Robert Shearman
Source: "Robert Shearman Bibliography." Author Wars, https://authorwars.com/authors/robert-shearman.html".
Pseudonyms:
Titles:
Anthologies
- Unknown. Siren Beat / Roadkill
- Unknown. Solstice Shorts
- Unknown. The Shooting Scripts
- 2018. Year's Best Weird Fiction: Volume 5
Chapter Books
- 2015. Alice Through the Plastic Sheet
- 2015. Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon
- 2015. Clown Envy
- 2015. Cold Snap
- 2015. Custard Cream
- 2015. Damned if You Don't
- 2015. Elementary Problems of Photography (Number Three): An Analysis, and Proferred Solution
- 2015. Favourite
- 2015. Featherweight
- 2015. George Clooney's Moustache
- 2015. Good Grief
- 2015. Granny's Grinning
- 2015. Jason Zerrillo Is an Annoying Prick
- 2015. Merely a Horror Writer
- 2015. Mortal Coil
- 2015. One More Bloody Miracle After Another
- 2015. Pang
- 2015. Roadkill
- 2015. So Proud
- 2015. The Bathtub
- 2015. The Dark Space in the House in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World
Collections
- Unknown. We All Hear Stories in the Dark
- 2007. Tiny Deaths
- 2009. Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical
- 2011. Everyone's Just So So Special
- 2012. Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman
- 2014. They Do the Same Things Different There: The Best Weird Fantasy of Robert Shearman
Essays
- Unknown. Foreword (The Unsilent Library)
- Unknown. Introduction (Stardust: The Ruby Castle Stories)
- 2010. Introduction (Sourdough and Other Stories)
- 2010. The Purple Rose of Cairo
- 2012. Introduction (Hair Side, Flesh Side)
- 2015. Postface (Stardust : légendes de Ruby Castle)
- 2017. Introduction (Holidays from Hell)
- 2018. Introduction (Year's Best Weird Fiction: Volume 5)
- 2020. Why I'm a Little Bit Scared of Anna Taborska
- 2021. Finding the Comedy in the Blatanly Unfunny: A Personal Journey Through Three and a Half Tales of Unease
- 2022. La Rosa Púrpura de El Cairo
- 2023. Introduction (Alphaland)
Interviews
- Unknown. Author Spotlight: Robert Shearman
- Unknown. Author Spotlight: Robert Shearman
- Unknown. Interview: Robert Shearman
- 2016. Talking Horrorology
Non-fiction
- 2010. Running Through Corridors: Rob and Toby's Marathon Watch of Doctor Who (Volume 1: The 60s)
- 2016. Running Through Corridors: Rob and Toby's Marathon Watch of Doctor Who (Volume 2: The 70s)
Novels
Reviews
- Unknown. Everyone's Just So So Special
- Unknown. Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical
- Unknown. Remember Why You Fear Me
- 2010. Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical
Short Fiction
- Unknown. A Winter's Tale
- Unknown. And Then Again
- Unknown. Be of Good Cheer
- Unknown. Bedtime Stories for Yasmin
- Unknown. Blood
- Unknown. Brand New Shiny Shiny
- Unknown. Carry Within Some Small Sliver of Me
- Unknown. Cold Snap
- Unknown. Granny's Grinning
- Unknown. I Say (I Say, I Say)
- Unknown. Luxembourg
- Unknown. Meanwhile
- Unknown. Mortal Coil
- Unknown. Nine Letters About Spit
- Unknown. Patches
- Unknown. Restoration
- Unknown. Roadkill
- Unknown. Suffer Little Children
- Unknown. TERPSICHORE: Teach Yourself Ballroom Dancing
- Unknown. The Constantinople Archives
- Unknown. The Death of Me
- Unknown. The Frozen Wastes
- Unknown. The Gift
- Unknown. The Popping Fields
- Unknown. The Sixteenth Step
- Unknown. Untitled
- 2003. The Holy Terror
- 2007. Ashes to Ash
- 2007. Damned if You Don't
- 2007. Extra Ordinary
- 2007. Favourite
- 2007. Grappa
- 2007. Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy...
