Brian Michael Stableford (25 July 1948 – 24 February 2024) was a British academic, critic and
science fiction writer who published more than 70 novels and over a hundred volumes of translations.[1] His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but later ones dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford.[2] He also used the pseudonym Brian Craig for some of his very early and late works. The pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, Craig A. Mackintosh, with whom he jointly published some very early work.[1]
Biography
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Born in
Shipley,
Yorkshire, Stableford graduated with a degree in biology from the
University of York in 1969 before going on to do postgraduate research in
biology and later in
sociology. In 1979 he received a
PhD with a doctoral thesis on The Sociology of Science Fiction.
Until 1988, he worked as a lecturer in sociology at the
University of Reading. He was later a full-time writer and a part-time lecturer at several universities for classes concerning subjects such as
creative writing. He was married twice, and had a son and a daughter by his first wife.
Brian Stableford died in
Swansea, Wales, on 24 February 2024, at the age of 75.[1][3]
Awards and honours
1985:
Eaton Award for Scientific Romance in Britain: 1890–1950.[4]
Asgard's Secret (Five Star October 2004); revised and expanded from 2 earlier versions:
Journey to the Center (DAW 1982)
Journey to the Centre (NEL October 1989)
Asgard's Conquerors (Five Star December 2004); revised and expanded from an earlier version:
Invaders from the Centre (NEL January 1990)
Asgard's Heart (Five Star February 2005); revised and expanded from an earlier version:
The Centre Cannot Hold (NEL June 1990)
Warhammer
The Orfeo Trilogy:
Zaragoz (GW Books November 1989) (as by "Brian Craig")
Plague Daemon (GW Books April 1990) (as by "Brian Craig")
Storm Warriors (GW Books March 1991) (as by "Brian Craig")
The Wine of Dreams (Black Library October 2000) (as by "Brian Craig")
Warhammer 40000: Pawns of Chaos (Black Library April 2001) (as by "Brian Craig")
David Lydyard (Werewolves)
The Werewolves of London (Simon & Schuster UK July 1990)
The Angel of Pain (Simon & Schuster UK August 1991)
The Carnival of Destruction (Pocket UK October 1994)
Dark Future
Ghost Dancers (GW Books May 1991) (as by "Brian Craig")
Genesys
Serpent's Blood (Legend May 1995)
Salamander's Fire (Legend May 1996)
Chimera's Cradle (Simon & Schuster UK March 1997)
Emortality
The first six volumes are considered the main sequence and were published out of series order; preferred reading order shown below is established from the author's introduction to volume 6, The Omega Expedition. This series is also related to, though not always entirely consistent with, the 8 collections and 5 novels subtitled "Tales of the Biotech Revolution", see below.
The term "emortality", intended to indicate near-immortality as opposed to absolute immortality, is acknowledged by Stableford (in the acknowledgments to volume 3, Dark Ararat) to have been coined by Alvin Silverstein in his 1979 book, Conquest of Death.
In the introduction to his 2007 collection, The Tree of Life and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution, Stableford describes this series as "tracking the potential effects of possible developments in biotechnology on the evolution of global society. [It can be considered] a modified version of the future history mapped out in The Third Millennium: A History of the World AD 2000–3000 (Sidgwick & Jackson 1985, written in collaboration with
David Langford).
"The broad sweep of this future history envisages a large-scale economic and ecological collapse in the 21st-century brought about by global warming and other factors, followed by the emergence of a global society designed to accommodate human longevity (although that is not necessarily obvious in stories set in advance of the Crash)."
The Cassandra Complex (Tor March 2001); revised and expanded from:
"The Magic Bullet" (nv), Interzone #29 1989
Inherit the Earth (Tor September 1998); revised and expanded from:
"Inherit the Earth" (na), Analog July 1995
Dark Ararat (Tor March 2002)
Architects of Emortality (Tor September 1999); revised and expanded from:
Les Fleurs du Mal (na) Asimov's October 1994; also, see Collection 19, below
The Fountains of Youth (Tor May 2000); revised and expanded from:
"Where Zombies Armies Clash By Night" (na) Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 6: Grand Guignol, ed. Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, Black Coat Press 2010
"The Necromancers of London" (na) Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 7: Femmes Fatales, ed. Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, Black Coat Press 2011
Auguste Dupin
"The Legacy of Erich Zann" (na), see Collections 21 & 23, below
The Mad Trist / Valdemar's Daughter (
Borgo Press October 2010); billed as "Wildside Double #10"
"Valdemar's Daughter: A Romance of Mesmerism" (na) *; also available as an
ebook, listed at 30,405 words
"The Mad Trist: A Romance of Bibliomania" (na) *; also available as an
ebook, listed at 32,787 words
The Quintessence of August: A Romance of Possession (Borgo Press January 2011)
The Cthulhu Encryption: A Romance of Piracy (Borgo Press March 2011)
Journey to the Core of Creation: A Romance of Evolution (Borgo Press November 2011)
Yesterday Never Dies: A Romance of Metempsychosis (Borgo Press January 2013)
Morgan's Fork
Spirits of the Vasty Deep (Snuggly Books March 2018)
The Insubstantial Pageant (Snuggly Books Dec. 2018)
The Truths of Darkness (Snuggly Books Aug. 2019)
Paul Furneret
The Painter of Spirits (Snuggly Books Oct. 2019)
The Quiet Dead (Snuggly Books Oct. 2019)
Living With the Dead (Snuggly Books Nov. 2019)
Other novels
Cradle of the Sun (Ace Double 1969 / Sidgwick & Jackson October 1969)
The Blind Worm (Ace Double 1970 / Sidgwick & Jackson March 1970)
To Challenge Chaos (DAW May 1972)
The Realms of Tartarus (DAW July 1977); a trilogy of short novels, the first of which is slightly revised from the following:
The Face of Heaven (Quartet Books February 1976)
Man in a Cage (John Day 1975); also available as an
e-book, listed at 75,907 words; loosely based on the following story:
"Meeting at Eternity" (vi), Proteus #3 1966
The Mind-Riders (DAW May 1976 / Fontana 1977)
The Last Days of the Edge of the World (Hutchinson 1978 / Ace September 1985)
The Walking Shadow (Fontana 1979 / Carroll & Graf July 1985)
Optiman (DAW October 1980) / a.k.a. War Games (Pan UK July 1981)
The Castaways of Tanagar (DAW April 1981)
The Gates of Eden (DAW February 1983)
The Empire of Fear (Simon & Schuster UK October 1988); revised and expanded from:
"The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady" (nv), F&SF August 1988
Young Blood (Simon & Schuster UK September 1992); also available as an
e-book, listed at 129,274 words
Firefly: A Novel of the Far Future, (Borgo Press 1994 / Cosmos Books May 2009); also available as an
e-book, listed at 52,589 words; revised and expanded from:
"Beyond Time's Aegis" (nv), Science Fantasy November 1965 {with Craig A. Mackintosh, as by "Brian Craig"}
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Mark V. Ziesing March 1996) – first published in somewhat abridged form in the following:
"The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" (na), Interzone January 1995 (+1)
Year Zero (Sarob Press June 2000 / Five Star April 2003); a
fix-up and expansion of the following 3 stories:
"When Molly Met Elvis" (ss), Interzone April 1997 (as by "Francis Amery")
"Molly and the Angel" (ss), Interzone July 1999 (as by "Francis Amery")
"Molly and the Men in Black" (nv), Interzone September 1999 (as by "Francis Amery")
The Eleventh Hour (Cosmos Books 2001); also available as an
e-book, listed at 106,225 words
Curse of the Coral Bride (Immanion Press UK November 2004); loosely based on the following:
"The Light of Achernar" (nv), The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique, ed. John Pelan, ShadowLands Press 1999
Kiss the Goat (Prime Books September 2005)
The Stones of Camelot (Black Coat Press March 2006)
ISBN1-932983-69-4; revised and expanded from:
"The Architect of Worlds" (na), Camelot Fantastic, ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW July 1998
Streaking: A Novel of Probability (PS Publishing June 2006 / Borgo Press September 2011)
The New Faust at the Tragicomique (Black Coat Press April 2007)
ISBN978-1-932983-91-3
Sherlock Holmes and the Vampires of Eternity (Black Coat Press January 2009)
ISBN978-1-934543-06-1; book version of the following linked novellas:
"The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" (na), Interzone January 1995 (+1) / (text restored) Mark V. Ziesing 1996, see above
"The Black Blood of the Dead" (na), Interzone January 1997 (+1)
"The Gateway of Eternity" (na), Interzone January 1999 (+1)
The Moment of Truth, (Borgo Press March 2009); loosely based on the following:
"The Face of an Angel" (nv), Leviathan 3, ed. Forrest Aguirre & Jeff VanderMeer, Ministry of Whimsy 2002
Prelude to Eternity: A Romance of the First Time Machine (Borgo Press August 2009)
The Darkling Wood: A Scientific Fantasy (Wildside Press May 2016); revised and expanded from the following:
"Tenebrio" (nv), Vanishing Acts, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2000
The Devil in Detail (Wildside Press May 2016); loosely based on the following related stories:
"Chacun sa Goule" (biography & introduction), Dancing with the Dark, ed. Stephen Jones, Vista 1997
"The Haunted Bookshop" (nv), Dark Terrors 5: The Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz UK 2000
"Beyond Bliss" (nv), The Haunted Bookshop and Other Apparitions, Borgo Press Sep. 2007
Portals of Paradise (Wildside Press Nov. 2016)
Tangled Web of Time (Wildside Press Nov. 2016)
Further Beyond: A Lovecraftian Science Fiction Novel (Wildside Press Aug. 2017); revised and expanded from the following:
"Further Beyond" (na), Black Wings III, ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing Feb. 2014
The Death of Broceliande: A Tale of Faery (Wildside Press Feb. 2018); revised and expanded from the following:
"Chanterelle" (nv), Black Heart, Ivory Bones, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 2000
The Alchemy of Blood (Wildside Press May 2018); revised and expanded from the following:
"The Path of Progress" (nv/na), The Return of the Djinn and Other Black Melodramas, Borgo Press Aug. 2009
The Tyranny of the Word (Black Coat Press Sep. 2019)
The Revelations of Time and Space (Snuggly Books June 2020)
The Elusive Shadows: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution (Snuggly Books Oct. 2020)
Meat on the Bone (Snuggly Books May 2021)
Chapbooks
The Cosmic Perspective/Custer's Last Stand (Chrim Drumm 1985); collection of 2 original novelettes
Slumming in Voodooland (Pulphouse Short Story Paperback #26 July 1991); an original short story
The Innsmouth Heritage (Necronomicon Press March 1992); an original short story, inspired by
H. P. Lovecraft's fiction[8]
Fables and Fantasies (Necronomicon Press October 1996); a collection:
"Three Versions of a Fable" (vi), Bats and Red Velvet #14 1995
"Nephthys" (ss), Peeping Tom #13 1994
"The Annual Conference of the Prophets of Atlantis" (vi), Reminiscon 40 Souvenir Programme 1992
"The Requiem Masque" (ss), Albedo One #3 1993
"Kalamada's Blessing" (vi), Scheherazade #8 1993
"Aphrodite and the Ring" (ss), Scheherazade #11 1995
"How the Dragons Yetzirah and Alziluth Lost the Knowledge of a Million Lifetimes" (vi) *; revised from Star Roots #1 1989
"The Shepherd's Daughter" (ss), Fear! September 1990
"The Sleeping Soul" (vi) *
"The Dream" (vi) *
Collections
Stableford's prodigious output of short fiction has allowed him to put together the following 22 collections with only one case of overlapping stories between them: "The Legacy of Erich Zann" in both Collections 20 & 22. Collections 1, 3, 6, 8, 13, 16, 19 & 21 are subtitled "Tales of the Biotech Revolution" and are related to, though not always entirely consistent with, his "Emortality" novels, see above.
