John Gregory Betancourt
Encyclopedia
John Gregory Betancourt (b. October 25, 1963 in Missouri
) is a writer of science fiction
, fantasy
and mystery
novel
s as well as short stories
. He has worked as an assistant editor at Amazing Stories
and editor of Horror: The Newsmagazine of the Horror Field, the revived Weird Tales
magazine, the first issue of H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror
(which he subsequently hired Marvin Kaye
to edit), Cat Tales magazine (which he subsequently hired George H. Scithers
to edit), and Adventure Tales magazine. He is the writer of four Star Trek
novels and the new Chronicles of Amber prequel series, as well as a dozen original novels. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in such diverse publications as Writer's Digest
, The Washington Post
, and Amazing Stories
.
. John Betancourt spent his childhood summers in remote parts of Greece
, especially Crete
, where his father worked on the excavation at Pseira
. There, in his early years, he developed a love for reading and discovered such diverse writers as Clark Ashton Smith
, Michael Moorcock
, and Jack Vance
through books imported from the United Kingdom
. When he ran out of books to read, he began making up his own stories to entertain himself.
Betancourt has alternated between writing and editing throughout his career. In college, he worked for Amazing Stories as an assistant editor. When the Philadelphia office shut down, he co-founded a literary agency with George Scithers and Darrell Schweitzer
. A year later, Betancourt, Scithers, and Schweitzer licensed the name Weird Tales
from Weird Tales, Ltd. and revived the magazine.
In 1989, Betancourt married Kim Hermo—married name Kim Betancourt
—and moved from Philadelphia to Newark, New Jersey
. They founded Wildside Press
in 1989 to publish a collection of essays by Fritz Leiber
designed to commemorate Leiber's appearance as Principal Speaker at Philcon that year. The book, Fafhrd & Me sold out quickly, and Betancourt decided to publish additional titles as a hobby.
Betancourt was named science fiction editor for Byron Preiss Visual Publications in 1990. He worked for Byron Preiss
for 7 years, rising to Senior Editor, before leaving to write full-time and take care of his and Kim Betancourt's first child. This marked the beginning of his most prolific period as an author.
Betancourt also continued to publish books through Wildside Press during this period, using local short-run printers and Pulphouse Publishing
to print new titles. Some of the limited editions, particularly titles by Mike Resnick
, are impressive efforts. The limited editions of Resnick's "Lucifer Jones" series are bound in such exotic materials as Spanish cork, French leopard-patterned cloth, and leather. The limited editions he published of Bradley Denton
's two short story collections are bound in Spanish snakeskin-patterned cloth and elephant-hide paper. The lettered editions have mahogany slipcases. The Denton collections won a World Fantasy Award
for Best Collection of the Year.
Betancourt has continued to publish Weird Tales
through Wildside Press
. In 2006 he hired Stephen H. Segal
who he then made Editorial Director of the magazine; Segal subsequently recruited Ann VanderMeer
as Fiction Editor. In 2009, Segal and VanderMeer won a Hugo Award
for Weird Tales in the category of Best Semiprozine
. The magazine was also nominated for a 2009 World Fantasy Award
.
technology, which produces one book at a time. He became a pioneer in the field, bringing hundreds (eventually thousands) of books into print through PoD
. Betancourt incorporated Wildside Press in 2004 and continued to expand the company, as gross annual sales continued to grow. As of January, 2010, Wildside Press had more than 11,000 books in print, ranging from classic literature to genre titles by H. Beam Piper
, John W. Campbell, Jr., Andre Norton
, and others.
Wildside Press took up an increasing amount of his time, though Betancourt still managed to produce one novel and several short stories most years. He brought in genre writers and editors to work on Wildside Press projects. Employees in the 2000-2007 period included such authors and editors as P.D. Cacek, Darrell Schweitzer
, George H. Scithers
, Vera Nazarian
, Stephen H. Segal
, and Sean Wallace
.
