Chris Kelso

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, 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]

Works

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Fiction

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  • 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

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  • Burroughs and Scotland: Dethroning the Ancients (Beatdom)
  • Interrogating the Abyss (Apocalypse Party)
  • On Melting: essays against the body (Control)

Anthologies edited

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Imperial Youth Review". Dog Horn Publishing. 13 November 2018.
  2. ^ Rocket, Stubby the (21 October 2019). "Announcing the 2019 British Fantasy Award Winners". Tor.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. ^ "British Fantasy Awards 2019 | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Wargo, Joseph. "BOOK REVIEW: A Message From The Slave State by Chris Kelso". Your Friendly Counter Counterculturalist. Western Legend Press. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  7. ^ seanofthedead. "Book Review: Moosejaw Frontier – Author Chris Kelso". Horrornews.net. Bizarro Pulp Press. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  8. ^ Wamack, Grant. "Moosejaw Frontier (Book Review)". Spontaneous Combustion. Bizarro Pulp Press. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  9. ^ Kelso, Chris. Transmatic. MorbidbookS. p. Best Science Fiction Stories.
  10. ^ Kelso, Chris. Transmatic. MorbidbookS. p. MorbidbookS Extreme Fiction Publisher.
  11. ^ Kelso, Chris. Transmatic. MorbidbookS. p. Chris Kelso Website.
  12. ^ Kelso, Chris. The Black Dog Eats The City. Omnium Gatherum. p. Interzone.
  13. ^ Kelso, Chris (20 April 2024). The Black Dog Eats The City. Omnium Gatherum. p. Omnium Gatherum.
  14. ^ "End of the Year Booklist (2014 Edition) | David Davis". Weird Fiction Review. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  15. ^ Helgadóttir, Margrét (1 October 2014). "Guest Author: Chris Kelso". Margrét Helgadóttir.
  16. ^ Lockley, Craig (22 August 2015). "The Dissolving Zinc Theatre by Chris Kelso. Book review". The British Fantasy Society.
  17. ^ Media, Clash (19 April 2018). "Review: The Church of Latter-Day Eugenics by Chris Kelso & Tom Bradley". CLASH. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Review: I Dream of Mirrors by Chris Kelso". Cemetery Dance Online. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  19. ^ ""I Dream of Mirrors" by Chris Kelso". LitReactor. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  20. ^ Kelso, Chris. Caledonia Dreaming - Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent. p. Future Fire.
  21. ^ Wills, David (13 July 2014). "The is NOT an Anthology". Beatdom. Beatdom Books.
  22. ^ "The Mad Butterfly's Ball by".
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