Sexual Chemistry: Sardonic Tales of the Genetic Revolution (Simon & Schuster UK February 1991); reprinted, sans the concluding article, as Sexual Chemistry and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press 2012)
Introduction (in) *
"Bedside Conversations" (ss), Asimov's December 1990
"Sexual Chemistry" (nv), Interzone #20 1987 (a.k.a. "A Career in Sexual Chemistry")
"Cinderella's Sisters" (ss), The Gate #1 1989
"The Magic Bullet" (nv), Interzone #29 1989 (later expanded into The Cassandra Complex, see above)
"The Furniture of Life's Ambition" (ss/nv), Zenith 2, ed. David S. Garnett, Orbit UK 1990
"The Fury That Hell Withheld" (ss/nv), Interzone #35 1990
"The Engineer and the Executioner" (ss), Amazing May 1975; revised
"The Growth of the House of Usher" (nv), Interzone #24 1988 (later expanded into Nature's Shift: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution, see above)
"And He Not Busy Being Born..." (ss), Interzone #16 1986 (later expanded into The Omega Expedition, see above)
"Mankind in the Third Millennium" (article), Social Biology and Human Affairs v54 #1 1988; originally published in Japanese in Japan Research and Technology #249 1988
Complications and Other Stories (Cosmos Books September 2003)
"The Flowers of the Forest" (ss), Amazing June 1993
"Layers of Meaning" (ss), Interzone #21 1987
"The Oedipus Effect" (nv), Temps Volume 1, ed. Neil Gaiman & Alex Stewart, Roc UK 1991
"Sortilege and Serendipity" (nv), Euro Temps, ed. Alex Stewart, Roc UK 1992; sequel to "The Oedipus Effect"
"Skinned Alive" (ss), Weekend's Fiction Extra September 1978
"Taken for a Ride" (ss), Science Fiction Age March 1994
"Virtuous Reality" (ss), Interzone January 1992
"Wildland" (ss), Arrows of Eros, ed. Alex Stewart, NEL 1989
Designer Genes: Tales of the Biotech Revolution (Five Star March 2004)
Introduction (in) *
"What Can Chloë Want?" (ss), Asimov's March 1994
"The Invisible Worm" (nv), F&SF September 1991
"The Age of Innocence" (ss), Asimov's June 1995
"Snowball in Hell" (nv), Analog December 2000
"The Last Supper" (ss), Science Fiction Age March 2000
"The Facts of Life" (nv), Asimov's September 1993
"Hot Blood" (ss), Asimov's September 2002
"The House of Mourning" (ss), Off-Limits, ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's 1996
"Another Branch of the Family Tree" (nv), Asimov's July 1999
"The Milk of Human Kindness" (ss), Analog March 2001
"The Pipes of Pan" (nv), F&SF June 1997;
read online
Salomé and Other Decadent Fantasies (Cosmos Books May 2004)
Introduction (in) *
"Salomé" (ss), The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales, ed. Brian M. Stableford, Dedalus 1992
"O for a Fiery Gloom and Thee" (ss), Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism 1998
"The Last Worshipper of Proteus" (ss), Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #2 1995
"The Evil That Men Do" (nv), Realms of Fantasy August 1995
"Ebony Eyes" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998 (as by "Francis Amery")
"The Fisherman's Child" (ss), Penny Dreadful April 1998
"The Storyteller's Tale" (ss), The Anthology of Fantasy & the Supernatural, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Tiger 1994
"The Unluckiest Thief" (ss), Interzone June 1992
"The Light of Achernar" (nv), The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique, ed. John Pelan, ShadowLands Press 1999 (later formed loose basis for the novel Curse of the Coral Bride, see above)
"The Mandrake Garden" (ss), F&SF July 2000
"Chanterelle" (nv), Black Heart, Ivory Bones, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 2000
Sheena and Other Gothic Tales (Immanion Press May 2006), also available as an
e-book, approximately 90,000 words
Introduction (in) *
"Rose, Crowned with Thorns" (nv), White of the Moon: New Tales of Madness and Dread, ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books 1999
"Rent" (ss), Weird Tales Fall 1998
"Tenebrio" (nv), Vanishing Acts, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2000 (later expanded into the novel The Darkling Wood, see above)
"Behind the Wheel" (ss), Dark Voices 2, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan UK 1990
"Innocent Blood" (nv), Tales of the Wandering Jew, ed. Brian Stableford, Dedalus UK 1991
"Emptiness" (ss), Dreams of Decadence Spring 2001 / Infinity Plus Two, ed. Keith Brooke & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing UK 2003; originally published in French in De Sang d'Encre, ed. Lea Silhol, 1999
"The Woman in the Mirror" (ss), The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales, ed. Brian Stableford, Dedalus UK 1992; (as by "Brian Craig")
"Regression" (nv), Asimov's April 2000
"Heartbreaker" (ss), Million #2 1991
"Sheena" (na), The Vampire Sextette, ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC 2000 / Ace 2002; text restored, per the author's introduction (later expanded into the novel Vampires of Atlantis, see above)
The Cure for Love and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press June 2007)
Introduction (in) *
"The Cure for Love" (nv), Asimov's mid-December 1993
"Ashes and Tombstones" (ss), Moon Shots, ed. Peter Crowther, DAW 1999
"Slumming in Voodooland" (nv), Pulphouse 1991
"The Color of Envy" (nv), Asimov's May 2001
"The Lady-Killer, as Observed from a Safe Distance" (nv), Asimov's August 2000
"Busy Dying" (nv), F&SF February 1994
"The Man Who Invented Good Taste" (ss), Interzone March 1991
"The Road to Hell" (nv), Interzone July 1995
"The Scream" (nv), Asimov's July 1994
The Haunted Bookshop and Other Apparitions (
Borgo Press September 2007)
Introduction (in) *
"Seers" (ss), Gothic Ghosts, ed. Wendy Webb & Charles L. Grant, Tor 1997
"O Goat-Foot God of Arcady!" (ss), The Silver Web #15 2002
Chacun sa Goule (biography & introduction) Dancing with the Dark, ed. Stephen Jones, Vista 1997 (this and the following 2 stories later formed the loose basis for novel The Devil in Detail, see above)
"The Haunted Bookshop" (nv), Dark Terrors 5: The Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz UK 2000
"Beyond Bliss" (nv) *; sequel to "The Haunted Bookshop"
"All You Inherit" (ss/nv), Taps and Sighs, ed. Peter Crowther, Subterranean Press 2000
"The Will" (ss), Dark Fantasies, ed. Chris Morgan, Legend UK 1989
"Danny's Inferno" (ss), Albedo One #32 2007
"Can't Live Without You" (ss/nv), Oceans of the Mind Winter 2001
"Community Service" (nv), Terra Incognita Spring 1997
"Denial" (ss) *
The Tree of Life and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press September 2007)
Introduction (in) *
"The Tree of Life" (nv), Asimov's September 1994
"The Skin Trade" (ss), Asimov's November 1995
"Out of Touch" (nv), Asimov's October 1995
"Skin Deep" (nv), Amazing October 1991
"Carriers" (ss/nv), Asimov's July 1993
"Rogue Terminator" (nv), Asimov's April 2001
"Home Front" (ss), Science Fiction: The DAW 30th Anniversary, ed. Sheila E. Gilbert & Elizabeth R. Wollheim, DAW 2002
"Hidden Agendas" (nv/na), Asimov's September 1999 (sequel is Xeno's Paradox: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution, see above)
An Oasis of Horror: Decadent Tales and Contes Cruels (
Borgo Press March 2008)
Introduction (in) *
"An Oasis of Horror" (ss), Infinity Plus September 2006;
read online
"Justice" (ss), Far Point #1 1991
"The Copper Cauldron" (nv) *
"Nobody Else to Blame" (ss), Redsine #7 January 2002
"Heartbeat" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
"Upon the Gallows-Tree" (ss), Narrow Houses, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK 1992
"The Devil's Men" (ss), 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1995
"The Elixir of Youth" (nv), Weird Tales #341 August/September 2006; originally appeared in French in Asphodale #4 2003;
read online
"The Lamia's Soliloquy" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
"And the Hunter Home From the Hill" (ss/nv) *
"The Riddle of the Sphinx" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
"My Mother, the Hag" (ss), Tales of the Round Table, ed. Mike Astley, Past Times 1997
"The Devil's Comedy" (nv), Phantoms of Venice, ed. David Sutton, Shadow 2001
"The Power of Prayer" (ss), Paradox #1 Spring 2003
The Gardens of Tantalus and Other Delusions (
Borgo Press March 2008); also available as an
e-book, listed at 67,533 words
Introduction (in) *
"The Gardens of Tantalus" (nv), Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Astley, Past Times 1996
"The Lost Romance" (ss), Chronicles of the Holy Grail, ed. Mike Astley, Carroll & Graf 1996
"Lucifer's Comet" (ss), Interzone September 1996 (as by "Francis Amery")
"The Miracle of Zunderburg" (ss), Redsine #4 February 2001
"The Cult of Selene" (ss), Albedo One #14 1997
"Ice and Fire" (ss), Albedo One #18 1998
"Self-Sacrifice" (ss), Interzone December 1991 (as by "Francis Amery")
"To the Bad" (ss), Weerde: Book 1, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992
"Riding the Tiger" (nv), Interzone February 1993 (book's introduction explains that this was originally written as a sequel to "To the Bad")
"Curiouser and Curiouser: A Kitchen Sink Drama, by Carol Lewis" (ss), Redsine #6 June 2001
"Quality Control" (nv), The Mammoth Book of Dracula, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 1997
"Worse Than the Disease" (ss), Interzone November 1996
The Innsmouth Heritage and Other Sequels (
Borgo Press March 2009)
Introduction (in) *
"The Innsmouth Heritage" (ss), Necronomicon Press 1992
"The Picture" (vi), The Seventh Seal #2 2000 / Redsine #2 October 2000 / Here and Now Autumn 2004
"The Ugly Cygnet, by Hans Realist Andersen" (vi), The Seventh Seal #4 2001
"Art in the Blood" (ss/nv), Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. John Pelan & Michael Reeves, Del Rey 2003
"Mr Brimstone and Dr. Treacle" (vi), Naked Truth #6 1996 (as by "Francis Amery")
"Jehan Thun's Quest" (nv), The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures, ed. Mike Astley & Eric Brown, Robinson 2005
"The Immortals of Atlantis" (ss), disLocations, ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press 2007
"Between the Chapters" (ss) *
"Three Versions of a Fable" (vi), Bats and Red Velvet #14 1995
