Tom Piccirilli is an American

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 novelist and short story writer. He has sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Piccirilli is a two-time winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" (2008, 2010). He is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award

Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...

. He was also a finalist for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award given by the Mystery Writers of America, a final nominee for the Fantasy Award, and he won the first Bram Stoker Award

Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...

 given in the category of "Best Poetry Collection

Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection

The Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing for a poetry collection.-Winners and nominees:Nominees are listed below the winner for each year....

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Novels

• Dark Father (Pocket, 1990) ISBN 0-671-67401-3
• Shards (Write Way, 1996) ISBN 1-885173-23-7
• Inside the Works: A 3-Way Collection of Hardcore Horror (Necro Publications, 1997) (with Gerard Daniel Houarner
  Gerard Daniel Houarner
  -Novels & Short Fiction Collections:*The Bard of Sorcery *Painfreak *Inside the Works *I Love You and There Is Nothing You Can Do About It *Road to Hell *Black Orchids from Aum...
  
  , Edward Lee
  Edward Lee (writer)
  Edward Lee is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror who has written 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York paperback companies such as Leisure/Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/Kensington. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee for his story “Mr...
  
  ) ISBN 1-889186-07-4
• Hexes (Leisure, 1999) ISBN 0-8439-4483-8
• The Deceased (Leisure, 2000) ISBN 0-8439-4752-7
• The Night Class (2000)
• A Lower Deep (2001)
• Grave Men (2002)
• Fuckin' Lie Down Already (2003)
• A Choir of Ill Children (2003)
• Coffin Blues (2004)
• Thrust (2005)
• November Mourns (2005)
• Headstone City (2006)
• The Dead Letters (2006)
• Frayed (2007)
• The Midnight Road (Bantam, 2007) ISBN 0-553-38408-2
• The Fever Kill (2007)
• The Cold Spot (Bantam, 2008) ISBN 0-553-59084-7
• The Coldest Mile (Bantam, 2009)ISBN 0-553-59085-5
• The Shadow Season (Bantam, 2009) ISBN 0-553-59247-5

Felicity Grove series

1. The Dead Past (Write Way, 1997)
2. Sorrow's Crown (Write Way, 1998) ISBN 1-885173-53-9

Cold series

1. The Cold Spot (Bantam, 2008) ISBN 0-553-59084-7
2. The Coldest Mile (Bantam, 2009) ISBN 0-553-59085-5
3. The Cold and the Dead (forthcoming tentative title)

Novellas

• Cast in Dark Waters (Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
  
  , 2002) (with Ed Gorman
  Edward Gorman
  Ed Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is currently in post production for a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann....
  
  ) ISBN 1-58767-013-5
• All You Despise (Shroud Publishing, 2008)
• The Nobody (Tasmaniac Publications, 2008) ISBN 9-780-98038687-5
• Every Shallow Cut (ChiZine Publications, 2011) ISBN 978-1-926851-10-5

Omnibus

• Epitaphs: Two Novels of the Dead Past (1999) (contains The Dead Past and Sorrow's Crown) ISBN 0-7394-0218-8

Collections

• Pentacle (Pirate Writings, 1995), introduction by Jack Cady. ISBN 0-9640168-2-6. Features five short stories that make one continuing narrative:

"Neverdead"

"Bury St. Edmonds"

"Maleficia"

"Paindance"

"Eye-Biting and Other Displays of Affection"

• The Hanging Man and Other Strange Suspensions (1996)
• The Dog Syndrome and Other Sick Puppies (Marietta Publishing, 1997)

"The Dog Syndrome"

"Fellowship"

"Where the Swamp Folk Go When the Need Comes"

"Hostages"

"Water Wears the Stones"

"Lilith at the Playground"

• Deep into that Darkness Peering (Terminal Fright Press, 1999) ISBN 0-9658135-6-8
• A Student of Hell (poetry collection) (2000) ISBN 0-9675774-0-3
• Four Dark Nights (Leisure 2002) (with Douglas Clegg
  Douglas Clegg
  Douglas Clegg is a horror and dark fantasy author, and a pioneer in the field of e-publishing. He maintains a strong Internet presence through his website and LiveJournal.-Biography:...
  
  , Christopher Golden
  Christopher Golden
  Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
  
  , Bentley Little
  Bentley Little
  Bentley Little is an American author of horror novels.-Personal history:Little's first novel, The Revelation, was published with St...
  
