpt: Chapter 13 of The Boy with the Penny Eyes
- 1987. Bogy
- 1987. Pigs
- 1988. The Dancing Foot
- 1988. The Red Wind
- 1988. Two
- 1988. Liberty
- 1989. Children of Cain
- 1989. Trail of the Chromium Bandits
- 1990. The Meek
- 1990. The Coat
- 1991. L'homme sous le lit
- 1991. Richard's Head
- 1991. Red Eve
- 1992. Richardin pää
- 1993. The Beat
- 1993. Croquemitaine
- 1993. Fais un vœu
- 1994. Where Two Souls Dwell
- 1995. Garden of Eden
- 1996. White Lightning
- 1996. Snow
- 1996. Journey (excerpt)
- 1997. Return (excerpt)
- 1999. Das Schnurding
- 1999. The Big House
- 1999. The Electric Fat Boy
- 1999. The Ropy Thing
- 1999. La drôle de corde
- 2000. Overseer
- 2001. Billy the Fetus
- 2001. Hornets
- 2001. Violets
- 2002. The Green Face
- 2003. The New Kid
- 2003. Eels
- 2004. The Pumpkin Boy
- 2004. Stars
- 2004. The Glass Man
- 2004. Dust
- 2004. Sleepover
- 2004. Hedges
- 2004. Billy le fœtus
- 2006. Summer
- 2006. The Man in the Other Car
- 2006. Looking Glass
- 2006. Zoo
- 2006. The Baby
- 2007. Baby Boss and the Underground Hamsters
- 2007. Baby Boss and the Underground Hamsters: A Feature-Length Cartoon
- 2008. Simple
- 2009. Cookies
- 2010. March of the Marionettes
- 2010. The Cult of the Nose
- 2010. Fossils
- 2010. Last
- 2011. All Souls Day
- 2012. The Crane House: A Halloween Story
- 2012. The Crane House: A Halloween Story
- 2013. Orange Lake
- 2015. The Pumpkin Smasher
- 2015. All Souls' Day
- 2019. O culto do Nariz
Awards
- 1991. Richard's Head - Bram Stoker Award, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (Nomination)
- 1999. 999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense - Bram Stoker Award, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (Win)
- 2000. 999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense - Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology (Nomination)
- 2000. Toybox - International Horror Guild Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 2000. 999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense - British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (Nomination)
- 2000. 999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense - World Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (Nomination)
- 2000. Toybox - Bram Stoker Award, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (Nomination below cutoff)
- 2002. Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction - Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology (Nomination)
- 2011. Stories: All-New Tales - Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology (Win)
- 2011. Stories: All-New Tales - World Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (Nomination)
Genres/Themes:
- horror (15 books)
- fantasy (5 books)
- science fiction (4 books)
- supernatural (3 books)
- original anthology (3 books)
- contemporary (3 books)
- mars (3 books)
- juvenile fantasy (2 books)
- vampires (2 books)
- dark carnival (2 books)
- Fix up (1 book)
- cognitively impaired protagonist (1 book)
- childhood bullying (1 book)
- child protagonist (1 book)
- first person point of view (1 book)
- abusive father (1 book)
- fantastic protector (1 book)
- boys (1 book)
- mysterious house (1 book)
- exploring (1 book)
- breaking and entering (1 book)
- twist ending (1 book)
- psychopath (1 book)
- childhood trauma (1 book)
- blind protagonist (1 book)
- dialog style (1 book)
- Suspense (1 book)
- literary fiction (1 book)
- Thomas M. Disch (1 book)
- juvenile sf (1 book)