Hot Blood: Tales of Erotic Horror

Author Biographies

Graham Masterton is the author of fifteen horror novels, including the filmed The Manitou, and has won awards from the Mystery Writers of America and the West Coast Review of Books. He is highly qualified to appear in a collection of erotic horror, having served four years as executive editor of the British edition of Penthouse and having authored four how-to sex manuals.

Regarded as a seminal author of modern horror since the early '50s, Matheson has sold more than ninety short stories, fourteen "Twilight Zone" scripts, eleven novels, and six short story collections, and has written close to twenty produced screenplays. Matheson is currently preparing two screenplays and is over eight hundred pages into the manuscript for his latest novel.

McCammon burst on the horror scene in the early '70s and has already left his mark, with nine novels to his credit, including Swan Song and Stinger. His most recent novel is The Wolf's Hour.

Wilson, who grew up in New Jersey glued to Zacherley TV reruns, is the author of three science fiction novels, two horror novels (including the filmed The Keep), a supernatural medical thriller, and his latest novel, Black Wind. When not writing, Wilson practices medicine. "Menage a Trois" has been significantly revised for this collection and has never before appeared in this form.

Born in 1953, Matheson, who readily cites his father as his mentor, cut his fiction teeth on short stories and then moved on to screenplays for TV and film production companies including Universal, Columbia, Warner Bros., MGM, and UA. In 1988 he began his own production company for development and production of features.

Williamson is the author of four novels and short fiction that has appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, Playboy, Twilight Zone and Fantasy & Science Fiction. "Blood Night" is his attempt at "the ultimate wet dream story — this is the one my wife is embarrassed about."

Garris rose to prominence as a story editor for Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories" TV series, for which he wrote several teleplays and directed an episode. His film screenplay work includes Fly 2 and batteries not included, and he rewrote and directed Critters 2.

The president of the British Fantasy Society and a full-time writer since 1973, Campbell has won two World Fantasy awards and three British Fantasy awards. He is also author of a collection of his own erotic horror fiction, Scared Stiff.

Tuttle is an expatriate Texan, currently residing in London. More than sixty of her fiction efforts have been published since her first short story appeared in 1972. She is the author of three novels and several nonfiction works, including the Encyclopedia of Feminism.

Sturgeon's long and distinguished writing career produced more than two hundred stories, some legendary "Star Trek" episodes, a batch of influential novels, and a multitude of admirers and friends among his writing peers.

A man with a colorful past as everything from a Pinkerton detective to an astrologer, Williamson is a prolific author who has penned over thirty novels and ninety short stories. He is the editor of the Masques anthology series.

Garrett is past president of Birmingham's Magic City Writers. His work has appeared in Twilight Zone, Dun's Review, and others, and his first novel, Keeper, is due shortly. «Reunion» is a substantially reworked version of a tale originally published in Chic.

During Ellison's forty-year career, which has produced forty-four books, more than fifteen hundred stories, essays, articles, and newspaper columns, two dozen teleplays, and twelve screenplays, he has won more awards than any other living fantasist. These include eight and a half Hugos, three Nebulas, the Edgar Allen Poe award, and four Writers Guild of America awards for outstanding teleplay.

Mike Newton is a chief scribe of the Mack Bolan series, having penned over thirty Bolans as well as over thirty other fiction and nonfiction titles. "Pretty Is…" is his first piece of published short horror fiction.

Brandner has been writing full-time since 1969, and is the author of the popular Howling series, among others. "Aunt Edith" is a substantially rewritten version of an earlier published work called "Her Aunt the Witch."

The author of three short story collections of his own work, Etchison is also a master of the horror anthology as editor of Cutting Edge and the Masters of Darkness series. A Los Angeles resident, he is currently at work on a screenplay for John Carpenter.

Skipp and Spector's initial co-writing efforts were rock songs for their high school bands. A mutual interest in horror films and fiction led them to write several popular horror novels in tandem, including The Light at the End and The Scream.

Miller's first-ever novel Slob was hailed by people like Stephen King and Harlan Ellison. "The Voice," Miller's first published piece of short fiction, is, he claims, based on a true-life incident from his days as a top-rated DJ.

Best known for his novel Psycho, which became a classic Hitchcock film, Bloch has authored nineteen novels, more than thirty short story collections, and several produced screenplays.

The prolific and diverse Tem has sold over a hundred pieces of short fiction in the fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery fields. "What I'm interested in is disturbing the reader," Tem says, a goal achieved — and then some — in "Carnal House."

Daniels's work includes the popular Don Sebastian vampire series, plus nonfiction works in the horror and comics fields. "They're Coming for You," Daniels's first short story, was nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 1987.

Gelb is a former FM rock DJ and columnist for the music industry trade journal Radio & Records. His first novel, Specters, saw print in 1988. Gelb is currently working on a second in collaboration with Michael Garrett.

Garton is the author of five horror novels, many of which include strong erotic elements. Garton teaches creative writing at a California university.

Schow has a double life. As an accomplished horror writer, he has had fiction published in Twilight Zone, Night Cry, and others, has authored two novels, and has written The Outer Limits: The Official Companion. Under a number of pseudonyms, Schow has penned sixteen TV/film tie-ins and series books. "Red Light" won the 1987 World Fantasy Award for Short Story.