  ). Featuring the Piccirilli story "Jonah Rose." ISBN 0-8439-5098-6
• This Cape Is Red Because I've Been Bleeding (poetry collection)(Catalyst Press, 2002) ISBN 1-930997-21-3
• Mean Sheep (Delirium Books, 2003) ISBN 1-929653-47-6

"The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair"

"The Whole Head is Sick, the Whole Heart Faint"

"This, and That's the End of It"

"New York Comes to the Desert"

"Sentry"

"At One Stride Comes the Dark"

"Her Child Arises"

"Come Back to Tell You All"

"Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crowd"

"Whisper, When You Drown"

"Souls, Written on the Flea"

"Twilight in the Room of Fathers"

"Horsepower"

"A square Wedge of Vanilla"

"Tracking the Death Angel"

"Those Vanished I Recognize"

"Mean Sheep" (poem)

"What You Leave Behind on the Side of Your Plate" (poem)

"In the Outrunning" (poem)

"A Lightning Sting on the Far Side of the Skull" (poem)

"How To Perform Heart Surgery With Someone Else's Gaze" (poem)

"When the First Lemming Drops" (poem)

"The Curve After Which the Engine Squeals" (poem)

"My Conscience Shattered by a Jittery Scrawl" (poem)

"Rye" (poem)

"Staring Into A Bitter Face I've Seen Before" (poem)

"The Living Room" (poem)

"Sylvia" (poem)

"Tragedy As You Like It" (poem)

"45 Seconds On Third Avenue and 8th Street" (poem)

"Another Man's October" (poem)

• Waiting My Turn to Go Under the Knife (poems) (2005)
• A Little Black Book of Noir Stoires (Borderlands Press, 2003) ISBN 1-880-32540-3

"Fellowship"

"Seems Like Old Times"

"Horsepower"

"Hostages"

"Inside the Works"

"Diamond Mozzarella"

"Black"

Anthologies edited

• The Devil's Wine (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2004), a poetry anthology featuring Stephen King
  Stephen King
  Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
  
  , Ray Bradbury
  Ray Bradbury
  Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...
  
  , Peter Straub
  Peter Straub
  Peter Francis Straub is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, placing him among the most-honored horror authors in...
  
  , and many more. ISBN 1-58767-070-4
• Midnight Premiere (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2007), also contains Tom Piccirilli's short story "Shadder." ISBN 978-1-58767-146-3

Anthologies containing stories by Tom Piccirilli

• 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories (Barnes & Noble, 1995) edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
  , and Robert H. Weinberg. Features the short story, "Sorrow Laughed." ISBN 1-56619-762-7
• Stranger by Night: The Hot Blood Series part VI (1995) edited by Michael Garrett and Jeff Gelb. Features the short story, "Take It as It Comes." ISBN 0-7860-1648-5
• Fear the Fever: The Hot Blod Series part VII (1996) edited by Michael Garrett and Jeff Gelb. Features the short story, "Call It." ISBN 0-7860-1649-3
• White House Horrors (DAW, 1996) edited by Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
  . Features the short story "Broken ’Neath the Weight of Wraiths." ISBN 0-88677-659-7
• Women Who Run with the Werewolves: Tales of Blood, Lust, and Metamorphosis (Cleis Press, 1996) edited by Pam Keesey. Features the short story, "The Hound of God." ISBN 1-57344-057-4e
• Crimes of Passion: The Hot Blood Series part IX (Pinnacle, 1997) edited by Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett. Features the short story, "Curs." ISBN 0-7860-1650-7
• Terminal Frights (Terminal Fright, 1997) edited by Kenneth E. Abner, Jr. Features the short story, "A Lower Deep." ISBN 0-9658135-2-5
• Cat Crimes Through Time (Carroll & Graf, 1998) edited by Ed Gorman
  Edward Gorman
  Ed Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is currently in post production for a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann....
  
  , Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
  , and Larry Segriff. Features the short story "Of Persephone, Poe, and the Whisperer." ISBN 0-7867-0555-8
• Horrors! 365 Scary Stories (Barnes & Noble, 1998) edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg. Features the short story, "On the Panecraft Train." ISBN 0-7607-0141-5
• Going Postal (Space & Time, 1998) edited by Gerard Daniel Houarner. Features the short story, "Nietzsche Sooths Fishboy Lenny." ISBN 0-917053-11-7
• More Monsters from Memphis (Zapizdat Publications, 1998), edited by Beecher Smith. Features the short story, "Go Back to the Church." ISBN 1-880964-24-4
• 100 Hilarious Little Howlers (Barnes & Noble, 1999) edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg
  Robert Weinberg
  Robert Allan Weinberg is a Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at MIT and American Cancer Society Research Professor; his research is in the area of oncogenes and the genetic basis of human cancer. Weinberg is also affiliated with the Broad Institute and is a founding member of the...
  
  , and Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
  . Features the short story, "Chasing the Ugly Dog." ISBN 0-7607-1385-5
• Future Crimes (DAW, 1999) edited by Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
   and John Helfers. Features the short story, "The Serpent Was More Subtle." ISBN 0-88677-854-9
• New Mythos Legends (Marietta Publishing, 1999) edited by Bruce Gehweiler. Features the short story, "Of Darkness I Acknowledge Mine." ISBN 1-892-66906-4
• Bad News (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2000) edited by Richard Laymon
  Richard Laymon
  Richard Carl Laymon was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and lived as a child in California...
  