In 2006, Betancourt partnered with AudioRealms to release new and classic science fiction, fantasy, and horror in Audiobook format. Initial releases included H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy
and Andre Norton's The Time Traders
, as well as works by Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.
At the same time, Betancourt created a new mass-market paperback line, Cosmos Books, with Dorchester Publishing
.
In 2007, Betancourt received the Black Orchid Novella Award from the Nero Wolfe Society (the "Wolfe Pack") and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
for his novella "Horse Pit." The award, which consisted of a certificate, a prize of $1,000.00, and publication in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, was presented at the Wolfe Pack's annual Black Orchid Banquet on December 1, 2007.
John Gregory Betancourt currently lives in Maryland with his wife, Kim and two sons.
The New Adventures of Superman
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
) is a writer of science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
and mystery
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s as well as short stories
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
. He has worked as an assistant editor at Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
and editor of Horror: The Newsmagazine of the Horror Field, the revived Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
magazine, the first issue of H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror
H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror
H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror was a quarterly horror magazine edited by Marvin Kaye and published by Wildside Press. HPL's was originally announced as a quarterly, but has always appeared on an irregular basis....
(which he subsequently hired Marvin Kaye
Marvin Kaye
Marvin Nathan Kaye is an American mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and horror author and editor. He has also edited numerous horror anthologies, such as H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror and Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine...
to edit), Cat Tales magazine (which he subsequently hired George H. Scithers
George H. Scithers
George H. Scithers was a science fiction fan, author, and Hugo Award winning editor.A long-time member of the World Science Fiction Society, he published a fanzine starting in the '50s, wrote short stories, and moved on to edit several prominent science fiction magazines, as well as a number of...
to edit), and Adventure Tales magazine. He is the writer of four Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
novels and the new Chronicles of Amber prequel series, as well as a dozen original novels. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in such diverse publications as Writer's Digest
Writer's Digest
Writer's Digest is an American magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles....
, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, and Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
.
Childhood
Betancourt's father is archaeologist Philip BetancourtPhilip Betancourt
Philip P. Betancourt is an American archaeologist, author, and a specialist in the Aegean Bronze Age. He is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Temple University and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology...
. John Betancourt spent his childhood summers in remote parts of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, especially Crete
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
, where his father worked on the excavation at Pseira
Pseira
Pseira is an islet in the Gulf of Mirabello in northeastern Crete with the archaeological remains of Minoan and Mycenean civilisation.-Exploration:...
. There, in his early years, he developed a love for reading and discovered such diverse writers as Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne...
, Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
, and Jack Vance
Jack Vance
John Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen...
through books imported from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. When he ran out of books to read, he began making up his own stories to entertain himself.
First published work
His first published work was a poem, "The Argia," in Space & Time magazine at age 15. At age 16, he made his first professional sale, "Vernon's Dragon," to the anthology 100 Great Fantasy Short-Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, John F. Carr, and Martin H. Greenberg. He began his first-published novel, The Blind Archer, at age 17, finished it at age 18, and sold it to Avon Books at age 19.Betancourt has alternated between writing and editing throughout his career. In college, he worked for Amazing Stories as an assistant editor. When the Philadelphia office shut down, he co-founded a literary agency with George Scithers and Darrell Schweitzer
Darrell Schweitzer
Darrell Charles Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy...
. A year later, Betancourt, Scithers, and Schweitzer licensed the name Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
from Weird Tales, Ltd. and revived the magazine.
In 1989, Betancourt married Kim Hermo—married name Kim Betancourt
Kim Betancourt
Kim Betancourt co-founded Wildside Press in 1989 with her husband, science fiction writer John Betancourt. She has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award two times for their publishing company's efforts. Kim is not only part of Wildside Press, she is Director of Economics and Multifamily Market...
