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Mike Ashley


(Michael Raymond Donald Ashley)
UK flag (b.1948)

Mike Ashley is the author and editor of over sixty books that in total have sold over a million copies worldwide. He lives in Chatham, Kent.

Genres: Historical Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
March 2024

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Fear in the Blood
(British Library Tales of the Weird, book 48)
Series
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Novels
   The Enchantresses (1998) (with Vera Chapman)
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Collections
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Anthologies edited
   The Best of British SF 1 (1977)
   The Best of British SF 2 (1977)
   SF Choice 77 (1977)
   Souls in Metal (1977)
   Weird Legacies (1977)
   The Chronicles of the Round Table (1987)
   When Spirits Talk (1990)
   The Pendragon Chronicles (1990)
   The Camelot Chronicles (1992)
   The Giant Book of Myths and Legends (1995)
   The Merlin Chronicles (1995)
   Chronicles of the Holy Grail (1996)
   Fantasy Stories (1996)
   Space Stories (1996)
   Classical Whodunnits (1996)
   The Collected Classical Stories and Classical Whodunnits (1996)
   The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories (1997)
   The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (1997) (with Paul Finn)
   Shakespearean Whodunnits (1997)
   Heroic Adventure Stories (1998)
   Shakespearean Detectives (1998)
   Royal Whodunnits (1999)
   Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades (2000)
   Classical Whodunits (2000)
   Arthurian Legends (2002)
   Men O'War (2003)
   The World's Greatest Master and Commander Stories (2005)
   Great American Ghost Stories (2008)
   Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers (2008)
   The Darker Sex (2009)
   Steampunk Prime (2010)
   Dreams and Wonders (2010)
   The Dreaming Sex (2011)
   The Duel of Shadows (2011)
   Vampires: Classic Tales (2011)
   Sisters In Crime (2013)
   The Mammoth Book of Classical Whodunnits (2014)
   The Feminine Future (2015)
   Toward the Golden Age (2016)
   Lost Mars (2018)
   Menace of the Monster (2019)
   Fighters of Fear (2020)
   Born of the Sun (2020)
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Series contributed to
The Mammoth Book of ...
   The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988)
   The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (1993)
   The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (1995)
   The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997)
   The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (1997)
   The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998)
   The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends (1998)
   The Mammoth Book of Men O' War (1999)
   The Mammoth Book of Kings and Queens (1999)
   The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II (1999)
   The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999)
   The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honour (2000)
   The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000)
   The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (2001)
   The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak (2001)
   The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits (2001)
   The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (2001)
   The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (2002)
   The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits (2002)
   The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits (2003)
   The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits (2004)
   The Mammoth Book of Sorcerer's Tales (2004)
   The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures (2005) (with Eric Brown)
   The Mammoth Book of King Arthur (2005)
   The Mammoth Book Of New Historical Whodunnits (2005)
   The Mammoth Book Of New Comic Fantasy (2005)
   The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (2006)
   The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits (2006)
   The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries (2006)
   The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits (2007)
   The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy (2008)
   The Mammoth Book of Mind-Blowing Science Fiction (2009)
   The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (2009)
   The Mammoth Book of Merlin (2009)
   The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF (2010)
   The Mammoth Book of the End of the World (2010)
   The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction (2011)
   The Mammoth Book of Sorceror's Tales (2011)
   The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens (2012)
   The Mammoth Book of Dark Magic (2013)
   The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF (2013)
   The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2 (2015)
   The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 3 (2015)
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British Library Tales of the Weird
   1. From the Depths (2018)
   3. Glimpses of the Unknown (2018)
   6. The Platform Edge (2019)
   9. Doorway to Dilemma (2019)
   18. Queens of the Abyss (2020)
   29. The Ghost Slayers (2022)
   48. Fear in the Blood (2024)
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Mike Ashley recommends
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Mandrake and Murder (2009)
(Robin & Marian Mysteries)
Clayton Emery
"Robin and Marian are ideal sleuths and Emery gives them a whole new lease on life."
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Make Out with Murder (1974)
(Affairs of Chip Harrison, book 3)
Chip Harrison (Lawrence Block)
"Re-introduced Harrison as an assistant to private detective Leo Haig acting like a slightly wilder Archie Goodwin to Haig's Nero Wolfe."
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Incredible Adventures (1914)
Algernon Blackwood
"The last outburst of his golden period."

Anthologies containing stories by Mike Ashley
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Travellers in Darkness (2007)
The Souvenir Book of the World Horror Convention 2007
edited by
Stephen Jones

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