  . Features the short story, "The Whole Head is Sick, the Whole Heart Faint." ISBN 1-881475-95-6
• Star Colonies (DAW, 2000) edited by Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
  , John Helfers, and Ed Gorman
  Edward Gorman
  Ed Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is currently in post production for a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann....
  
  . Features the short story, "I am a Graveyard Hated by the Moon." ISBN 0-886-77894-8
• October Dreams
  October Dreams
  October Dreams edited by Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish is an anthology of Halloween-themed memories and short stories from many award winning names in dark fantasy and horror fiction...
  
  (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2000) edited by Richard Chizmar
  Richard Chizmar
  Richard Thomas Chizmar is best known as the publisher and editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications...
  
   and Robert Morrish. Features the non-fiction piece, "My Favorite Halloween Memory." ISBN 1-58767-019-4
• Corpse Blossoms (Creeping Hemlock Press, 2005) edited by Julia Sevin and R. J. Sevin. Features the short story, ""An Average Insanity, A Common Agony." ISBN 0-976-92170-7
• Evermore
  Evermore (book)
  Evermore is an anthology of short stories about or in honor of Edgar Allan Poe and edited by James Robert Smith and Stephen Mark Rainey. It was released in 2006 by Arkham House in an edition of approximately 2,000 copies.- Contents :...
  
  (Arkham House
  Arkham House
  Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
  
  , 2006) edited by James Robert Smith
  James Robert Smith
  James Robert Smith is an American author. His first novel, The Flock was published August 2, 2006 by Five Star.- External links :*...
  
   and Stephen Mark Rainey
  Stephen Mark Rainey
  Stephen Mark Rainey is an author of novels, short stories, and various works of nonfiction. From 1987 to 1997, he edited Deathrealm, a magazine of horror and dark fantasy fiction, for which he won several awards for Best Editor.-Biography:...
  
  . Features the short story, "Of Persephone, Poe, and the Whisperer." ISBN 0-87054-185-4
• The Death Panel: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness (Comet Press, 2009) edited by Cheryl Mullenax. Features the short story, "Blood Sacrifices & The Catatonic Kid." ISBN 978-0-9820979-9-1

Non fiction

• Welcome to Hell: A Working Guide for the Beginning Writer (2000)
• Deconstructing Tolkien: A Fundamental Analysis of the Lord of the Rings (2004) (with Edward J McFadden, J.R.R. Tolkien and Jane Yolen
  Jane Yolen
  Jane Hyatt Yolen is an American author and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, and children's books...
  
  )

Won

• Bram Stoker Award
  Bram Stoker Award
  The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
  
   for "Best Poetry Collection
  Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection
  The Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing for a poetry collection.-Winners and nominees:Nominees are listed below the winner for each year....
  
  " (2000) : A Student of Hell
• Bram Stoker Award for "Short Fiction" (2002) : "The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Depair"
• Bram Stoker Award for "Best Novel" (2003) : The Night Class
• Bram Stoker Award for "Best Alternative Forms
  Bram Stoker Award for Best Alternative Forms
  The Bram Stoker Award for Best Alternative Forms is a discontinued award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing in alternative media.-Winners and nominees:...
  
  " (2004): The Devil's Wine
• International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" (2008) : The Midnight Road
• International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" (2010) : The Coldest Mile

Nominated

• Bram Stoker Award
  Bram Stoker Award
  The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
  
   for "Best First Novel
  Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel
  The Bram Stoker Award for First Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing for an author's first horror novel.-Winners and nominees:Nominees are listed below the winner for each year....
  
  " (1991) : Dark Father
• 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
  World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
  This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy fiction collection voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention.-2010:...
  
  " (2000) : Deep into that Darkness Peering
• Bram Stoker Award for "Best Fiction Collection
  Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection
  The Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing for best fiction collection.-Winners and nominees:...
  
  " (2000) : Deep into that Darkness Peering
• Bram Stoker Award for "Best Novel" (2000) : Hexes
• Bram Stoker Award for "Best Novel" (2001) : The Deceased
• Bram Stoker Award for "Best Long Fiction
  Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction
  The Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing for long fiction.-Winners and nominees:...
  
  " (2003) : Fuckin' Lie Down Already
• Bram Stoker Award for "Best Novel" (2005) : November Mourns
• Bram Stoker Award for "Best Anthology
  Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology
  The Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing for anthology.-Winners and nominees:Nominees are listed below the winner for each year....
  
  " (2007) : Midnight Premiere
• International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" (2007) : Headstone City
• International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Short Story" (2009) : "Between the Dark and the Daylight"
• Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for "Best Paperback Original" (2008) : "The Cold Spot"

External links

• Thomas Piccirilli's Official Website
• Thomas Piccirilli's Bibliography on Fantastic Fiction
• Video review of Piccirilli's Cold Spot

See also

• List of horror fiction authors