—and moved from Philadelphia to Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
. They founded Wildside Press
Wildside Press
Wildside 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...
in 1989 to publish a collection of essays by Fritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber
Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theatre and films, playwright, expert chess player and a champion fencer. Possibly his greatest chess accomplishment was winning clear first in the 1958 Santa Monica Open.. With...
designed to commemorate Leiber's appearance as Principal Speaker at Philcon that year. The book, Fafhrd & Me sold out quickly, and Betancourt decided to publish additional titles as a hobby.
Betancourt was named science fiction editor for Byron Preiss Visual Publications in 1990. He worked for Byron Preiss
Byron Preiss
Byron Preiss was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks.-Early life and career:...
for 7 years, rising to Senior Editor, before leaving to write full-time and take care of his and Kim Betancourt's first child. This marked the beginning of his most prolific period as an author.
Betancourt also continued to publish books through Wildside Press during this period, using local short-run printers and Pulphouse Publishing
Pulphouse Publishing
Pulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996...
to print new titles. Some of the limited editions, particularly titles by Mike Resnick
Mike Resnick
Michael Diamond Resnick , better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is an American science fiction author. He was executive editor of Jim Baen's Universe.-Biography:...
, are impressive efforts. The limited editions of Resnick's "Lucifer Jones" series are bound in such exotic materials as Spanish cork, French leopard-patterned cloth, and leather. The limited editions he published of Bradley Denton
Bradley Denton
Bradley Clayton Denton is an American science fiction author. He has also written other types of fiction, such as the black comedy of his novel Blackburn, about a sympathetic serial killer....
's two short story collections are bound in Spanish snakeskin-patterned cloth and elephant-hide paper. The lettered editions have mahogany slipcases. The Denton collections won a World Fantasy Award
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
for Best Collection of the Year.
Betancourt has continued to publish Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
through Wildside Press
Wildside Press
Wildside 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...
. In 2006 he hired Stephen H. Segal
Stephen H. Segal
Stephen H. Segal is a Hugo Award-winning American editor, writer and publication designer.Segal began his editorial career as a journalist at In Pittsburgh Weekly and WQED's Pittsburgh Magazine...
who he then made Editorial Director of the magazine; Segal subsequently recruited Ann VanderMeer
Ann VanderMeer
Ann VanderMeer is an American publisher and editor, and the second female editor of the venerable horror magazine Weird Tales. She is the founder of Buzzcity Press.Her work as Fiction Editor of Weird Tales won a Hugo Award...
as Fiction Editor. In 2009, Segal and VanderMeer won a Hugo Award
Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
for Weird Tales in the category of Best Semiprozine
Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
. The magazine was also nominated for a 2009 World Fantasy Award
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
.
Print on demand
In 1998, Betancourt discovered print on demandPrint on demand
Print on demand , sometimes called, in error, publish on demand, is a printing technology and business process in which new copies of a book are not printed until an order has been received...
technology, which produces one book at a time. He became a pioneer in the field, bringing hundreds (eventually thousands) of books into print through PoD
POD
- Business :* Payable on Death, term used on certain bank accounts or Totten trusts, where payment is made to specified person upon account holder's death* Proof of Delivery, an international commerce term for a signed document proving delivery...
. Betancourt incorporated Wildside Press in 2004 and continued to expand the company, as gross annual sales continued to grow. As of January, 2010, Wildside Press had more than 11,000 books in print, ranging from classic literature to genre titles by H. Beam Piper
H. Beam Piper
Henry Beam Piper was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history tales.He wrote under the name H. Beam Piper...
, John W. Campbell, Jr., Andre Norton
Andre Norton
Andre Alice Norton, née Alice Mary Norton was an American science fiction and fantasy author under the noms de plume Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston...
, and others.
Wildside Press took up an increasing amount of his time, though Betancourt still managed to produce one novel and several short stories most years. He brought in genre writers and editors to work on Wildside Press projects. Employees in the 2000-2007 period included such authors and editors as P.D. Cacek, Darrell Schweitzer
Darrell Schweitzer
Darrell Charles Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy...
