Stephen Mark Rainey
Encyclopedia
Stephen Mark Rainey is an author of novels, short stories, and various works of nonfiction. From 1987 to 1997, he edited Deathrealm
, a magazine of horror and dark fantasy fiction, for which he won several awards for Best Editor.
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movies.
Rainey has written five novels, besides over 90 short stories and four short-story collections. He has also edited three anthologies, including a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe
titled Evermore
.
Deathrealm
Deathrealm was a small-press magazine of horror fiction that ran from 1987 through 1997, edited by Stephen Mark Rainey. In its ten-year history, Deathrealm featured hundreds of stories by writers ranging from talented first-timers to the best-known professionals in the horror field...
, a magazine of horror and dark fantasy fiction, for which he won several awards for Best Editor.
Biography
As a teenager, Rainey created Japanese Giants, a fanzineFanzine
A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...
devoted to Godzilla
Godzilla
is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...
and other daikaiju
Kaiju
is a Japanese word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English as "monster". Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
movies.
Rainey has written five novels, besides over 90 short stories and four short-story collections. He has also edited three anthologies, including a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
titled Evermore
Evermore (book)
Evermore is an anthology of short stories about or in honor of Edgar Allan Poe and edited by James Robert Smith and Stephen Mark Rainey. It was released in 2006 by Arkham House in an edition of approximately 2,000 copies.- Contents :...
.
Novels
- Dark ShadowsDark ShadowsDark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements...
: Dreams of the Dark (with Elizabeth MassieElizabeth MassieElizabeth Massie is an American author.Elizabeth Massie is a two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of horror novels and short fiction. She won her awards for Sineater and Stephen. She has also written historical fiction for young adults....
, HarperCollinsHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, 1999) - BalakBalakBalak was king of Moab around 1200 BC. According to Book of Numbers 22:2, and the Book of Joshua 24:9, Zippor was the father of Balak.Book of Revelation 2:12 - 2:14 says about Balak:...
(Wildside PressWildside PressWildside Press is an independent publishing company located in Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1989 by John Gregory and Kim Betancourt. While the press was originally conceived as a publisher of speculative fiction in both trade and limited editions, it has broadened out somewhat since then, both...
, 2000; audio book release by Crossroad Press, 2011) - The Lebo Coven (Thomson GaleThomson GaleGale is an educational publishing company based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, the United States, in the western suburbs of Detroit. It was part of the Thomson Learning division of the Thomson Corporation, a Canadian company, but became part of Cengage Learning in 2007.The company, formerly known...
, 2004; e-book release by Crossroad Press, 2010) - The Nightmare Frontier (Sarob Press, 2006; e-book and audio book release by Crossroad Press, 2010)
- Blue Devil Island (Thomson Gale, 2007)
Short story collections
- Fugue Devil & Other Weird Horrors (Macabre Inc., 1993)
- The Last Trumpet (Wildside Press, 2000)
- Legends of the Night (Wildside Press, 2001)
- Other Gods (Dark Regions Press, 2008)
- The Gaki & Other Hungry Spirits (Dark Regions Press, 2011)
Anthologies
- The Song of Cthulhu (ChaosiumChaosiumChaosium is one of the longer lived publishers of role-playing games still in existence. Founded by Greg Stafford, its first game was actually a wargame, White Bear and Red Moon, which later mutated into Dragon Pass and its sequel, Nomad Gods...
, 2001) - DeathrealmsDeathrealmsDeathrealms is an anthology of horror, science-fiction, and dark fantasy short stories collected from the award-winning Deathrealm magazine, edited by Stephen Mark Rainey. The anthology was released in 2004 by Delirium Books, in an edition of approximately 350 copies...
(Delirium BooksDelirium BooksDelirium Books, launched in the Summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is currently recognized as one of the premiere horror publishers in the collector's market, producing low print run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike...
, 2006) - EvermoreEvermore (book)Evermore is an anthology of short stories about or in honor of Edgar Allan Poe and edited by James Robert Smith and Stephen Mark Rainey. It was released in 2006 by Arkham House in an edition of approximately 2,000 copies.- Contents :...
(Arkham HouseArkham HouseArkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
, 2006)
Audio dramas
- Dark ShadowsDark ShadowsDark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements...
: The Path of FateThe Path of FateDark Shadows: The Path of Fate is a Big Finish Productions original dramatic reading based on the long-running American horror soap opera series Dark Shadows.- Plot :...
(Big Finish ProductionsBig Finish ProductionsBig Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
, 2008) - Dark Shadows: Curse of the PharaohCurse of the PharaohDark Shadows: Curse of the Pharaoh is a Big Finish Productions original dramatic reading based on the long-running American horror soap opera series Dark Shadows.- Plot :...
(Big Finish Productions, 2009) - Dark Shadows: Blood DanceBlood DanceDark Shadows: Blood Dance is a Big Finish Productions original dramatic reading based on the long-running American horror soap opera series Dark Shadows.-Trivia:...
(Big Finish Productions, 2010)
External links
- The Realm of Stephen Mark Rainey (Author's official Web site)
- Original Deathrealm Web site