"The Titan Unwrecked; or, Futility Revisited" (nv/na), Tales of the Shadowmen 1: The Modern Babylon, ed. Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, Black Coat Press 2005
Changelings and Other Metamorphic Tales (
Borgo Press March 2009)
Introduction (in) *
"Changelings" (ss), Interzone #85 July 1994
"Coming to Terms with the Great Plague" (ss), Omni Online December 1997 (a.k.a. "Coming to Grips with the Great Plague")
"Degrees of Separation (with John B. Ford)" (ss), The Evil Entwines, John B. Ford et al., Hardcastle 2002
In the Flesh and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press March 2009)
Introduction (in) *
"In the Flesh" (nv), Future Histories, ed. Stephen McClelland, Horizon House UK 1997;
read online
"A Chip Off the Old Block" (nv), Postscripts Summer 2004
"Taking the Piss" (nv), Asimov's June 2002 / Future Crimes, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2003
"Another Bad Day in Bedlam" (ss), Christmas Forever, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1993
"Dr. Prospero and the Snake Lady" (ss/nv), Millennium 3001, ed. Russell Davis & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 2006
"Casualty" (nv), Future Weapons of War, ed. Joe Haldeman & Martin H. Greenberg, Baen March 2007
"The Trial" (nv), Asimov's July 2007
"The Gift of the Magi" (ss), Interzone #122 August 1997
"The Incredible Whelk" (ss), Ludd's Mill #16/17 Winter 1980; revised
"The Piebald Plumber of Haemlin" (ss), Interzone April 1998
The Cosmic Perspective and Other Black Comedies (
Borgo Press July 2009); also available as an
e-book, listed at 62,851 words
Introduction (in) *
"The Cosmic Perspective" (nv), The Cosmic Perspective/Custer's Last Stand, Drumm 1985
"The Haunted Nursery" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
"The Phantom of Teirbrun" (na) *
"Custer's Last Stand" (nv), The Cosmic Perspective/Custer's Last Stand, Drumm 1985
"The Requiem Masque" (ss), Albedo One #3 1993
"Meat on the Bone" (nv) *
"Murphy's Grail" (ss), Redsine #4 February 2001
"Brief Encounter in the Smoking Area" (ss), The Interpreter's House #16 February 2001
"Fans from Hell" (ss), The Steel Caves December 2000
"The Annual Conference of the Prophets of Atlantis" (vi), Reminiscon 40 Souvenir Programme 1992
The Best of Both Worlds and Other Ambiguous Tales (
Borgo Press August 2009)
Introduction (in) *
"The Best of Both Worlds" (ss), Postscripts Summer 2008
"The Highway Code" (ss), We Think, Therefore, We Are, ed. Peter Crowther, DAW 2009
"Captain Fagan Died Alone" (ss), The DAW Science Fiction Reader, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW 1976 (falls into the milieu of novel To Challenge Chaos, see above)
"The Face of an Angel" (nv), Leviathan 3, ed. Forrest Aguirre & Jeff VanderMeer, Ministry of Whimsy 2002 (later formed loose basis for novel The Moment of Truth, see above)
Verstehen (ss) ConFuse '91 program book (Kongressbok) 1991 / Odyssey September 1997; originally published in German in Pilger Dürch Raum und Zeit, ed. Wilfert, Goldmann 1982
"The Bad Seed" (nv), Interzone April 1994
"The Man Who Came Back" (vi), sf Impulse October 1966
"Appearances" (na) *
The Great Chain of Being and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press August 2009); also available as an
e-book, listed at 69,250 words
Introduction (in) *
"Following the Pharmers" (nv), Asimov's March 2008
"The Unkindness of Ravens" (ss), Interzone #90 December 1994
"The Great Chain of Being" (ss), Future Americas, ed. John Helfers & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 2008
"Sleepwalker" (vi), Interzone #105 March 1996
"The Beauty Contest" (nv) *
"Burned Out" (nv), Interzone #70 April 1993
"Inherit the Earth" (na), Analog July 1995 (later expanded into Inherit the Earth, see above)
Beyond the Colors of Darkness and Other Exotica (
Borgo Press August 2009); also available as an
e-book, listed at 66,814 words
Introduction (in) *
"Beyond the Colors of Darkness" (ss) *
"An Offer of Oblivion" (ss), Amazing October 1974; revised
"Enlightenment" (nv) *
"The Dragons Alziluth and Yetzirah" (vi), Fables and Fantasies, Necronomicon Press 1996 (revised from Star Roots #1 1989; a.k.a. "How the Dragons Alziluth and Yetzirah Lost the Knowledge of a Million Lifetimes")
"A Saint's Progress" (ss) *
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano (ss) Violent Spectres #2 1995
"Black Nectar" (nv) *
"Nephthys" (ss), Peeping Tom #13 1994
"Plastic Man" (vi) *; originally appeared in Swedish in Norcon 99 program book, 1999
"Aphrodite and the Ring" (ss), Scheherazade #11 1995 (a.k.a. "Aphrodite's Ring")
Danse Macabre (na) *
The Return of the Djinn and Other Black Melodramas (
Borgo Press August 2009); pre-publication catalogs listed the title of this collection as The Path of Progress and Other Black Melodramas
Introduction (in) *
"The Path of Progress" (nv/na) *
"Kalamada's Blessing" (vi), Scheherazade #8 1993
"The Shepherd's Daughter" (ss), Fear! September 1990
"Shadows of the Past" (nv) *
"Reconstruction" (vi), Cold Cuts II, ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Alun Books 1994
"The Return of the Djinn" (na) *
Le Fleurs du Mal / The Undead (
Borgo Press August 2010); billed as "Wildside Double #4"
Author's Note [to Les Fleurs du Mal] (in) *
"Le Fleurs du Mal: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution" (na), Asimov's October 1994; text corrected here, per the author's introduction: "...I eventually decided to finish the novel version of Les Fleurs du Mal anyway, and completed it in 1992. I wrote the story to what seemed its natural length (68,000 words) but could not sell it...I decided to cut the text drastically and attempt to sell an abridged version of the story to one or other of the sf magazines as a novella. The present text is the 29,000-word result of that cut, although Gardner Dozois—who bought it for publication in the October 1994 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction—insisted on cutting out the gratuitous car chase, thus reducing the published version to 27,000 words."; later expanded into the novel Architects of Emortality, see above
"The Undead: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution" (short novel) *; also available as an
ebook, listed at 44,110 words
The Womb of Time (Perilous Press January 2011)
"The Womb of Time" (short novel) *
"The Legacy of Erich Zann" (na) *; first story in the Auguste Dupin series, see above
The Golden Fleece and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (Borgo Press March 2012)
Introduction (in) *
"The Golden Fleece" (na) *
"Some Like It Hot" (nv), Asimov's December 2009
"Alfonso the Wise" (ss), Interzone #105 March 1996 Pas by "Frances Amery")
"Next to Godliness" (ss/nv), Celebration: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association, ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press March 2008; text restored
The Vampire Countess (2003) (La Vampire by Paul Féval (1865))
ISBN0-9740711-5-3
The Scaffold (2004) (original collection of previously untranslated stories from Histoires Insolites, L'Amour Suprême and Nouveaux Contes Cruels by
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1883))
ISBN1-932983-01-5
The Vampire Soul (2004) (original collection of previously untranslated stories from Tribulat Bonhomet, L'Amour Suprême and Nouveaux Contes Cruels by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1887))
ISBN1-932983-02-3
The Wandering Jew's Daughter (2005) (La Fille du Juif Errant by Paul Féval (1863))
ISBN1-932983-30-9
John Devil (2005) (Jean Diable by Paul Féval (1861))
ISBN1-932983-15-5
The Black Coats: 'Salem Street (2005) (La Rue de Jérusalem by Paul Féval (1868))
ISBN1-932983-46-5
Revenants (2006) (Le Livre des Mystères by Paul Féval (1852))
ISBN1-932983-70-8
The Black Coats: The Invisible Weapon (2006) (L'Arme Invisible by Paul Féval (1869))
ISBN1-932983-80-5
News from the
Moon: Nine French proto-science fiction stories from 1768 to 1902 (2007)
ISBN978-1-932983-89-0
Homage to Sir Terence ed. by Fred Ricou, Lau' "Tortoise" & Mestr Tom. Fan 2 Fantasy, 2011
Nemoville: Twelve French proto-science fiction stories from 1757 to 1924 (2012)
ISBN978-1-61227-070-8
The Adventures of a Parisian Aeronaut in the Unknown Worlds (2012) (Les Aventures d'un Aéronaute Parisien dans les Mondes Inconnus by
Alfred Driou (1856))
ISBN978-1-61227-067-8
The Dominion of the World (4 volumes, 2012) (La Conspiration des Milliardaires (1899–1900) by Gustave Le Rouge &
Gustave Guitton)
ISBN978-1-61227-095-1, 978-1-61227-096-8, 978-1-61227-097-5 and 978-1-61227-098-2
Monsieur Synthesis (2013) (Les Secrets de Monsieur Synthèse (1888) and Dix Mille Ans dans un Bloc de Glace (1889) by
Louis Boussenard)
ISBN978-1-61227-161-3
The Castaways of Eros (2013) (Autore Lescure, Pilote d'Astronef (1932) by Theo Varlet)
ISBN978-1-61227-177-4
The Immortal Woman (2013) (La Femme Immortelle (1869) by Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail)
ISBN978-1-61227-175-0
The Antisocial Man and Other Strange Stories, Frédéric Boutet (Borgo Press May 2013)
The Voyage of Julius Pingouin and Other Strange Stories, Frédéric Boutet (Borgo Press June 2103)
The Mysterious Doctor Cornelius (2014) (Le Mystérieux Docteur Cornelius (1912–13) by Gustave Le Rouge)
ISBN978-1-61227-243-6; 978-1-61227-244-3; 978-1-61227-245-0
The Marvelous Adventures of Serge Myrandhal on Mars (2014) (Les Aventures Merveilleuses de Serge Myrandhal sur la Planete Mars (1908) by
H. Gayar)
ISBN978-1-61227-265-8
Homo-Deus (2014) (Homo deus, le satyre invisible (1923) and Tuer les vieux, jouir! (1925) by Félicien Champsaur)
ISBN978-1-61227-351-8
Daâh: The First Human (2014) (Daâh, le premier homme (1914) by Edmond Haraucourt plus further stories)
ISBN978-1-61227-355-6
The Magnetized Corpse (2014) (Contes Fantastiques et contes littéraires (1832) by Jules Janin)
ISBN978-1-61227-248-1
Prince Bonifacio and Other Stories (2014) (Le Prince Bonifacio; La dame blanche de Bade; Le petit homme rouge; Le démon du laco (1864) by Louis Ulbach)
ISBN978-1-61227-228-3
The Enchanted City (2014) by Eugène Hennebert, Black Coat Press
The World Turned Upside Down (2014) by Léonie Rouzade, Black Coat Press
The Mutilated Bacchus (2015) (Le Bacchus Mutilé (1922) and Demande un Homme, ou L'Étrange Tournoi d'Amour (1924) by André Arnyvelde)