, George H. Scithers
George H. Scithers
George H. Scithers was a science fiction fan, author, and Hugo Award winning editor.A long-time member of the World Science Fiction Society, he published a fanzine starting in the '50s, wrote short stories, and moved on to edit several prominent science fiction magazines, as well as a number of...
, Vera Nazarian
Vera Nazarian
Vera Nazarian is an Armenian-Russian American writer of fantasy, science fiction and other "wonder fiction" including Mythpunk, an artist, and the publisher of Norilana Books...
, Stephen H. Segal
Stephen H. Segal
Stephen H. Segal is a Hugo Award-winning American editor, writer and publication designer.Segal began his editorial career as a journalist at In Pittsburgh Weekly and WQED's Pittsburgh Magazine...
, and Sean Wallace
Sean Wallace
Sean A. Wallace is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and publisher.-Career:Wallace began publishing fiction in 1997, when he launched Cosmos Books, with Philip Harbottle. Their début title, Fantasy Annual, was an anthology of British authors including E.C. Tubb, John Russell Fearn,...
.
In 2006, Betancourt partnered with AudioRealms to release new and classic science fiction, fantasy, and horror in Audiobook format. Initial releases included H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy
Little Fuzzy
Little Fuzzy is the name of a 1962 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper, and is now in public domain. It is generally seen as a work of juvenile fiction. It was nominated for the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel....
and Andre Norton's The Time Traders
The Time Traders
The Time Traders, by Andre Norton, is the first volume of a series of related time- and space-travel stories and part of Norton's "Forerunner" universe...
, as well as works by Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.
At the same time, Betancourt created a new mass-market paperback line, Cosmos Books, with Dorchester Publishing
Dorchester Publishing
Dorchester Publishing is a publisher of mass market paperback books. Although mostly known for romance, Dorchester also publishes horror, thriller and Western titles.-Publication lines:...
.
In 2007, Betancourt received the Black Orchid Novella Award from the Nero Wolfe Society (the "Wolfe Pack") and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine is a monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime and detective fiction. AHMM is named for Alfred Hitchcock, the famed director of suspense films and television.-History:...
for his novella "Horse Pit." The award, which consisted of a certificate, a prize of $1,000.00, and publication in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, was presented at the Wolfe Pack's annual Black Orchid Banquet on December 1, 2007.
John Gregory Betancourt currently lives in Maryland with his wife, Kim and two sons.
Novels
- 1987 Starskimmer
- 1987 Rogue Pirate
- 1988 Johnny Zed
- 1988 The Blind Archer
- 1990 Rememory
- 1995 Devil in the Sky (Star Trek: Deep Space NineStar Trek: Deep Space NineStar Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
) with Greg Cox - 1995 Incident at Arbuk (Star Trek: VoyagerStar Trek: VoyagerStar Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
) - 1995 Born of Elven Blood with Kevin J. AndersonKevin J. AndersonKevin J. Anderson is an American science fiction author with over forty bestsellers. He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and with Brian Herbert is the co-author of the Dune prequels...
- 1995 Cutthroat Island
- 1996 Birthright: The Hag's Contract
- 1996 The Heart of the Warrior (Star Trek: Deep Space NineStar Trek: Deep Space NineStar Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
) - 1997 Hercules: The Wrath of Poseidon
- 1997 Hercules: The Vengeance of Hera
- 1999 Infection (Star Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
) - 2001 Hercules: The Gates of Hades
- 2002 Pacifica with Linda E. Bushyager
- 2003 The Dawn of Amber (#1 in the Amber prequel series)
- 2003 The Dragon Sorcerer
- 2004 Chaos and Amber (#2 in the Amber prequel series)
- 2004 To Rule in Amber (#3 in the Amber prequel series)
- 2005 Shadows of Amber (#4 in the Amber prequel series)
- unpublished Sword of Chaos (#5 in the Amber prequel series)
Short story collections
- 1991 Slab's Tavern and Other Uncanny Places
- 1992 Performance Art
- 2005 Playing in Wonderland
Young Adult Series
- Dr. Bones
- 1989 #4 The Dragons of Komako
- Robert Silverberg's Time Tours
- 1991
Arthur Byron CoverArthur Byron Cover is a science fiction author.Cover attended the Clarion Writer's SF Workshop in New Orleans in 1971, and made his first professional short-story sale to Harlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions...
