Morlan, A R
Entry updated 10 July 2023. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1958-2016) US author, principally of horror and fantasy, who began to publish work of genre interest with "Four Days Before the Snow" in Night Cry for Summer 1985. The Amulet sequence opening with the short The Cat with the Tulip Face (1991 chap), followed by two novels, is horror. Her many short stories are assembled in a number of collections beginning with Smothered Dolls (coll 2001) [see Checklist below], with that of greatest sf relevance being 'Rillas and Other Science Fiction Stories (coll 2012).
Morlan was a regular contributor to Small Press magazines including Challenging Destiny, and edited the anthology Zodiac Fantastic (anth 1997) with Martin H Greenberg. [DRL]
see also: LC-39; New Genre; Space and Time.
Arlette Renee Morlan
born Chicago, Illinois: 3 January 1958
died Ladysmith, Wisconsin: 6 January 2016
works
series
The Amulet
- The Cat with the Tulip Face (Eugene, Oregon: Pulphouse Short Story, 1991) [story: chap: The Amulet: pb/Donna Gordon]
- The Amulet (New York: Bantam Books, 1991) [The Amulet: pb/Stephanie Gerber]
- The Amulet: A Novel of Horror (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2010) [vt of the above: The Amulet: pb/]
- Dark Journey (New York: Bantam Books/Bantam Spectra, 1991) [The Amulet: pb/Melvyn Grant]
- Dark Journey: A Novel of Horror (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2010) [vt of the above: The Amulet: pb/]
collections and stories
- Smothered Dolls (Woodstock, Georgia: Overlook Connection Press, 2001) [coll: hb/]
- Ewerton Death Trip: A Walk Through the Dark Side of Town (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2011) [coll: pb/]
- 'Rillas and Other Science Fiction Stories (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2012) [coll: pb/]
- Of Vampires & Gentlemen: Tales of Erotic Horror (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2012) [coll: pb/]
- The Chimera and the Shadowfox Griefer and Other Curious People (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2012) [coll: pb/]
- The Fold-O-Rama Wars at the Blue Moon Roach Hotel and Other Colorful Tales of Transformation and Tattoos (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2012) [coll: pb/]
- The Hemmingway Kittens and Other Feline Fancies and Fantasies (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2013) [coll: pb/]
- The A.R. Morlan Megapack (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press, 2015) [coll: ebook: na/]
- Homely in the Cradle and Other Bedtime Stories (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press, 2015) [coll: pb/]
- The Bone-God's Lair and Other Tales of the Famous and the Infamous (Cabin John, Maryland: Wildside Press, 2016) [coll: pb/]
- Cat in the Box (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2019) [story: ebook: first appeared 28 March 2001 Sci Fiction: na/]
- The Hemingway Kittens (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2019) [story: ebook: first appeared in Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores (anth 2002) edited by Greg Ketter: na/]
works as editor
- Zodiac Fantastic (New York: DAW Books, 1997) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Fantastic: pb/Jean-Francois Podevin]
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