Jaffery, Sheldon
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Critic, Editor.
(1934-2003) US attorney, editor and bibliographer. In the latter capacity he concentrated on fantasy and horror, beginning with Horrors and Unpleasantries: A Bibliographical History and Collector's Price Guide to Arkham House (1982; rev vt The Arkham House Companion) [for full subtitle see Checklist] (1989) a bibliography of Arkham House productions. His guides to Weird Tales – The Collector's Index to Weird Tales (1985) with Frederick S Cook – and to DAW Books – Future and Fantastic Worlds: A Bibliographical Retrospective of DAW Books (1972-1987) (dated 1987 but 1988) – are also useful tools, the last in particular providing full synopses as well as a competent checklist; similarly useful in its field is Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles (1992). Anthologies of interest include Sensuous Science Fiction from the Weird and Spicy Pulps (anth 1982), Selected Tales of Grim and Grue from the Horror Pulps (anth 1987), The Weirds: A Facsimile Selection of Fiction from the Era of the Shudder Pulps (anth 1987) and To the Stars and Beyond (anth 1992). Jaffery received the 1998 Hammer Award from the Horror Writers Association for his services as a volunteer to the organization. [JC]
Sheldon Ronald Jaffery
born Cleveland, Ohio: 22 April 1934
died Beachwood, Ohio: 10 July 2003
works
- Horrors and Unpleasantries: A Bibliographical History and Collector's Price Guide to Arkham House (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1982) [nonfiction: hb/Gary Drumm]
- The Arkham House Companion: A Bibliographical History and Collector's Price Guide to Arkham House/Mycroft & Moran including the Revised and Expanded Horrors and Unpleasantries (Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, 1988) [nonfiction: rev vt of the above: hb/Stephen Fabian]
- The Collector's Index to Weird Tales (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1985) with Frederick S Cook [nonfiction: hb/Greg Budgett and Gary Drumm]
- Future and Fantastic Worlds: A Bibliographical Retrospective of DAW Books (1972-1987) (Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, 1988) [nonfiction: book is dated 1987: hb/Stephen Fabian]
- Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles (Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, 1992) [nonfiction: pb/]
works as editor
- Sensuous Science Fiction from the Weird and Spicy Pulps (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1985) [anth: hb/]
- Selected Tales of Grim and Grue from the Horror Pulps (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1987) [anth: hb/]
- The Weirds: A Facsimile Selection of Fiction from the Era of the Shudder Pulps (Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, 1987) [anth: pb/]
- The Corpse Maker (Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, 1988) with Hugh B Cave [anth: pb/]
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