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J N Williamson

(Gerald Neal Williamson)

(1932 - 2005)
aka
Julian Shock

About J N Williamson

Horror writer and anthologist J.N. (Jerry) Williamson died on 8th December in Noblesville, Indiana, at the age of 73. He published stories beginning in the 1960s, with first novel The Ritual published in 1979. From 1984 through 1991 he edited the Masques series of original anthologies. In 2003 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers of America.

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

Dark Masques

Series

Martin Ruben
1. The Ritual (1979)
2. Premonition (1981)
3. Brotherkind (1982)

Lamia Zacharias
1. Death-Coach (1981)
2. Death-Angel (1981)
3. Death-School (1982)
4. Death-Doctor (1982)

Novels

They Never Even See Me (1970)
The Houngan (1980)
aka Profits
The Offspring (1980)
The Tulpa (1980)
The Evil One (1981)
Ghost Mansion (1981)
Queen of Hell (1981)
The Banished (1981)
Horror House (1981)
Extraterrestrial (1982) (writing as Julian Shock)
Horror Mansion (1982)
Playmates (1982)
Nevermore (1983)
The Hour (1983)
The Dentist (1983)
Ghost (1984)
Babel's Children (1984)
The Longest Night (1985)
Ladies of the Longest Night (1985)
Wards of Armageddon (1986) (with John Maclay)
Evil Offspring (1987)
Noonspell (1987)
Dead to the World (1988)
The Black School (1989)
Shadows of Death (1989)
Hell Storm (1990)
The Night Seasons (1991)
The Monastery (1992)
Don't Take Away the Light (1993)
The Book of Webster's (1993)
Bloodlines (1994)
Spree (1998)
The Haunt (1999)
Affinity (2001)

Collections

The New Devil's Dictionary: Creepy Cliches and Sinister Synonyms (1985)
The Naked Flesh of Feeling (1991)
The Fifth Season (1994)
Frights of Fancy (2000)

Anthologies edited

Masques: All New Works of Horror and the Supernatural (1984)
Masques 2 (1987)
The Best of Masques (1988)
Masques 3 (1989)
Flesh Creepers (1990)
Masques 4 (1991)
Dark Masques (2001)
Darker Masques (2002)
Masques V (2006)

Non fiction

How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction (1987)

Anthologies containing stories by J N Williamson

Short stories

	House Mothers (1984)
	The Gap Nearly Closed Today (1985)
	The Book of Webster's [short story] (1986)
	The Night Seasons [short story] (1986)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	Privacy Rights (1987)
	Wordsong (1987)
	Fancy That (1988)
	Monstrum (1989)
	Stories for All Seasons (1989)
	The Sudd (1989)
	The Unkindest Cut (1989)
	You'd Better Watch Out (1989)
	The Bridge People (1990)
	Happier Endings (1990)
	Something Extra (1990) (with James Kisner)
	Frankenstein Seen in the Ice of Extinction (1993)
	Goddam Time (1993) (with Scott Fogel)
	Reality Function (1993)
	Beasts in Buildings, Turning 'Round (1995)
	High Concept (1995)
	The Last Link Between Life and Death (1995)
	Origin of a Species (1995)
	Vladimir's Conversions (1995)
	Hildekin and the Big Diehl (1996)
	Two Hands Are Better Than One (1996)
	It Does Not Come Along (1997)

Awards

	World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1987) : The Night Seasons [short story]
	Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (1992) : The Naked Flesh of Feeling

Books about J N Williamson

The Work of J.N. Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography (1989) by Harold Lee Prosser

J N Williamson recommends

Slob (1987)
(Chaingang, book 1)
Rex Miller
"Reading Slob is like finding horror's Barker or King...may be injurious to your sensibilities...and your sleep."

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