Who Made Stevie Crye?

Who Made Stevie Crye?, subtitled A Novel of the American South, is a horror novel by American writer Michael Bishop. It was released in 1984 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,591 copies, and later in paperback by Headline.[1] It was the author's first novel and third book published by Arkham House.

Who Made Stevie Crye?
Dust-jacket illustration by Glennray Tutor.
AuthorMichael Bishop
IllustratorJeffrey K. Potter
Cover artistGlennray Tutor
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror
PublisherArkham House
Publication date
1984
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages309
ISBN0-87054-099-8
OCLC10723399
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3552.I772 W5 1984

A 30th Anniversary Edition was published by Fairwood Press in August 2014, including a new introduction by Jack Slay and a new afterword by the author. It also reprints the full-page black and white illustrations by J. K. Potter which were originally commissioned for the Arkham House edition.

Plot summary

The story concerns Mary Stevenson Crye, a newly widowed housewife, who turns to freelance writing to provide for her family. Her typewriter, which is demonically possessed, involves her in a series of occult.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Who Made Stevie Crye? for White Dwarf #97, and stated that "Every possible double meaning in the title gets its due airing, and I defy you to predict the outrageous final chapter. Buy this one."[2]

Reviews
  • Review by Debbie Notkin (1984) in Locus, #286 November 1984[3]
  • Review by Mary Gentle (1984) in Interzone, #10 Winter 1984/85
  • Review by Joe Sanders (1984) in Fantasy Review, December 1984
  • Review by Doc Kennedy (1985) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, March-April 1985
  • Review [French] by Élisabeth Campos (1986) in Fiction, #370
  • Review by Charles L. Grant (1986) in American Fantasy, Fall 1986
  • Review by Barbara Davies (1988) in Vector 143
  • Review by Ian Watson (1988) in Horror: 100 Best Books, (1988)

References
  1. Pringle, David. "Who Made Stevie Crye? by Michael Bishop." Modern Fantasy: The One Hundred Best Novels. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1989. 231-2.
  2. Langford, Dave (January 1988). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 97. Games Workshop. p. 13.
  3. "Title: Who Made Stevie Crye?".

Sources
  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 136. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 55.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 152. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 130. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.


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