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Robert Holdstock


UK flag (1948 - 2009)

aka Robert Black, Ken Blake, Chris Carlsen, Robert Faulcon, Richard Kirk

Robert Holdstock shared his childhood years between the bleak Romney Marsh and the dense woods of the Kentish heartlands. After several years of research in the field of medical zoology, he became a full-time writer of science fiction and fantasy in 1975.
 

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
 
Series
Berserker Trilogy (as by Chris Carlsen)
   1. Shadow of the Wolf (1977)
   2. The Bull Chief (1977)
   3. The Horned Warrior (1979)
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Night Hunter (as by Robert Faulcon)
   1. The Stalking (1983)
   2. The Talisman (1983)
   3. The Ghost Dance (1983)
   4. The Shrine (1984)
   5. The Hexing (1984)
   6. The Labyrinth (1987)
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Mythago Wood
   1. Mythago Wood (1984)
   2. Lavondyss (1988)
   3. The Bone Forest (1991)
   4. The Hollowing (1993)
   5. Merlin's Wood (1994)
   6. Gate of Ivory (1997)
   7. Avilion (2009)
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Merlin Codex
   1. Celtika (2001)
   2. The Iron Grail (2002)
   3. The Broken Kings (2006)
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Novels
   Eye Among the Blind (1976)
   Legend of the Werewolf (1976) (as by Robert Black)
   Earthwind (1977)
   The Satanists (1978) (as by Robert Black)
   Necromancer (1978)
   Space Wars (1979)
   Where Time Winds Blow (1981)
   The Emerald Forest (1985)
   Ancient Echoes (1986)
   Death Angel (1988) (as by Robert Black)
   The Fetch (1991)
     aka Unknown Regions
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Ragthorn (1991) (with Garry Kilworth)
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Anthologies edited
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Anthology series
Other Edens (with Christopher Evans)
   1. Other Edens (1987)
   2. Other Edens II (1988)
   3. Other Edens III (1989)
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Series contributed to
Bulman
   1. Bulman (1984)
   2. One of Our Pigeons Is Missing (1984)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Robert Holdstock recommends
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The Darkest Part of the Woods (2002)
Ramsey Campbell
"The undisputed master of the psychological horror novel... 'Dark Visioning' at its very best."
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Chimeras (1992)
Christopher Evans
"Vivid, original, beautifully written... Fantasy doesn't get much better than this."

Anthologies containing stories by Robert Holdstock
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Horror! Under the Tombstone (2013)
Stories from the Deathly Realm
edited by
David A Sutton
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The Mammoth Book of Monsters (2007)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Stephen Jones

More anthologies 


Awards
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1982) : Mythago Wood [short story]
World Fantasy Best Novel winner (1985) : Mythago Wood
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1992) : The Bone Forest
World Fantasy Best Novella winner (1992) : The Ragthorn
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1995) : The Hollowing
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : Ancient Echoes
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1998) : Gate of Ivory
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (2010) : Avilion


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