and Timothy Robert Sullivan - 1991 #6 Caesar's Time Legions as Jeremy Kingston
The New Adventures of Superman
The New Adventures of Superman may refer to:*The New Adventures of Superman , a 1960s animation by Filmation*Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, a 1990s live-action series...
- 1996
Michael Jan Friedman
Michael Jan Friedman is an author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which are in the Star Trek universe. Ten of his titles have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list...
Magazines edited
- Amazing StoriesAmazing StoriesAmazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
as Assistant Editor to George H. ScithersGeorge H. ScithersGeorge H. Scithers was a science fiction fan, author, and Hugo Award winning editor.A long-time member of the World Science Fiction Society, he published a fanzine starting in the '50s, wrote short stories, and moved on to edit several prominent science fiction magazines, as well as a number of... - Weird TalesWeird TalesWeird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
with George H. ScithersGeorge H. ScithersGeorge H. Scithers was a science fiction fan, author, and Hugo Award winning editor.A long-time member of the World Science Fiction Society, he published a fanzine starting in the '50s, wrote short stories, and moved on to edit several prominent science fiction magazines, as well as a number of...
and Darrell SchweitzerDarrell SchweitzerDarrell Charles Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy... - Adventure TalesAdventure TalesAdventure Tales is an irregularly published magazine reprinting classic stories from pulp magazines of the early 20th century. It is edited by science fiction writer John Gregory Betancourt and published by Wildside Press. Each issue has a theme or a featured author related to pulp...
- Cat Tales
Anthologies
- 1991 The Ultimate Dracula with Byron PreissByron PreissByron Preiss was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks.-Early life and career:...
(uncredited) - 1991 The Ultimate Frankenstein with Byron PreissByron PreissByron Preiss was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks.-Early life and career:...
- 1991 The Ultimate Werewolf with Byron PreissByron PreissByron Preiss was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks.-Early life and career:...
- 1993 Swashbuckling Editor Stories
- 1993 The Ultimate Witch with Byron PreissByron PreissByron Preiss was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks.-Early life and career:...
- 1993 The Ultimate Zombie with Byron PreissByron PreissByron Preiss was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks.-Early life and career:...
- 1995 The Ultimate Alien with Byron PreissByron PreissByron Preiss was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks.-Early life and career:...
- 1995 Best of Weird Tales (Barnes & Noble, 498 pages)
- 1997 Best of Weird Tales: 1923 (Borgo Press, 132 pages)
- 1996 New Masterpieces of Horror
- 1997 Weird Tales: Seven Decades of Terror
- 2005 Horrorscape: New Masterpieces of Horror, vol. 1
- 2006 Horror: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition with Sean WallaceSean WallaceSean A. Wallace is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and publisher.-Career:Wallace began publishing fiction in 1997, when he launched Cosmos Books, with Philip Harbottle. Their début title, Fantasy Annual, was an anthology of British authors including E.C. Tubb, John Russell Fearn,...
Non-fiction
- 1996 Serve It Forth - Cooking with Anne McCaffrey with Anne McCaffreyAnne McCaffreyAnne Inez McCaffrey was an American-born Irish writer, best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. Over the course of her 46 year career she won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award...
- 1996 The Sci-Fi Channel Trivia Book
- 1998 The Sci-Fi Channel Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction with Roger Fulton
External links
- John Betancourt's bibliography at 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...
- An interview with John Betancourt at sfsite.com