Chris Kelso
Appearance
Chris Kelso (born 22 March 1988, Kilmarnock, Scotland) is a Scottish Fantasy writer, illustrator, and anthologist from Scotland.
Kelso's works have also been printed in magazines such as Interzone, Black Static, 3:AM, Locus, Bella Caledonia and Evergreen Review. He and Garrett Cook are the co-creators of 'The Imperial Youth Review'.[1]
In 2019, he was nominated for a British Fantasy Award for best short fiction.[2][3] His essay 'Transmigrational Defences' was nominated for a 2024 Pushcart Prize.
Works
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Last Exit To Interzone (Black Dharma Press)
- Schadenfreude (Dog Horn Publishing)[4]
- A Message from the Slave State (Western Legends Books)[5][6]
- Moosejaw Frontier (Bizarro Pulp Press)[7][8]
- Transmatic (MorbidbookS)[9][10][11]
- The Black Dog Eats The City (Omnium Gatherum)[12][13][14]
- Terence, Mephisto and Viscera Eyes (Journalstone)[15]
- The Dissolving Zinc Theatre (Villipede)[16]
- The Folger Variation (Shoreline of Infinity)
- Wire & Spittle (Omnium Gatherum)
- Rattled by the Rush (Journalstone)
- The Church of Latter Day Eugenics (with Tom Bradley)[17]
- I Dream of Mirrors' (The Sinister Horror Company)[18][19]
- The DREGS Trilogy (Black Shuck Books)
- Voidheads (Schism)
Non-Fiction
[edit]- Burroughs and Scotland: Dethroning the Ancients (Beatdom)
- Interrogating the Abyss (Apocalypse Party)
- On Melting: essays against the body (Control)
Anthologies edited
[edit]- Caledonia Dreamin – Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent (by Chris Kelso and Hal Duncan)[20]
- This is NOT an Anthology (Onieros Books)[21]
- Slave Stories - Scenes of the Slave State (Omnium Gatherum)
- I Transgress (Salo' Press)
- Children of the New Flesh: The Early Films and Pervasive Influence of David Cronenberg (11:11)
- The Mad Butterfly's Ball (by Chris Kelso and Preston Grassmann) (PS Publishing)[22]
References
[edit]- ^ "Imperial Youth Review". Dog Horn Publishing. 13 November 2018.
- ^ Rocket, Stubby the (21 October 2019). "Announcing the 2019 British Fantasy Award Winners". Tor.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "British Fantasy Awards 2019 | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Tambour, Anna (26 July 2013). "A Review of Chris Kelso's Schadenfreude". The Shwibly – A Magazine of the Arts. Dog Horn Publishing. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013.
- ^ Kelso, Chris. A Message from the Slave State. Western Legend Books. p. The Speculative Bookshop. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ Wargo, Joseph. "BOOK REVIEW: A Message From The Slave State by Chris Kelso". Your Friendly Counter Counterculturalist. Western Legend Press. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ seanofthedead. "Book Review: Moosejaw Frontier – Author Chris Kelso". Horrornews.net. Bizarro Pulp Press. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Wamack, Grant. "Moosejaw Frontier (Book Review)". Spontaneous Combustion. Bizarro Pulp Press. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ Kelso, Chris. Transmatic. MorbidbookS. p. Best Science Fiction Stories.
- ^ Kelso, Chris. Transmatic. MorbidbookS. p. MorbidbookS Extreme Fiction Publisher.
- ^ Kelso, Chris. Transmatic. MorbidbookS. p. Chris Kelso Website.
- ^ Kelso, Chris. The Black Dog Eats The City. Omnium Gatherum. p. Interzone.
- ^ Kelso, Chris (20 April 2024). The Black Dog Eats The City. Omnium Gatherum. p. Omnium Gatherum.
- ^ "End of the Year Booklist (2014 Edition) | David Davis". Weird Fiction Review. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Helgadóttir, Margrét (1 October 2014). "Guest Author: Chris Kelso". Margrét Helgadóttir.
- ^ Lockley, Craig (22 August 2015). "The Dissolving Zinc Theatre by Chris Kelso. Book review". The British Fantasy Society.
- ^ Media, Clash (19 April 2018). "Review: The Church of Latter-Day Eugenics by Chris Kelso & Tom Bradley". CLASH. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Review: I Dream of Mirrors by Chris Kelso". Cemetery Dance Online. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ ""I Dream of Mirrors" by Chris Kelso". LitReactor. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Kelso, Chris. Caledonia Dreaming - Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent. p. Future Fire.
- ^ Wills, David (13 July 2014). "The is NOT an Anthology". Beatdom. Beatdom Books.
- ^ "The Mad Butterfly's Ball by".