ISBN978-1-61227-433-1
Nora, the Ape-Woman (2015) (Nora, la guenon devenue femme (1929) by Félicien Champsaur)
ISBN978-1-61227-403-4
The Misfortunes of John Bull (2015) (Les Malheurs de John Bull (1884) by Camille Debans)
ISBN978-1-61227-411-9
The World of Mercury (2015) (Relation du Monde de Mercure (1750) by Chevalier de Béthune)
ISBN978-1-61227-410-2
Balzac's Cane (2015) (Le Lorgnon as Delphine Gay (1831) and La Canne de M de Balzac (1836) by Mme Émile de Girardin)
ISBN978-1-61227-368-6
The Philosophic Voyager in an Island Unknown to the Inhabitants of Earth (2015) (Le Voyageur Philosophe dans un Pays Inconnu aux Inhabitants de la Terre (1761) by Mr de Listonai)
ISBN978-1-61227-367-9
The Voyages of Lord Seaton to the Seven Planets (2015) (Voyage de Milord Séton dans les Sept Planètes, ou Le nouveau mentor (1765–1766) by Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert)
ISBN978-1-61227-446-1
The War of the Sexes (2015) (Tel qui est! (1926) by Odette Dulac)
ISBN978-1-61227-405-8
Jim Click (2015) (Jim Click ou La Merveilleuse Invention (1930) by Fernand Fleuret)
ISBN978-1-61227-442-3
The Enchanted City: A Voyage to Lake Tanganyika (2015) (La ville enchantée, voyage au Lac Tanganyika (1885) by Eugène Hennebert)
ISBN978-1-61227-345-7
The Maker of Men and his Formula (2015) (Le Faiseur d'Hommes et sa Formule (1906) by Jules Hoche)
ISBN978-1-61227-426-3
The Missing Men of the Sirius (2015) (Les Trois Disparus du "Sirius" (1896) by Georges Price)
ISBN978-1-61227-387-7
The Engineer von Satanas (2015) (L'Ingénieur von Satanas (1919) by Albert Robida)
ISBN978-1-61227-425-6
The World Turned Upside Down (2015) (Voyage de Théodose à l'île d'Utopie (1872) and Le monde reversé (1872) by Léonie Rouzade)
ISBN978-1-61227-346-4
The Strange Voyages of Jacques Massé and Pierre de Mésange (2015) (Voyages et Avantures de Jaques Massé anonymous (circa 1714) and La Vie, Les Aventures, & le Voyage de Groenland du Révérend Pere Cordelier Pierre de Mésange (1720) by
Simon Tyssot de Patot)
ISBN978-1-61227-370-9
The Merchants of Health and Other Fantastic Stories (2015) (Les Marchands de Santé (1862) and Monsieur Personne (1864) by Pierre Véron)
ISBN978-1-61227-372-3
The Bacheloress (2015) by Victor Margueritte. Black Coat Press
The Companion (2015) by Victor Margueritte. Black Coat Press
The Couple (2015) by Victor Margueritte, Black Coat Press
Around the World on Five Sous (2015) by Henri Chabrillat & Paul d'Ivoi. Black Coat Press
The Man with the Blue Face and Other French Scientific Romances. Black Coat Press (2015)
The Ultimate Pleasure and Other Stories (2015) by Renée Dunan. Black Coat Press
The Murderer of the World (2015) by Gaston de Wailly. Black Coat Press
The Fossil Man (2015) by Jules Gros. Black Coat Press
The Aerial Valley and Other Utopian Fantasies. Black Coat Press, (2015)
The Last Days of Atlantis (2015) by Charles Lomon and Pierre-Barthémeny Gheusi, Black Coat Press
The New Moon and Other Imaginary Voyages. Black Coat Press, (2015)
The Last Fay (2016) (La Dernière fée, ou La Nouvelle Lampe merveilleuse (1823) by Horace de Saint-Aubin)
ISBN978-1-61227-547-5
Voyage to the Center of the Earth (2016) (Voyage au centre de la terre, ou, Aventures diverses de Clairancy et de se compagnons, dans le Spitzberg, au Pôle-Nord, et dans des pays inconnus (1821) by Jacques-Albin Simon Collin de Plancy)
ISBN978-1-61227-487-4
Harry Dickson: Tenebras (2016) (Tenebras, le bandit fantôme (1912) by Arnould Galopin)
ISBN978-1-61227-562-8
The Apocryphal Napoleon (2016) (Napoléon et la conquête du monde, 1812–1832: Histoire de la monarchie universalle (1836) by Louis Geoffroy)
ISBN978-1-61227-579-6
The Second Life of Doctor Albin (2016) (La seconde vie du docteur Albin (1902) by Raoul Gineste)
ISBN978-1-61227-467-6
An International Mission to the Moon (2016) (Une mission internationale sur la Lune (1933) plus two other tales by Jean Petithuguenin)
ISBN978-1-61227-466-9
The Discovery of the Austral Continent by a Flying Man (2016) (La découverte australe par un Homme-volant, ou le Dédale français (1781) by
Restif de la Bretonne)
ISBN978-1-61227-512-3
The Son of Silence (2016) (Le fils du silence (1911) and Les Paraboles Cyniques (1913) by Han Ryner)
ISBN978-1-61227-549-9
The Nickel Man and Other French Scientific Romances. Black Coat Press, (2016)
On the Brink of the World's End and Other French Scientific Romances, Black Coat Press, (2016)
The Mirror of Present Events and Other French Scientific Romances, Black Coat Press, (2016)
The Virgin Orient and Other Stories (2016) by Camille Mauclair, Black Coat Press
The Humanisphere and Other Utopian Fantasies, Black Coat Press, (2016)
Posthumous Correspondence by (2016) Restif de La Bretonne, Black Coat Press
The Tarantulas' Parlor and Other Unkind Tales (2016) by Léon Bloy. Snuggly Books
The Soul-Drinker and Other Stories (2016) by Jean Lorrain, Snuggly Books
Astral Amour (2016) by Willy, Black Coat Press
The Crocodile; or, The War Between Good and Evil (2016) by Louis-Claude Saint-Martin, Black Coat Press
The Lynx (2016) by Michel Corday & André Couvreur, Black Coat Press
The Perfume of Lust (2016) by Gaston Danville, Black Coat Press
The End of Atlantis (2017) (La Fin d'Atlantis ou le grand soir (1926) by Jean Carrère)
ISBN978-1-61227-618-2
Phantoms and Other Cruel Tales (2017) by Charles-Marie Flor O'Squarr, Black Coat Press
The Unknown Collaborator and Other Legendary Tales (2017) by Victor Joly, Snuggly Books
The Police Agent (2017) by Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Black Coat Press
The Angel Asrael and Other Legendary Tales (2017) by S. Henry Berthoud, Black Coat Press
The Human Paradise (2017) by Nicolas Ségur, Black Coat Press, 2017
The Naiads and The Beauty and the Beast (2017) by Madame de Villeneuve, Black Coat Press
The Latin Orgy (2017) by Félicien Champsaur, Snuggly Books
The Green Eyes and Other Stories (2017) by Henri de Saint-Georges, Black Coat Press
Masks in the Tapestry (2017) by Jean Lorrain, Snuggly Books
The Marvelous Story of Claire d'Amour and Other Stories (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Call of the Beast and Other Stories (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Mirror of Legends (2017) by Bernard Lazare, Snuggly Books
Priscilla of Alexandria and Other Stories (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Angel of Lust (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Mystery of the Tiger (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Poison of Goa (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
Lucifer (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coast Press
The Blood of Toulouse (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Albigensian Treasure (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coast Press
Jean de Fodoas (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coast Press
The Emerald Princess and Other Decadent Fantasies (2017) by Félicien Champsaur, Snuggly Books
The Frail Soul and Other Stories (2017) by Camille Mauclair, Snuggly Books
The Man Who Married a Mermaid (2017) with Paul Bocage (Les Mariages du père Olifus (1849) by Alexandre Dumas)
ISBN978-1-61227-612-0
Arrival in the Stars and Other Stories (2017) (stories from Fantasmagories, histoires rapides (coll 1887) plus L'Arrivée aux étoiles: essai vers l'au-delà (1922) by Jean Rameau)
ISBN978-1-61227-627-4
The Story of the Great Prince Oribeau (The Fay Ouroucoucou 1) (2017) (Les veillées du marais, ou, histoire du grand prince Oribeau, roi de Mommonie, au pays d'Evinland; & de la vertueuse princesse Oribelle, de Lagenie: tirée des anciénnes annales Irlandaises, & recenment-translatée en-français (1785) by Restif de la Bretonne)
ISBN978-1-61227-601-4
The Four Beauties and the Four Beasts (The Fay Ouroucoucou 2) (2017) (Restif de la Bretonne)
ISBN978-1-61227-602-1
Scientific Romance in Britain, 1890–1950 (Fourth Estate September 1985 / St. Martin's Press November 1985)
The Sociology of Science Fiction (Borgo Press April 1987) (Borgo Press September 2007); book version of Stableford's doctoral thesis
The Way to Write Science Fiction (Elm Tree Books April 1989)
Algebraic Fantasies and Realistic Romances: More Masters of Science Fiction (Borgo Press February 1995) / (Borgo Press September 2007)
Opening Minds: Essays on Fantastic Literature (Borgo Press April 1995) / (Borgo Press September 2007)
Outside the Human Aquarium: Masters of Science Fiction, Second Edition (Borgo Press September 1995) / (Borgo Press April 2008);
Read an excerpt on the fiction of
Clark Ashton Smith
Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction and Getting Published (Teach Yourself Books December 1997)
Glorious Perversity: The Decline and Fall of Literary Decadence (Borgo Press 1998) / (Borgo Press October 2008)
Yesterday's Bestsellers: A Voyage through Literary History (Borgo Press May 1998) / (Borgo Press August 2008)
The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places (Fireside Books April 1999)
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature (Scarecrow Press June 2004); revised as The A to Z of Science Fiction Literature (Scarecrow Press September 2005)
Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature (Scarecrow Press July 2005) –
see Stableford's note; revised as The A to Z of Fantasy Literature (Scarecrow Press August 2009)
Brian Michael Stableford (25 July 1948 – 24 February 2024) was a British academic, critic and
science fiction writer who published more than 70 novels and over a hundred volumes of translations.[1] His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but later ones dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford.[2] He also used the pseudonym Brian Craig for some of his very early and late works. The pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, Craig A. Mackintosh, with whom he jointly published some very early work.[1]
Biography
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Born in
Shipley,
Yorkshire, Stableford graduated with a degree in biology from the
University of York in 1969 before going on to do postgraduate research in
biology and later in
sociology. In 1979 he received a
PhD with a doctoral thesis on The Sociology of Science Fiction.
