Castro, Adam-Troy
Entry updated 5 October 2026. Tagged: Author.
(1960- ) US author who began publishing work of genre interest with "Clearance to Land" in Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #5, Fall 1989, and much of whose subsequent work for some years was Horror, though he has published Print On Demand collections which include sf, and Tangled Strings (coll 2004), which incorporates two tales from his AIsource Infection Future History sequence. Vossoff and Nimmitz: Just a Couple of Idiots Reupholstering Space and Time (coll 2002) knowledgeably presents a series of tales in the Dumb-and-Dumber tradition made explicit in its subtitle. Castro also had some impact for his Spider-Man Ties, beginning with Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six (1999). Of greater sf interest, however, is the Andrea Cort sequence whose first volume, Emissaries from the Dead (2008), tied for the Philip K Dick Award in 2009; it is set in Zoo-like Keeps in a manufactured ecosystem ruled by Aliens with life-and-death control over the various Genetically Engineered races under observation.
The Gustav Gloom sequence opening with Gustav Gloom and the People Taker (2012) is Fantasy for younger readers. [JC]
further awards or honours: Seiun Award.
Adam-Troy Castro
born 20 May 1960
works
series
Minnie and Earl
- Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl's (place not given: Fictionwise, 2003) [story: ebook: first appeared June 2001 Analog: Minnie and Earl: na/]
- Minnie and Earl (San Francisco, California: JABberwocky Literary Agency, 2023) [coll: ebook: Minnie and Earl: na/John Fisk]
Andrea Cort
- Emissaries from the Dead (New York: Eos, 2008) [Andrea Cort: pb/Chris McGrath]
- The Third Claw of God (New York: Eos, 2009) [Andrea Cort: pb/Chris McGrath]
- War of the Marionettes (San Francisco, California: JABberwocky Literary Agency, 2017) [ebook: preceded by 2010 German trans and 2012 audiobook: Andrea Cort: na/John Fisk]
Gustav Gloom
- Gustav Gloom and the People Taker (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 2012) [Gustav Gloom: hb/]
- Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 2013) [Gustav Gloom: hb/]
- Gustav Gloom and the Four Terrors (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 2013) [Gustav Gloom: hb/]
- Gustav Gloom and the Cryptic Carousel (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 2014) [Gustav Gloom: hb/]
- Gustav Gloom and the Inn of Shadows (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 2015) [Gustav Gloom: hb/]
- Gustav Gloom and the Castle of Fear (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 2016) [Gustav Gloom: hb/]
individual titles
- The Shallow End of the Pool (Albany, Louisiana: Creeping Hemlock Press, 2008) [chap: pb/]
- V Is for Vampire (New York: HarperVoyager, 2011) [chap: alphabet book: illus/pb/Johnny Atomic]
- Z Is for Zombie: An Illustrated Guide to the End of the World (New York: HarperVoyager, 2011) [chap: alphabet book: illus/pb/Johnny Atomic]
collections and stories
- Lost in Booth Nine (Woodinville, Washington: Silver Salamander Press, 1993) [coll: hb/Alan Bard Newcomer]
- An Alien Darkness (Gillette, New Jersey: Wildside Press, 2000) [coll: pb/Amy Sterling]
- A Desperate, Decaying Darkness (Gillette, New Jersey: Wildside Press, 2000) [coll: pb/Amy Sterling]
- Vossoff and Nimmitz: Just a Couple of Idiots Reupholstering Space and Time (Gillette, New Jersey: Wildside Press, 2000) [coll: Vossoff and Nimmitz: pb/]
- With Stars in Their Eyes (Gillette, New Jersey: Wildside Press, 2004) with Jerry Oltion [coll: three stories each: pb/]
- Tangled Strings (Waterville, Maine: Five Star, 2004) [coll: hb/Alan M Clark and Kevin Ward]
- Night of the Living POTUS (San Francisco, California: JABberwocky Literary Agency, 2012) [story: ebook: na/]
- Our Human (New York: Tor.com, 2012) [story: ebook: na/John Jude Palencar]
- Fuel (San Francisco, California: JABberwocky Literary Agency, 2014) [story: ebook: na/]
- Her Husband's Hands and Other Stories (Germantown, Maryland: Prime Books, 2014) [coll: pb/]
- With Unclean Hands (San Francisco, California: JABberwocky Literary Agency, 2014) [story: ebook: na/]
- The Author's Wife vs. the Giant Robot and Other Stories (San Diego, California: ComicMix LLC, 2022) [coll: pb/]
- Rarities and Unexpected Steps (San Diego, California: ComicMix LLC, 2025) [coll: pb/]
ties
X-Men and Spider-Man
- X-Men & Spider-Man: Time's Arrow: The Present (New York: Berkley Boulevard, 1998) with Tom DeFalco [tie to The X-Men and Spider-Man: X-Men; Spider-Man: pb/Jim Burns]
Spider-Man
- Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six (New York: Berkley Boulevard, 1999) [tie: Spider-Man: pb/Ernie Colon]
- Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six (New York: Pocket/BP Books, 2001) [tie: Spider-Man: pb/Mike Zeck and Phil Zimelman]
- Spider-Man: Secret of the Sinister Six (New York: Pocket/ibooks, 2001) [tie: Spider-Man: pb/Mike Zeck]
- Spider-Man: The Sinister Six Combo (New York: ibooks/BP Books, 2001) [omni of the above two: tie: Spider-Man: pb/Mike Zeck]
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