- 2007. No Looking Back
- 2007. Perfect
- 2007. So Proud
- 2007. Static
- 2007. Stuff We Leave Behind
- 2007. The Storyteller
- 2007. Tiny Deaths
- 2009. George Clooney's Moustache
- 2009. 14.2
- 2009. At the Crease
- 2009. Crumble
- 2009. Jolly Roger
- 2009. Love Among the Lobelias
- 2009. Love in a Time of Sharing
- 2009. Not About Love
- 2009. One Last Love Song
- 2009. Pang
- 2009. Sharp
- 2009. Sweet Nothings
- 2009. This Creeping Thing
- 2009. Your Long, Loving Arms
- 2010. Featherweight
- 2011. The Runt
- 2011. Good Grief
- 2011. The Dark Space in the House in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World
- 2011. Alice Through the Plastic Sheet
- 2012. Joke in Four Panels
- 2012. Simon Harries
- 2012. The Play's the Thing
- 2012. Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon
- 2012. Clown Envy
- 2012. Custard Cream
- 2012. Elementary Problems of Photography (Number Three)
- 2012. Jason Zerrillo Is an Annoying Prick
- 2012. Merely a Horror Writer
- 2012. One More Bloody Miracle After Another
- 2012. The Bathtub
- 2012. Dumb Lucy
- 2013. That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love
- 2013. Peckish
- 2014. It Flows from the Mouth
- 2014. 72 Virgins
- 2014. A Grand Day Out
- 2014. A Joke in Four Panels
- 2014. History Becomes You
- 2014. Memories of Craving Long Gone
- 2014. Mond
- 2014. Our Fallen Sons
- 2014. Page Turner
- 2014. Sounding Brass Tinkling Cymbal
- 2014. Taboo
- 2014. The All-New Adventures of Robin Hood
- 2014. Ice in the Bedroom
- 2015. Alice prin folia de plastic
- 2015. Elementary Problems of Photography (Number Three): An Analysis, and Proferred Solution
- 2015. Lump in Your Throat
- 2015. Accursed
- 2015. And This Is Where We Falter
- 2016. The Best Story I Can Manage Under the Circumstances
- 2017. The Swimming Pool Party
- 2018. The Cocktail Party in Kensington Gets Out of Hand
- 2018. Pumpkin Kids
- 2018. Thumbsucker
- 2018. Tom Is in the Attic
- 2019. Wonders Never Cease
- 2020. 44: Digits
- 2020. The Importance of Oral Hygiene
- 2023. Fear of the Pan-Child
Awards
- 0000. Tiny Deaths - World Fantasy Award, Best Collection (Win)
- 0000. Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical - British Fantasy Award, Best Collection (Win)
- 0000. Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical - Shirley Jackson Award, Best Collection (Win)
- 0000. Everyone's Just So So Special - British Fantasy Award, Best Collection (Win)
- 0000. Remember Why You Fear Me - British Fantasy Award, Best Collection (Win)
- 0000. Year's Best Weird Fiction: Volume 5 - British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (Win)
- 0000. We All Hear Stories in the Dark - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. They Do the Same Things Different There: The Best Weird Fantasy of Robert Shearman - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. Damned If You Don't - World Fantasy Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
- 0000. Roadkill - British Fantasy Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 0000. Alice Through the Plastic Sheet - World Fantasy Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 0000. Alice Through the Plastic Sheet - British Fantasy Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 0000. Remember Why You Fear Me - World Fantasy Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman - Shirley Jackson Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love - Shirley Jackson Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
- 0000. They Do the Same Things Different There: The Best Weird Fantasy of Robert Shearman - World Fantasy Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. They Do the Same Things Different There: The Best Weird Fantasy of Robert Shearman - Shirley Jackson Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. Thumbsucker - British Fantasy Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
- 0000. I Say (I Say, I Say) - British Fantasy Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
- 0000. We All Hear Stories in the Dark - World Fantasy Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. We All Hear Stories in the Dark - British Fantasy Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. Alice Through the Plastic Sheet - Bram Stoker Award, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
Genres/Themes:
- horror (4 books)
- weird (2 books)
- zombies (1 book)
- angels (1 book)
- car collision (1 book)
- dead wives (1 book)
- husband survivors (1 book)
- neighbors (1 book)
- Snoopy (1 book)
- Charly Brown (1 book)
- dolls (1 book)
- love (1 book)
- siblings (1 book)
- sacrifice (1 book)
- time period around WWI (1 book)
- dark fantasy (1 book)
- giant spider (1 book)
- halloween (1 book)
Resources:
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb) article on Robert Shearman
- robshearman.livejournal.com - Robert Shearman
- Wayback Machine archived page for Robert Shearman
- English Wikipedia article on Robert Shearman
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE) article on Robert Shearman
- X (Twitter) profile for Robert Shearman