Until 1988, he worked as a lecturer in sociology at the
University of Reading. He was later a full-time writer and a part-time lecturer at several universities for classes concerning subjects such as
creative writing. He was married twice, and had a son and a daughter by his first wife.
Brian Stableford died in
Swansea, Wales, on 24 February 2024, at the age of 75.[1][3]
Awards and honours
1985:
Eaton Award for Scientific Romance in Britain: 1890–1950.[4]
Asgard's Secret (Five Star October 2004); revised and expanded from 2 earlier versions:
Journey to the Center (DAW 1982)
Journey to the Centre (NEL October 1989)
Asgard's Conquerors (Five Star December 2004); revised and expanded from an earlier version:
Invaders from the Centre (NEL January 1990)
Asgard's Heart (Five Star February 2005); revised and expanded from an earlier version:
The Centre Cannot Hold (NEL June 1990)
Warhammer
The Orfeo Trilogy:
Zaragoz (GW Books November 1989) (as by "Brian Craig")
Plague Daemon (GW Books April 1990) (as by "Brian Craig")
Storm Warriors (GW Books March 1991) (as by "Brian Craig")
The Wine of Dreams (Black Library October 2000) (as by "Brian Craig")
Warhammer 40000: Pawns of Chaos (Black Library April 2001) (as by "Brian Craig")
David Lydyard (Werewolves)
The Werewolves of London (Simon & Schuster UK July 1990)
The Angel of Pain (Simon & Schuster UK August 1991)
The Carnival of Destruction (Pocket UK October 1994)
Dark Future
Ghost Dancers (GW Books May 1991) (as by "Brian Craig")
Genesys
Serpent's Blood (Legend May 1995)
Salamander's Fire (Legend May 1996)
Chimera's Cradle (Simon & Schuster UK March 1997)
Emortality
The first six volumes are considered the main sequence and were published out of series order; preferred reading order shown below is established from the author's introduction to volume 6, The Omega Expedition. This series is also related to, though not always entirely consistent with, the 8 collections and 5 novels subtitled "Tales of the Biotech Revolution", see below.
The term "emortality", intended to indicate near-immortality as opposed to absolute immortality, is acknowledged by Stableford (in the acknowledgments to volume 3, Dark Ararat) to have been coined by Alvin Silverstein in his 1979 book, Conquest of Death.
In the introduction to his 2007 collection, The Tree of Life and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution, Stableford describes this series as "tracking the potential effects of possible developments in biotechnology on the evolution of global society. [It can be considered] a modified version of the future history mapped out in The Third Millennium: A History of the World AD 2000–3000 (Sidgwick & Jackson 1985, written in collaboration with
David Langford).
"The broad sweep of this future history envisages a large-scale economic and ecological collapse in the 21st-century brought about by global warming and other factors, followed by the emergence of a global society designed to accommodate human longevity (although that is not necessarily obvious in stories set in advance of the Crash)."
The Cassandra Complex (Tor March 2001); revised and expanded from:
"The Magic Bullet" (nv), Interzone #29 1989
Inherit the Earth (Tor September 1998); revised and expanded from:
"Inherit the Earth" (na), Analog July 1995
Dark Ararat (Tor March 2002)
Architects of Emortality (Tor September 1999); revised and expanded from:
Les Fleurs du Mal (na) Asimov's October 1994; also, see Collection 19, below
The Fountains of Youth (Tor May 2000); revised and expanded from:
"Where Zombies Armies Clash By Night" (na) Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 6: Grand Guignol, ed. Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, Black Coat Press 2010
"The Necromancers of London" (na) Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 7: Femmes Fatales, ed. Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, Black Coat Press 2011
Auguste Dupin
"The Legacy of Erich Zann" (na), see Collections 21 & 23, below
The Mad Trist / Valdemar's Daughter (
Borgo Press October 2010); billed as "Wildside Double #10"
"Valdemar's Daughter: A Romance of Mesmerism" (na) *; also available as an
ebook, listed at 30,405 words
"The Mad Trist: A Romance of Bibliomania" (na) *; also available as an
ebook, listed at 32,787 words
The Quintessence of August: A Romance of Possession (Borgo Press January 2011)
The Cthulhu Encryption: A Romance of Piracy (Borgo Press March 2011)
Journey to the Core of Creation: A Romance of Evolution (Borgo Press November 2011)
Yesterday Never Dies: A Romance of Metempsychosis (Borgo Press January 2013)
Morgan's Fork
Spirits of the Vasty Deep (Snuggly Books March 2018)
The Insubstantial Pageant (Snuggly Books Dec. 2018)
The Truths of Darkness (Snuggly Books Aug. 2019)
Paul Furneret
The Painter of Spirits (Snuggly Books Oct. 2019)
The Quiet Dead (Snuggly Books Oct. 2019)
Living With the Dead (Snuggly Books Nov. 2019)
Other novels
Cradle of the Sun (Ace Double 1969 / Sidgwick & Jackson October 1969)
The Blind Worm (Ace Double 1970 / Sidgwick & Jackson March 1970)
To Challenge Chaos (DAW May 1972)
The Realms of Tartarus (DAW July 1977); a trilogy of short novels, the first of which is slightly revised from the following:
The Face of Heaven (Quartet Books February 1976)
Man in a Cage (John Day 1975); also available as an
e-book, listed at 75,907 words; loosely based on the following story:
"Meeting at Eternity" (vi), Proteus #3 1966
The Mind-Riders (DAW May 1976 / Fontana 1977)
The Last Days of the Edge of the World (Hutchinson 1978 / Ace September 1985)
The Walking Shadow (Fontana 1979 / Carroll & Graf July 1985)
Optiman (DAW October 1980) / a.k.a. War Games (Pan UK July 1981)
The Castaways of Tanagar (DAW April 1981)
The Gates of Eden (DAW February 1983)
The Empire of Fear (Simon & Schuster UK October 1988); revised and expanded from:
"The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady" (nv), F&SF August 1988
Young Blood (Simon & Schuster UK September 1992); also available as an
e-book, listed at 129,274 words
Firefly: A Novel of the Far Future, (Borgo Press 1994 / Cosmos Books May 2009); also available as an
e-book, listed at 52,589 words; revised and expanded from:
"Beyond Time's Aegis" (nv), Science Fantasy November 1965 {with Craig A. Mackintosh, as by "Brian Craig"}
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Mark V. Ziesing March 1996) – first published in somewhat abridged form in the following:
"The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" (na), Interzone January 1995 (+1)
Year Zero (Sarob Press June 2000 / Five Star April 2003); a
fix-up and expansion of the following 3 stories:
"When Molly Met Elvis" (ss), Interzone April 1997 (as by "Francis Amery")
"Molly and the Angel" (ss), Interzone July 1999 (as by "Francis Amery")
"Molly and the Men in Black" (nv), Interzone September 1999 (as by "Francis Amery")
The Eleventh Hour (Cosmos Books 2001); also available as an
e-book, listed at 106,225 words
Curse of the Coral Bride (Immanion Press UK November 2004); loosely based on the following:
"The Light of Achernar" (nv), The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique, ed. John Pelan, ShadowLands Press 1999
Kiss the Goat (Prime Books September 2005)
The Stones of Camelot (Black Coat Press March 2006)
ISBN1-932983-69-4; revised and expanded from:
"The Architect of Worlds" (na), Camelot Fantastic, ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW July 1998
Streaking: A Novel of Probability (PS Publishing June 2006 / Borgo Press September 2011)
The New Faust at the Tragicomique (Black Coat Press April 2007)
ISBN978-1-932983-91-3
Sherlock Holmes and the Vampires of Eternity (Black Coat Press January 2009)
ISBN978-1-934543-06-1; book version of the following linked novellas:
"The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" (na), Interzone January 1995 (+1) / (text restored) Mark V. Ziesing 1996, see above
"The Black Blood of the Dead" (na), Interzone January 1997 (+1)
"The Gateway of Eternity" (na), Interzone January 1999 (+1)
The Moment of Truth, (Borgo Press March 2009); loosely based on the following:
"The Face of an Angel" (nv), Leviathan 3, ed. Forrest Aguirre & Jeff VanderMeer, Ministry of Whimsy 2002
Prelude to Eternity: A Romance of the First Time Machine (Borgo Press August 2009)
The Darkling Wood: A Scientific Fantasy (Wildside Press May 2016); revised and expanded from the following:
"Tenebrio" (nv), Vanishing Acts, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2000
The Devil in Detail (Wildside Press May 2016); loosely based on the following related stories:
"Chacun sa Goule" (biography & introduction), Dancing with the Dark, ed. Stephen Jones, Vista 1997
"The Haunted Bookshop" (nv), Dark Terrors 5: The Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz UK 2000
"Beyond Bliss" (nv), The Haunted Bookshop and Other Apparitions, Borgo Press Sep. 2007
Portals of Paradise (Wildside Press Nov. 2016)
Tangled Web of Time (Wildside Press Nov. 2016)
Further Beyond: A Lovecraftian Science Fiction Novel (Wildside Press Aug. 2017); revised and expanded from the following:
"Further Beyond" (na), Black Wings III, ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing Feb. 2014
The Death of Broceliande: A Tale of Faery (Wildside Press Feb. 2018); revised and expanded from the following:
"Chanterelle" (nv), Black Heart, Ivory Bones, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 2000
The Alchemy of Blood (Wildside Press May 2018); revised and expanded from the following:
"The Path of Progress" (nv/na), The Return of the Djinn and Other Black Melodramas, Borgo Press Aug. 2009
The Tyranny of the Word (Black Coat Press Sep. 2019)
The Revelations of Time and Space (Snuggly Books June 2020)
The Elusive Shadows: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution (Snuggly Books Oct. 2020)
Meat on the Bone (Snuggly Books May 2021)
Chapbooks
The Cosmic Perspective/Custer's Last Stand (Chrim Drumm 1985); collection of 2 original novelettes
Slumming in Voodooland (Pulphouse Short Story Paperback #26 July 1991); an original short story
The Innsmouth Heritage (Necronomicon Press March 1992); an original short story, inspired by
H. P. Lovecraft's fiction[8]
Fables and Fantasies (Necronomicon Press October 1996); a collection:
"Three Versions of a Fable" (vi), Bats and Red Velvet #14 1995
"Nephthys" (ss), Peeping Tom #13 1994
"The Annual Conference of the Prophets of Atlantis" (vi), Reminiscon 40 Souvenir Programme 1992
"The Requiem Masque" (ss), Albedo One #3 1993
"Kalamada's Blessing" (vi), Scheherazade #8 1993
"Aphrodite and the Ring" (ss), Scheherazade #11 1995
"How the Dragons Yetzirah and Alziluth Lost the Knowledge of a Million Lifetimes" (vi) *; revised from Star Roots #1 1989
"The Shepherd's Daughter" (ss), Fear! September 1990
"The Sleeping Soul" (vi) *
"The Dream" (vi) *
Collections
Stableford's prodigious output of short fiction has allowed him to put together the following 22 collections with only one case of overlapping stories between them: "The Legacy of Erich Zann" in both Collections 20 & 22. Collections 1, 3, 6, 8, 13, 16, 19 & 21 are subtitled "Tales of the Biotech Revolution" and are related to, though not always entirely consistent with, his "Emortality" novels, see above.
