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Steve Rasnic Tem

(1950 - )

About Steve Rasnic Tem

STEVE RASNIC TEM's short fiction has been compared to the work of Franz Kafka, Dino Buzzati, Ray Bradbury, and Raymond Carver, but to quote Joe R Lansdale: "Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself." His 200 plus published pieces have garnered him a British Fantasy Award, and nominations for the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards.

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Novels

Excavation (1986)
Daughters (2001) (with Melanie Tem)
The Book of Days (2002)
The Man on the Ceiling (2008) (with Melanie Tem)
Invisible (2009)

Collections

Anthologies edited

The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry (1982)
High Fantastic: Colorado's Fantasy, Dark Fantasy and Science Fiction (1987)

Anthologies containing stories by Steve Rasnic Tem

Short stories

	The Painters Are Coming Today (1979)
	At The Bureau (1980)
	The Giveaway (1981)
	Interlude in a Laboratory (1981)
	Morning Talk (1981)
	Alan's Mother (1982)
	Firestorm (1982)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	Housewarming (1982)
	The Poor (1982)
	Preparations for the Game (1982)
	Sleep (1982)
	Stone Head (1982)
	Crutches (1983)
	The Farmer (1983)
	Shadows on the Grass (1983)
	The Sky Came Down to Earth (1983)
	Dark Shapes in the Road (1984)
	Harvest Child (1984)
	The Men and Women of Rivendale (1984)
	The Overcoat (1984)
	Punishment (1984)
	Rider (1984)
	Spidertalk (1984)
	Worms (1984)
	The Battering (1985)
	In a Guest House (1985)
	Piano Moon (1985)
	Daddy (1986)
	Little Cruelties (1986)
	Trickster (1986)
	Fogwell (1987)
	Hidey Hole (1987)
	Leaks (1987)
	Boxer (1988)
	Her New Parents (1988)
	Bodies and Heads (1989)		Bram Stoker (nominee)
	Carnal House (1989)
	Hooks (1989)
	Motherson (1989)
	The Strangers (1989)
	Aquarium (1990)
	Back Windows (1990)		Bram Stoker (nominee)
	In the Trees (1990)
	At the End of the Day (1991)
	Taking Down the Tree (1991)
	The Tenth Scholar (1991) (with Melanie Tem)
	Wanderlust (1991)
	Mirror Man (1992)
	Vintage Domestic (1992)
	Vulture: A Tale of the Penguin (1992)
	Brooms Welcome the Dust (1993)
	The Child Killer (1993)
	Doodles (1993)
	The Final Apprentice (1993)
	Hungry (1993)
	Ice House Pond (1993)
	Safe at Home (1993) (with Melanie Tem)
	Angel Combs (1994)
	A Hundred Wicked Little Witches (1994)
	The Marriage (1994) (with Melanie Tem)
	Release of Flesh (1994)
	Blood Knot (1995)
	Mama (1995) (with Melanie Tem)
	Mouths (1995)
	Nvumbi (1995) (with Melanie Tem)
	Sampled (1995)
	The Burdens (1996)
	A Cascade of Lies (1996)
	Elena (1996)
	Ghost in the Machine (1996)
	Jason's Nightmare (1996)
	The Little Match Girl (1997)
	Sharp Edges (1997)
	What Slips Away (1998)
	Halloween Street (1999)		Bram Stoker (nominee)
	Heat (1999)
	Tricks And Treats: One Night On Halloween Street (1999)
	The Man on the Ceiling (2000) (with Melanie Tem)		Bram Stoker (nominee)
	Passing Through
	The Rains
	Rat Catcher
	Skin

Awards

	World Fantasy Best Short story nominee (1983) : Firestorm
	Bram Stoker First Novel nominee (1988) : Excavation
	Bram Stoker Best Short story nominee (1990) : Bodies and Heads
	Bram Stoker Best Short story nominee (1991) : Back Windows
	Bram Stoker Best Short story nominee (2000) : Halloween Street
	Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (2001) : The Man on the Ceiling
	Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (2001) : City Fishing

Links to other websites

The Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem Web Page

Steve Rasnic Tem recommends

Slob (1987)
(Chaingang)
Rex Miller
"We need these periodic trips into the human heart of darkness. In Slob Rex Miller undertakes this journey with uncompromising language and story."

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