Mort Castle (born 1946) is an American horror author[1] with more than 500 short stories and 17 books to his credit, including Cursed Be the Child (Leisure Books, 1994) and The Strangers. Castle's first novel was published in 1967. Since then he has had pieces published in all sorts of places ranging from traditional literary magazines to more off-the-wall or risqué markets. He has been nominated eleven times for the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction and was winner three times.
A dedicated writing teacher, Castle has been a working musician, a standup comic, a stage hypnotist, a high school English teacher (for 11 years), and a magazine and comic book editor. He is currently writer-in-residence for two high schools, and teaching "Researching and Writing Historical Fiction" and "Story In Graphic Form" and other classes at Columbia College Chicago. He is a frequent keynote speaker at writing conferences,[2] and has given over 1000 presentations to writers, would-be writers, and teachers of writing. One of his latest books, Writing Horror, for which he served as editor, has become the "bible" for aspiring horror authors. It also includes interviews with some of horror's top stars, such as Stephen King. Castle is also the Executive Editor of , and currently fiction editor for Doorways Magazine.
Castle has been a regular contributor to Eureka Productions' Graphic Classics series since 2006, with work in Graphic Classics: Jack London, (second edition), Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce (second edition), Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker (second edition), Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson (second edition), Graphic Classics: O. Henry, and Graphic Classics: Halloween Classics.
In August 2013 it was announced[3] that Castle will be scripting the Red Giant Entertainment comic book Darchon, an ongoing feature of their Giant-Size Comics line of free print comic book titles set to debut on May 3, 2014, as part of Free Comic Book Day.[4]Darchon will appear monthly in Giant-Size Thrills, their horror-focused title.
Mort Castle's short story, Oval Portrait, was published in 3Elements Literary Review's fall issue no. 8, in October 2015.[5]
Castle has been nominated for various awards, including the Pushcart Prize, the Bram Stoker Award (which he won three times), the DeMarco Prize, and the , Leaders in the Arts for Chicago.
Bibliographyedit
Novelsedit
In Memoriam: Papa, Blake and HPL
The Deadly Election (1976)
The Strangers (1984)
Cursed Be the Child (1990)
Collectionsedit
So Many Tomorrows: Three Stories About Children
Moon on the Water (2000)
Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead (2002)
New Moon on the Water (announced by the now defunct Full Moon Press for 2010, currently being published by DarK Regions Press)
Knowing When to Die (2018)
Anthologies editededit
Nukes: Four Horror Writers on the Ultimate Horror : Stories (1986)
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury with Sam Weller (2012)
"All American Horror of the 21st Century"
Non-fictionedit
Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association (1997)
Barrantes, Guillermo y Martín Valiente. "Reportaje a Mort Castle," Boletín (Nov. 2003) [Spanish]
March 14, 2024
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Mort Castle news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mort Castle born 1946 is an American horror author 1 with more than 500 short stories and 17 books to his credit including Cursed Be the Child Leisure Books 1994 and The Strangers Castle s first novel was published in 1967 Since then he has had pieces published in all sorts of places ranging from traditional literary magazines to more off the wall or risque markets He has been nominated eleven times for the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction and was winner three times Mort CastleBorn1946 age 77 78 OccupationNovelist short story writer comic book writerPeriod1967 presentGenreHorror drama gothic genre fictionNotable worksCursed Be the ChildThe StrangersWebsitewww wbr mortwrites wbr freeservers wbr comA dedicated writing teacher Castle has been a working musician a standup comic a stage hypnotist a high school English teacher for 11 years and a magazine and comic book editor He is currently writer in residence for two high schools and teaching Researching and Writing Historical Fiction and Story In Graphic Form and other classes at Columbia College Chicago He is a frequent keynote speaker at writing conferences 2 and has given over 1000 presentations to writers would be writers and teachers of writing One of his latest books Writing Horror for which he served as editor has become the bible for aspiring horror authors It also includes interviews with some of horror s top stars such as Stephen King Castle is also the Executive Editor of Thorby Comics and currently fiction editor for Doorways Magazine Castle has been a regular contributor to Eureka Productions Graphic Classics series since 2006 with work in Graphic Classics Jack London second edition Graphic Classics Ambrose Bierce second edition Graphic Classics Bram Stoker second edition Graphic Classics Robert Louis Stevenson second edition Graphic Classics O Henry and Graphic Classics Halloween Classics In August 2013 it was announced 3 that Castle will be scripting the Red Giant Entertainment comic book Darchon an ongoing feature of their Giant Size Comics line of free print comic book titles set to debut on May 3 2014 as part of Free Comic Book Day 4 Darchon will appear monthly in Giant Size Thrills their horror focused title Mort Castle s short story Oval Portrait was published in 3Elements Literary Review s fall issue no 8 in October 2015 5 Contents 1 Awards 2 Bibliography 2 1 Novels 2 2 Collections 2 3 Anthologies edited 2 4 Non fiction 3 See also 4 References 5 External links 5 1 InterviewsAwards editCastle has been nominated for various awards including the Pushcart Prize the Bram Stoker Award which he won three times the DeMarco Prize and the Emerson Fiction Award Leaders in the Arts for Chicago Bibliography editNovels edit In Memoriam Papa Blake and HPL The Deadly Election 1976 The Strangers 1984 Cursed Be the Child 1990 Collections edit So Many Tomorrows Three Stories About Children Moon on the Water 2000 Nations of the Living Nations of the Dead 2002 New Moon on the Water announced by the now defunct Full Moon Press for 2010 currently being published by DarK Regions Press Knowing When to Die 2018 Anthologies edited edit Nukes Four Horror Writers on the Ultimate Horror Stories 1986 Shadow Show All New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury with Sam Weller 2012 All American Horror of the 21st Century Non fiction edit Writing Horror A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association 1997 Writer s Digest Annotated Classics Dracula See also editList of horror fiction authorsReferences edit Sambuchino Chuck 2008 07 29 2009 Guide To Literary Agents F W Media Inc pp 40 ISBN 978 1 58297 548 1 Retrieved 14 May 2011 Castle bio Archived 2013 04 24 at the Wayback Machine Graphic Classics website Accessed Mar 6 2014 Award Winning Horror Writer Mort Castle Signs on for New Red Giant Comic Darchon Marketwired August 19 2013 Red Giant To Join In Free Comic Book Day Archived from the original on 2013 12 16 Mort Castle Oval Portrait 3Elements Review Fall Journal Issue No 8 October 2015 External links editOfficial website Bibliography Mort Castle at the Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseInterviews edit One Woman s Writing Retreat Interview A Conversation With Mort Castle Glass House Interview A Deep Blue Interview with a Writing Guru Barrantes Guillermo y Martin Valiente Reportaje a Mort Castle Boletin Nov 2003 Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mort Castle amp oldid 1174249382, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