Sexual Chemistry: Sardonic Tales of the Genetic Revolution (Simon & Schuster UK February 1991); reprinted, sans the concluding article, as Sexual Chemistry and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press 2012)
Introduction (in) *
"Bedside Conversations" (ss), Asimov's December 1990
"Sexual Chemistry" (nv), Interzone #20 1987 (a.k.a. "A Career in Sexual Chemistry")
"Cinderella's Sisters" (ss), The Gate #1 1989
"The Magic Bullet" (nv), Interzone #29 1989 (later expanded into The Cassandra Complex, see above)
"The Furniture of Life's Ambition" (ss/nv), Zenith 2, ed. David S. Garnett, Orbit UK 1990
"The Fury That Hell Withheld" (ss/nv), Interzone #35 1990
"The Engineer and the Executioner" (ss), Amazing May 1975; revised
"The Growth of the House of Usher" (nv), Interzone #24 1988 (later expanded into Nature's Shift: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution, see above)
"And He Not Busy Being Born..." (ss), Interzone #16 1986 (later expanded into The Omega Expedition, see above)
"Mankind in the Third Millennium" (article), Social Biology and Human Affairs v54 #1 1988; originally published in Japanese in Japan Research and Technology #249 1988
Complications and Other Stories (Cosmos Books September 2003)
"The Flowers of the Forest" (ss), Amazing June 1993
"Layers of Meaning" (ss), Interzone #21 1987
"The Oedipus Effect" (nv), Temps Volume 1, ed. Neil Gaiman & Alex Stewart, Roc UK 1991
"Sortilege and Serendipity" (nv), Euro Temps, ed. Alex Stewart, Roc UK 1992; sequel to "The Oedipus Effect"
"Skinned Alive" (ss), Weekend's Fiction Extra September 1978
"Taken for a Ride" (ss), Science Fiction Age March 1994
"Virtuous Reality" (ss), Interzone January 1992
"Wildland" (ss), Arrows of Eros, ed. Alex Stewart, NEL 1989
Designer Genes: Tales of the Biotech Revolution (Five Star March 2004)
Introduction (in) *
"What Can Chloë Want?" (ss), Asimov's March 1994
"The Invisible Worm" (nv), F&SF September 1991
"The Age of Innocence" (ss), Asimov's June 1995
"Snowball in Hell" (nv), Analog December 2000
"The Last Supper" (ss), Science Fiction Age March 2000
"The Facts of Life" (nv), Asimov's September 1993
"Hot Blood" (ss), Asimov's September 2002
"The House of Mourning" (ss), Off-Limits, ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's 1996
"Another Branch of the Family Tree" (nv), Asimov's July 1999
"The Milk of Human Kindness" (ss), Analog March 2001
"The Pipes of Pan" (nv), F&SF June 1997;
read online
Salomé and Other Decadent Fantasies (Cosmos Books May 2004)
Introduction (in) *
"Salomé" (ss), The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales, ed. Brian M. Stableford, Dedalus 1992
"O for a Fiery Gloom and Thee" (ss), Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism 1998
"The Last Worshipper of Proteus" (ss), Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #2 1995
"The Evil That Men Do" (nv), Realms of Fantasy August 1995
"Ebony Eyes" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998 (as by "Francis Amery")
"The Fisherman's Child" (ss), Penny Dreadful April 1998
"The Storyteller's Tale" (ss), The Anthology of Fantasy & the Supernatural, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Tiger 1994
"The Unluckiest Thief" (ss), Interzone June 1992
"The Light of Achernar" (nv), The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique, ed. John Pelan, ShadowLands Press 1999 (later formed loose basis for the novel Curse of the Coral Bride, see above)
"The Mandrake Garden" (ss), F&SF July 2000
"Chanterelle" (nv), Black Heart, Ivory Bones, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 2000
Sheena and Other Gothic Tales (Immanion Press May 2006), also available as an
e-book, approximately 90,000 words
Introduction (in) *
"Rose, Crowned with Thorns" (nv), White of the Moon: New Tales of Madness and Dread, ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books 1999
"Rent" (ss), Weird Tales Fall 1998
"Tenebrio" (nv), Vanishing Acts, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2000 (later expanded into the novel The Darkling Wood, see above)
"Behind the Wheel" (ss), Dark Voices 2, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan UK 1990
"Innocent Blood" (nv), Tales of the Wandering Jew, ed. Brian Stableford, Dedalus UK 1991
"Emptiness" (ss), Dreams of Decadence Spring 2001 / Infinity Plus Two, ed. Keith Brooke & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing UK 2003; originally published in French in De Sang d'Encre, ed. Lea Silhol, 1999
"The Woman in the Mirror" (ss), The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales, ed. Brian Stableford, Dedalus UK 1992; (as by "Brian Craig")
"Regression" (nv), Asimov's April 2000
"Heartbreaker" (ss), Million #2 1991
"Sheena" (na), The Vampire Sextette, ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC 2000 / Ace 2002; text restored, per the author's introduction (later expanded into the novel Vampires of Atlantis, see above)
The Cure for Love and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press June 2007)
Introduction (in) *
"The Cure for Love" (nv), Asimov's mid-December 1993
"Ashes and Tombstones" (ss), Moon Shots, ed. Peter Crowther, DAW 1999
"Slumming in Voodooland" (nv), Pulphouse 1991
"The Color of Envy" (nv), Asimov's May 2001
"The Lady-Killer, as Observed from a Safe Distance" (nv), Asimov's August 2000
"Busy Dying" (nv), F&SF February 1994
"The Man Who Invented Good Taste" (ss), Interzone March 1991
"The Road to Hell" (nv), Interzone July 1995
"The Scream" (nv), Asimov's July 1994
The Haunted Bookshop and Other Apparitions (
Borgo Press September 2007)
Introduction (in) *
"Seers" (ss), Gothic Ghosts, ed. Wendy Webb & Charles L. Grant, Tor 1997
"O Goat-Foot God of Arcady!" (ss), The Silver Web #15 2002
Chacun sa Goule (biography & introduction) Dancing with the Dark, ed. Stephen Jones, Vista 1997 (this and the following 2 stories later formed the loose basis for novel The Devil in Detail, see above)
"The Haunted Bookshop" (nv), Dark Terrors 5: The Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz UK 2000
"Beyond Bliss" (nv) *; sequel to "The Haunted Bookshop"
"All You Inherit" (ss/nv), Taps and Sighs, ed. Peter Crowther, Subterranean Press 2000
"The Will" (ss), Dark Fantasies, ed. Chris Morgan, Legend UK 1989
"Danny's Inferno" (ss), Albedo One #32 2007
"Can't Live Without You" (ss/nv), Oceans of the Mind Winter 2001
"Community Service" (nv), Terra Incognita Spring 1997
"Denial" (ss) *
The Tree of Life and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press September 2007)
Introduction (in) *
"The Tree of Life" (nv), Asimov's September 1994
"The Skin Trade" (ss), Asimov's November 1995
"Out of Touch" (nv), Asimov's October 1995
"Skin Deep" (nv), Amazing October 1991
"Carriers" (ss/nv), Asimov's July 1993
"Rogue Terminator" (nv), Asimov's April 2001
"Home Front" (ss), Science Fiction: The DAW 30th Anniversary, ed. Sheila E. Gilbert & Elizabeth R. Wollheim, DAW 2002
"Hidden Agendas" (nv/na), Asimov's September 1999 (sequel is Xeno's Paradox: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution, see above)
An Oasis of Horror: Decadent Tales and Contes Cruels (
Borgo Press March 2008)
Introduction (in) *
"An Oasis of Horror" (ss), Infinity Plus September 2006;
read online
"Justice" (ss), Far Point #1 1991
"The Copper Cauldron" (nv) *
"Nobody Else to Blame" (ss), Redsine #7 January 2002
"Heartbeat" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
"Upon the Gallows-Tree" (ss), Narrow Houses, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK 1992
"The Devil's Men" (ss), 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1995
"The Elixir of Youth" (nv), Weird Tales #341 August/September 2006; originally appeared in French in Asphodale #4 2003;
read online
"The Lamia's Soliloquy" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
"And the Hunter Home From the Hill" (ss/nv) *
"The Riddle of the Sphinx" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
"My Mother, the Hag" (ss), Tales of the Round Table, ed. Mike Astley, Past Times 1997
"The Devil's Comedy" (nv), Phantoms of Venice, ed. David Sutton, Shadow 2001
"The Power of Prayer" (ss), Paradox #1 Spring 2003
The Gardens of Tantalus and Other Delusions (
Borgo Press March 2008); also available as an
e-book, listed at 67,533 words
Introduction (in) *
"The Gardens of Tantalus" (nv), Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Astley, Past Times 1996
"The Lost Romance" (ss), Chronicles of the Holy Grail, ed. Mike Astley, Carroll & Graf 1996
"Lucifer's Comet" (ss), Interzone September 1996 (as by "Francis Amery")
"The Miracle of Zunderburg" (ss), Redsine #4 February 2001
"The Cult of Selene" (ss), Albedo One #14 1997
"Ice and Fire" (ss), Albedo One #18 1998
"Self-Sacrifice" (ss), Interzone December 1991 (as by "Francis Amery")
"To the Bad" (ss), Weerde: Book 1, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK 1992
"Riding the Tiger" (nv), Interzone February 1993 (book's introduction explains that this was originally written as a sequel to "To the Bad")
"Curiouser and Curiouser: A Kitchen Sink Drama, by Carol Lewis" (ss), Redsine #6 June 2001
"Quality Control" (nv), The Mammoth Book of Dracula, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 1997
"Worse Than the Disease" (ss), Interzone November 1996
The Innsmouth Heritage and Other Sequels (
Borgo Press March 2009)
Introduction (in) *
"The Innsmouth Heritage" (ss), Necronomicon Press 1992
"The Picture" (vi), The Seventh Seal #2 2000 / Redsine #2 October 2000 / Here and Now Autumn 2004
"The Ugly Cygnet, by Hans Realist Andersen" (vi), The Seventh Seal #4 2001
"Art in the Blood" (ss/nv), Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. John Pelan & Michael Reeves, Del Rey 2003
"Mr Brimstone and Dr. Treacle" (vi), Naked Truth #6 1996 (as by "Francis Amery")
"Jehan Thun's Quest" (nv), The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures, ed. Mike Astley & Eric Brown, Robinson 2005
