Simon Bestwick

Simon Bestwick (born 1974) is an English author of British contemporary horror.

Biography

Bestwick attended the University of Salford which he graduated from in 1996 with a 2:1 degree in Media and Performance.[1]

Writer Ramsey Campbell has described Bestwick, along with Gary McMahon, Alison Littlewood and Joel Lane, as part of a class of contemporary British writers developing a “consciously political form of horror fiction, using the genre to examine and symbolise Thatcher’s Britain and the country’s subsequent decades”.[2]

His short stories have been reprinted in Best Horror of the Year #1 'The Narrows', Best Horror of the Year #4 'Dermot' and 'The Moraine', Best British Fantasy 2013 'Dermot',[3] and his short story ‘Below’ is due to be reprinted in Best Horror of the Year # 12 (September 2020).

Awards and honours

Selected works

Books
  • Power of the Dog: Precinct 13 Publications, 1998.
  • Tide Of Souls: Abaddon Books, 2009. ISBN 978-1906735142
  • The Faceless: Solaris, 2012. ISBN 978-1907992742
  • Let's Drink To The Dead: Solaris, 2012. ASIN B00AIM7PTE
  • The Condemned: Gray Friar Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1906331412
  • Hell's Ditch:  Snowbooks, 2015. ISBN 978-1909679696
  • Devil's Highway:  Snowbooks, 2016. ISBN 978-1909679900
  • The Feast of All Souls: Solaris, 2016. ISBN 978-1781084618
  • Angels Of The Silences: Omnium Gatherum Media, 2016. ISBN 978-0692619384
  • Wolf's Hill: Snowbooks, 2018. ISBN 978-1911390503
  • Breakwater: Tor, 2018. ASIN B079Y41MRR

Collections
  • A Hazy Shade Of Winter: Ash-Tree Press, 2004. ASIN B006WBJ4IK
  • Pictures Of The Dark: Gray Friar Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1906331085
  • And Cannot Come Again: Tales of Childhood, Regret, and Innocence Lost: ChiZine, 2019.  ISBN 978-1771485227 (Out of Print), and reprinted by Horrific Tales, 2020. ISBN 978-1910283264

As editor
  • Oktobyr '98:: Precinct 13 Publications, 1998.

References
  1. Bestwick, Simon. "Simon Bestwick". Simon Bestwick. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. Walter, Damien (29 January 2016). "The ominous ordinary: horror writers finding scares in the everyday". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. "TIH 020: Simon Bestwick on Writing Serials, Joel Lane and Plotting". This Is Horror. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. "British Fantasy Awards 2009: the Shortlist!". British Fantasy Society. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. "British Fantasy Awards shortlist announced". British Fantasy Society. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. "British Fantasy Awards 2019". British Fantasy Society. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  7. "British Fantasy Awards 2019". British Fantasy Society. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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