"The Immortals of Atlantis" (ss), disLocations, ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press 2007
"Between the Chapters" (ss) *
"Three Versions of a Fable" (vi), Bats and Red Velvet #14 1995
"The Titan Unwrecked; or, Futility Revisited" (nv/na), Tales of the Shadowmen 1: The Modern Babylon, ed. Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, Black Coat Press 2005
Changelings and Other Metamorphic Tales (
Borgo Press March 2009)
Introduction (in) *
"Changelings" (ss), Interzone #85 July 1994
"Coming to Terms with the Great Plague" (ss), Omni Online December 1997 (a.k.a. "Coming to Grips with the Great Plague")
"Degrees of Separation (with John B. Ford)" (ss), The Evil Entwines, John B. Ford et al., Hardcastle 2002
In the Flesh and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press March 2009)
Introduction (in) *
"In the Flesh" (nv), Future Histories, ed. Stephen McClelland, Horizon House UK 1997;
read online
"A Chip Off the Old Block" (nv), Postscripts Summer 2004
"Taking the Piss" (nv), Asimov's June 2002 / Future Crimes, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2003
"Another Bad Day in Bedlam" (ss), Christmas Forever, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1993
"Dr. Prospero and the Snake Lady" (ss/nv), Millennium 3001, ed. Russell Davis & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 2006
"Casualty" (nv), Future Weapons of War, ed. Joe Haldeman & Martin H. Greenberg, Baen March 2007
"The Trial" (nv), Asimov's July 2007
"The Gift of the Magi" (ss), Interzone #122 August 1997
"The Incredible Whelk" (ss), Ludd's Mill #16/17 Winter 1980; revised
"The Piebald Plumber of Haemlin" (ss), Interzone April 1998
The Cosmic Perspective and Other Black Comedies (
Borgo Press July 2009); also available as an
e-book, listed at 62,851 words
Introduction (in) *
"The Cosmic Perspective" (nv), The Cosmic Perspective/Custer's Last Stand, Drumm 1985
"The Haunted Nursery" (vi), Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
"The Phantom of Teirbrun" (na) *
"Custer's Last Stand" (nv), The Cosmic Perspective/Custer's Last Stand, Drumm 1985
"The Requiem Masque" (ss), Albedo One #3 1993
"Meat on the Bone" (nv) *
"Murphy's Grail" (ss), Redsine #4 February 2001
"Brief Encounter in the Smoking Area" (ss), The Interpreter's House #16 February 2001
"Fans from Hell" (ss), The Steel Caves December 2000
"The Annual Conference of the Prophets of Atlantis" (vi), Reminiscon 40 Souvenir Programme 1992
The Best of Both Worlds and Other Ambiguous Tales (
Borgo Press August 2009)
Introduction (in) *
"The Best of Both Worlds" (ss), Postscripts Summer 2008
"The Highway Code" (ss), We Think, Therefore, We Are, ed. Peter Crowther, DAW 2009
"Captain Fagan Died Alone" (ss), The DAW Science Fiction Reader, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW 1976 (falls into the milieu of novel To Challenge Chaos, see above)
"The Face of an Angel" (nv), Leviathan 3, ed. Forrest Aguirre & Jeff VanderMeer, Ministry of Whimsy 2002 (later formed loose basis for novel The Moment of Truth, see above)
Verstehen (ss) ConFuse '91 program book (Kongressbok) 1991 / Odyssey September 1997; originally published in German in Pilger Dürch Raum und Zeit, ed. Wilfert, Goldmann 1982
"The Bad Seed" (nv), Interzone April 1994
"The Man Who Came Back" (vi), sf Impulse October 1966
"Appearances" (na) *
The Great Chain of Being and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (
Borgo Press August 2009); also available as an
e-book, listed at 69,250 words
Introduction (in) *
"Following the Pharmers" (nv), Asimov's March 2008
"The Unkindness of Ravens" (ss), Interzone #90 December 1994
"The Great Chain of Being" (ss), Future Americas, ed. John Helfers & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 2008
"Sleepwalker" (vi), Interzone #105 March 1996
"The Beauty Contest" (nv) *
"Burned Out" (nv), Interzone #70 April 1993
"Inherit the Earth" (na), Analog July 1995 (later expanded into Inherit the Earth, see above)
Beyond the Colors of Darkness and Other Exotica (
Borgo Press August 2009); also available as an
e-book, listed at 66,814 words
Introduction (in) *
"Beyond the Colors of Darkness" (ss) *
"An Offer of Oblivion" (ss), Amazing October 1974; revised
"Enlightenment" (nv) *
"The Dragons Alziluth and Yetzirah" (vi), Fables and Fantasies, Necronomicon Press 1996 (revised from Star Roots #1 1989; a.k.a. "How the Dragons Alziluth and Yetzirah Lost the Knowledge of a Million Lifetimes")
"A Saint's Progress" (ss) *
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano (ss) Violent Spectres #2 1995
"Black Nectar" (nv) *
"Nephthys" (ss), Peeping Tom #13 1994
"Plastic Man" (vi) *; originally appeared in Swedish in Norcon 99 program book, 1999
"Aphrodite and the Ring" (ss), Scheherazade #11 1995 (a.k.a. "Aphrodite's Ring")
Danse Macabre (na) *
The Return of the Djinn and Other Black Melodramas (
Borgo Press August 2009); pre-publication catalogs listed the title of this collection as The Path of Progress and Other Black Melodramas
Introduction (in) *
"The Path of Progress" (nv/na) *
"Kalamada's Blessing" (vi), Scheherazade #8 1993
"The Shepherd's Daughter" (ss), Fear! September 1990
"Shadows of the Past" (nv) *
"Reconstruction" (vi), Cold Cuts II, ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Alun Books 1994
"The Return of the Djinn" (na) *
Le Fleurs du Mal / The Undead (
Borgo Press August 2010); billed as "Wildside Double #4"
Author's Note [to Les Fleurs du Mal] (in) *
"Le Fleurs du Mal: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution" (na), Asimov's October 1994; text corrected here, per the author's introduction: "...I eventually decided to finish the novel version of Les Fleurs du Mal anyway, and completed it in 1992. I wrote the story to what seemed its natural length (68,000 words) but could not sell it...I decided to cut the text drastically and attempt to sell an abridged version of the story to one or other of the sf magazines as a novella. The present text is the 29,000-word result of that cut, although Gardner Dozois—who bought it for publication in the October 1994 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction—insisted on cutting out the gratuitous car chase, thus reducing the published version to 27,000 words."; later expanded into the novel Architects of Emortality, see above
"The Undead: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution" (short novel) *; also available as an
ebook, listed at 44,110 words
The Womb of Time (Perilous Press January 2011)
"The Womb of Time" (short novel) *
"The Legacy of Erich Zann" (na) *; first story in the Auguste Dupin series, see above
The Golden Fleece and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution (Borgo Press March 2012)
Introduction (in) *
"The Golden Fleece" (na) *
"Some Like It Hot" (nv), Asimov's December 2009
"Alfonso the Wise" (ss), Interzone #105 March 1996 Pas by "Frances Amery")
"Next to Godliness" (ss/nv), Celebration: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association, ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press March 2008; text restored
The Vampire Countess (2003) (La Vampire by Paul Féval (1865))
ISBN0-9740711-5-3
The Scaffold (2004) (original collection of previously untranslated stories from Histoires Insolites, L'Amour Suprême and Nouveaux Contes Cruels by
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1883))
ISBN1-932983-01-5
The Vampire Soul (2004) (original collection of previously untranslated stories from Tribulat Bonhomet, L'Amour Suprême and Nouveaux Contes Cruels by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1887))
ISBN1-932983-02-3
The Wandering Jew's Daughter (2005) (La Fille du Juif Errant by Paul Féval (1863))
ISBN1-932983-30-9
John Devil (2005) (Jean Diable by Paul Féval (1861))
ISBN1-932983-15-5
The Black Coats: 'Salem Street (2005) (La Rue de Jérusalem by Paul Féval (1868))
ISBN1-932983-46-5
Revenants (2006) (Le Livre des Mystères by Paul Féval (1852))
ISBN1-932983-70-8
The Black Coats: The Invisible Weapon (2006) (L'Arme Invisible by Paul Féval (1869))
ISBN1-932983-80-5
News from the
Moon: Nine French proto-science fiction stories from 1768 to 1902 (2007)
ISBN978-1-932983-89-0
Homage to Sir Terence ed. by Fred Ricou, Lau' "Tortoise" & Mestr Tom. Fan 2 Fantasy, 2011
Nemoville: Twelve French proto-science fiction stories from 1757 to 1924 (2012)
ISBN978-1-61227-070-8
The Adventures of a Parisian Aeronaut in the Unknown Worlds (2012) (Les Aventures d'un Aéronaute Parisien dans les Mondes Inconnus by
Alfred Driou (1856))
ISBN978-1-61227-067-8
The Dominion of the World (4 volumes, 2012) (La Conspiration des Milliardaires (1899–1900) by Gustave Le Rouge &
Gustave Guitton)
ISBN978-1-61227-095-1, 978-1-61227-096-8, 978-1-61227-097-5 and 978-1-61227-098-2
Monsieur Synthesis (2013) (Les Secrets de Monsieur Synthèse (1888) and Dix Mille Ans dans un Bloc de Glace (1889) by
Louis Boussenard)
ISBN978-1-61227-161-3
The Castaways of Eros (2013) (Autore Lescure, Pilote d'Astronef (1932) by Theo Varlet)
ISBN978-1-61227-177-4
The Immortal Woman (2013) (La Femme Immortelle (1869) by Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail)
ISBN978-1-61227-175-0
The Antisocial Man and Other Strange Stories, Frédéric Boutet (Borgo Press May 2013)
The Voyage of Julius Pingouin and Other Strange Stories, Frédéric Boutet (Borgo Press June 2103)
The Mysterious Doctor Cornelius (2014) (Le Mystérieux Docteur Cornelius (1912–13) by Gustave Le Rouge)
ISBN978-1-61227-243-6; 978-1-61227-244-3; 978-1-61227-245-0
The Marvelous Adventures of Serge Myrandhal on Mars (2014) (Les Aventures Merveilleuses de Serge Myrandhal sur la Planete Mars (1908) by
H. Gayar)
ISBN978-1-61227-265-8
Homo-Deus (2014) (Homo deus, le satyre invisible (1923) and Tuer les vieux, jouir! (1925) by Félicien Champsaur)
ISBN978-1-61227-351-8
Daâh: The First Human (2014) (Daâh, le premier homme (1914) by Edmond Haraucourt plus further stories)
ISBN978-1-61227-355-6
The Magnetized Corpse (2014) (Contes Fantastiques et contes littéraires (1832) by Jules Janin)
ISBN978-1-61227-248-1
Prince Bonifacio and Other Stories (2014) (Le Prince Bonifacio; La dame blanche de Bade; Le petit homme rouge; Le démon du laco (1864) by Louis Ulbach)
ISBN978-1-61227-228-3
The Enchanted City (2014) by Eugène Hennebert, Black Coat Press
The World Turned Upside Down (2014) by Léonie Rouzade, Black Coat Press
The Mutilated Bacchus (2015) (Le Bacchus Mutilé (1922) and Demande un Homme, ou L'Étrange Tournoi d'Amour (1924) by André Arnyvelde)
ISBN978-1-61227-433-1
Nora, the Ape-Woman (2015) (Nora, la guenon devenue femme (1929) by Félicien Champsaur)
ISBN978-1-61227-403-4
The Misfortunes of John Bull (2015) (Les Malheurs de John Bull (1884) by Camille Debans)
ISBN978-1-61227-411-9
The World of Mercury (2015) (Relation du Monde de Mercure (1750) by Chevalier de Béthune)
ISBN978-1-61227-410-2
Balzac's Cane (2015) (Le Lorgnon as Delphine Gay (1831) and La Canne de M de Balzac (1836) by Mme Émile de Girardin)
ISBN978-1-61227-368-6
The Philosophic Voyager in an Island Unknown to the Inhabitants of Earth (2015) (Le Voyageur Philosophe dans un Pays Inconnu aux Inhabitants de la Terre (1761) by Mr de Listonai)
ISBN978-1-61227-367-9
The Voyages of Lord Seaton to the Seven Planets (2015) (Voyage de Milord Séton dans les Sept Planètes, ou Le nouveau mentor (1765–1766) by Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert)
ISBN978-1-61227-446-1
The War of the Sexes (2015) (Tel qui est! (1926) by Odette Dulac)
ISBN978-1-61227-405-8
Jim Click (2015) (Jim Click ou La Merveilleuse Invention (1930) by Fernand Fleuret)
ISBN978-1-61227-442-3
The Enchanted City: A Voyage to Lake Tanganyika (2015) (La ville enchantée, voyage au Lac Tanganyika (1885) by Eugène Hennebert)
ISBN978-1-61227-345-7
The Maker of Men and his Formula (2015) (Le Faiseur d'Hommes et sa Formule (1906) by Jules Hoche)
ISBN978-1-61227-426-3
The Missing Men of the Sirius (2015) (Les Trois Disparus du "Sirius" (1896) by Georges Price)
ISBN978-1-61227-387-7
The Engineer von Satanas (2015) (L'Ingénieur von Satanas (1919) by Albert Robida)
ISBN978-1-61227-425-6
The World Turned Upside Down (2015) (Voyage de Théodose à l'île d'Utopie (1872) and Le monde reversé (1872) by Léonie Rouzade)
ISBN978-1-61227-346-4
The Strange Voyages of Jacques Massé and Pierre de Mésange (2015) (Voyages et Avantures de Jaques Massé anonymous (circa 1714) and La Vie, Les Aventures, & le Voyage de Groenland du Révérend Pere Cordelier Pierre de Mésange (1720) by
Simon Tyssot de Patot)
ISBN978-1-61227-370-9
The Merchants of Health and Other Fantastic Stories (2015) (Les Marchands de Santé (1862) and Monsieur Personne (1864) by Pierre Véron)
ISBN978-1-61227-372-3
The Bacheloress (2015) by Victor Margueritte. Black Coat Press
The Companion (2015) by Victor Margueritte. Black Coat Press
The Couple (2015) by Victor Margueritte, Black Coat Press
Around the World on Five Sous (2015) by Henri Chabrillat & Paul d'Ivoi. Black Coat Press
The Man with the Blue Face and Other French Scientific Romances. Black Coat Press (2015)
The Ultimate Pleasure and Other Stories (2015) by Renée Dunan. Black Coat Press
The Murderer of the World (2015) by Gaston de Wailly. Black Coat Press
The Fossil Man (2015) by Jules Gros. Black Coat Press
The Aerial Valley and Other Utopian Fantasies. Black Coat Press, (2015)
The Last Days of Atlantis (2015) by Charles Lomon and Pierre-Barthémeny Gheusi, Black Coat Press
The New Moon and Other Imaginary Voyages. Black Coat Press, (2015)
The Last Fay (2016) (La Dernière fée, ou La Nouvelle Lampe merveilleuse (1823) by Horace de Saint-Aubin)
ISBN978-1-61227-547-5
Voyage to the Center of the Earth (2016) (Voyage au centre de la terre, ou, Aventures diverses de Clairancy et de se compagnons, dans le Spitzberg, au Pôle-Nord, et dans des pays inconnus (1821) by Jacques-Albin Simon Collin de Plancy)
ISBN978-1-61227-487-4
Harry Dickson: Tenebras (2016) (Tenebras, le bandit fantôme (1912) by Arnould Galopin)
ISBN978-1-61227-562-8
The Apocryphal Napoleon (2016) (Napoléon et la conquête du monde, 1812–1832: Histoire de la monarchie universalle (1836) by Louis Geoffroy)
ISBN978-1-61227-579-6
The Second Life of Doctor Albin (2016) (La seconde vie du docteur Albin (1902) by Raoul Gineste)
ISBN978-1-61227-467-6
An International Mission to the Moon (2016) (Une mission internationale sur la Lune (1933) plus two other tales by Jean Petithuguenin)
ISBN978-1-61227-466-9
The Discovery of the Austral Continent by a Flying Man (2016) (La découverte australe par un Homme-volant, ou le Dédale français (1781) by
Restif de la Bretonne)
ISBN978-1-61227-512-3
The Son of Silence (2016) (Le fils du silence (1911) and Les Paraboles Cyniques (1913) by Han Ryner)
ISBN978-1-61227-549-9
The Nickel Man and Other French Scientific Romances. Black Coat Press, (2016)
On the Brink of the World's End and Other French Scientific Romances, Black Coat Press, (2016)
The Mirror of Present Events and Other French Scientific Romances, Black Coat Press, (2016)
The Virgin Orient and Other Stories (2016) by Camille Mauclair, Black Coat Press
The Humanisphere and Other Utopian Fantasies, Black Coat Press, (2016)
Posthumous Correspondence by (2016) Restif de La Bretonne, Black Coat Press
The Tarantulas' Parlor and Other Unkind Tales (2016) by Léon Bloy. Snuggly Books
The Soul-Drinker and Other Stories (2016) by Jean Lorrain, Snuggly Books
Astral Amour (2016) by Willy, Black Coat Press
The Crocodile; or, The War Between Good and Evil (2016) by Louis-Claude Saint-Martin, Black Coat Press
The Lynx (2016) by Michel Corday & André Couvreur, Black Coat Press
The Perfume of Lust (2016) by Gaston Danville, Black Coat Press
The End of Atlantis (2017) (La Fin d'Atlantis ou le grand soir (1926) by Jean Carrère)
ISBN978-1-61227-618-2
Phantoms and Other Cruel Tales (2017) by Charles-Marie Flor O'Squarr, Black Coat Press
The Unknown Collaborator and Other Legendary Tales (2017) by Victor Joly, Snuggly Books
The Police Agent (2017) by Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Black Coat Press
The Angel Asrael and Other Legendary Tales (2017) by S. Henry Berthoud, Black Coat Press
The Human Paradise (2017) by Nicolas Ségur, Black Coat Press, 2017
The Naiads and The Beauty and the Beast (2017) by Madame de Villeneuve, Black Coat Press
The Latin Orgy (2017) by Félicien Champsaur, Snuggly Books
The Green Eyes and Other Stories (2017) by Henri de Saint-Georges, Black Coat Press
Masks in the Tapestry (2017) by Jean Lorrain, Snuggly Books
The Marvelous Story of Claire d'Amour and Other Stories (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Call of the Beast and Other Stories (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Mirror of Legends (2017) by Bernard Lazare, Snuggly Books
Priscilla of Alexandria and Other Stories (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Angel of Lust (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Mystery of the Tiger (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Poison of Goa (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
Lucifer (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coast Press
The Blood of Toulouse (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coat Press
The Albigensian Treasure (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coast Press
Jean de Fodoas (2017) by Maurice Magre, Black Coast Press
The Emerald Princess and Other Decadent Fantasies (2017) by Félicien Champsaur, Snuggly Books
The Frail Soul and Other Stories (2017) by Camille Mauclair, Snuggly Books
The Man Who Married a Mermaid (2017) with Paul Bocage (Les Mariages du père Olifus (1849) by Alexandre Dumas)
ISBN978-1-61227-612-0
Arrival in the Stars and Other Stories (2017) (stories from Fantasmagories, histoires rapides (coll 1887) plus L'Arrivée aux étoiles: essai vers l'au-delà (1922) by Jean Rameau)
ISBN978-1-61227-627-4
The Story of the Great Prince Oribeau (The Fay Ouroucoucou 1) (2017) (Les veillées du marais, ou, histoire du grand prince Oribeau, roi de Mommonie, au pays d'Evinland; & de la vertueuse princesse Oribelle, de Lagenie: tirée des anciénnes annales Irlandaises, & recenment-translatée en-français (1785) by Restif de la Bretonne)
ISBN978-1-61227-601-4
The Four Beauties and the Four Beasts (The Fay Ouroucoucou 2) (2017) (Restif de la Bretonne)
ISBN978-1-61227-602-1
Scientific Romance in Britain, 1890–1950 (Fourth Estate September 1985 / St. Martin's Press November 1985)
The Sociology of Science Fiction (Borgo Press April 1987) (Borgo Press September 2007); book version of Stableford's doctoral thesis
The Way to Write Science Fiction (Elm Tree Books April 1989)
Algebraic Fantasies and Realistic Romances: More Masters of Science Fiction (Borgo Press February 1995) / (Borgo Press September 2007)
Opening Minds: Essays on Fantastic Literature (Borgo Press April 1995) / (Borgo Press September 2007)
Outside the Human Aquarium: Masters of Science Fiction, Second Edition (Borgo Press September 1995) / (Borgo Press April 2008);
Read an excerpt on the fiction of
Clark Ashton Smith
Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction and Getting Published (Teach Yourself Books December 1997)
Glorious Perversity: The Decline and Fall of Literary Decadence (Borgo Press 1998) / (Borgo Press October 2008)
Yesterday's Bestsellers: A Voyage through Literary History (Borgo Press May 1998) / (Borgo Press August 2008)
The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places (Fireside Books April 1999)
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature (Scarecrow Press June 2004); revised as The A to Z of Science Fiction Literature (Scarecrow Press September 2005)
Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature (Scarecrow Press July 2005) –
see Stableford's note; revised as The A to Z of Fantasy Literature (Scarecrow Press August 2009)