Craig Shaw Gardner: Dangerously Creative Writer of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction

Published Works

Novels, Short Stories and Other Creative Outbursts

All books are in capital letters. Anthologies are followed by editor and publisher in parentheses. Year is first American edition. Click on the titles of Craig's books and you'll find original covers and keen info!

1978

  • "A Malady of Magicks" Fantastic, October
  • Reprinted in YEAR'S BEST FANTASY #7 (Carter, DAW)
  • "Rocket Roll" Unearth, Spring
  • "Dance the Night Away" Unearth, Fall
  • "One More Song Before I Go" CHRYSALIS 2 (Torgeson, Zebra)

1980

  • "A Drama of Dragons" DRAGONS OF LIGHT (Card, Ace)

1981

  • "A Dealing with Demons" FLASHING SWORDS! #5 (Carter, Dell)
  • "A Gathering of Ghosts" GHOSTS (Kaye, Nelson Doubleday)
  • "Kisses from Auntie" HORRORS (Grant, Playboy Press)

1982

  • "God's Eyes" PERPETUAL LIGHT (Ryan, Warner)
  • "Now! You Can Banish Embarrassing Foot Odor Forever!" ALIEN ENCOUNTERS (finder, Taplinger)

1983

  • "Aim for the Heart" THE DODD MEAD GALLERY OF HORROR (Grant, Dodd, Mead)
  • "Things That Go Bump in the Movies" SHADOWINGS:THE READER’S GUIDE TO HORROR FICTION

1985

  • "The Man Who Loved Water" SHADOWS 8 (Grant, Doubleday)
  • "Overnight Guest" MIDNIGHT (Grant, Tor)
  • "Bar and Grill" AFTERWAR (Morris, Baen)

1986

1987

1988

1990

1991

  • THE OTHER SINBAD (Ace)
  • "Light and Shadow" ON THE BORDER (Terri Windling. Tor)
  • "Going Away" FINAL SHADOWS. (Grant, Doubleday)
  • "Day of the Wolf" THE ULTIMATE WEREWOLF. (Byron Preiss, Dell)
  • "A Fumbling of Fairies" HOBBITS, HALFLINGS AND LITTLE PEOPLE (Thomsen and Searls, Warner)

1992

1993

1994

  • THE DRAGON CIRCLE #1: DRAGON SLEEPING (Ace)
  • "The Sinister Cheesecake" THE GAME IS AFOOT (Kaye, St. Martin's)
  • "Kraven the Hunter is Dead" THE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (Stan Lee/Preiss, Boulevard)

1995

1996

  • THE DRAGON CIRCLE #3: DRAGON BURNING (Ace)
  • "Stealing the Moon" for OTHERWERE (DeCandido and Gilman, Ace)
  • "Blood Ties" to PHANTOMS OF THE NIGHT edited by Martin H. Greenberg (DAW)
  • "The Politician, the Lighthouse and the Trained Cormorant" (as by "Edgar Rice Burroughs") THE RESURRECTED HOLMES (Kaye, St. Martin's)

1997

  • "Elfarama" to ELF FANTASTIC (Greenberg, DAW)
  • "The Affair of the Counterfeit Countess" for THE CONFIDENTIAL CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Kaye, St. Martins)

1998

1999

  • THE CHANGELING WAR (Ace) as by "Peter Garrison"
  • "13 Worst" article for SCI-FI UNIVERSE
  • THE SORCERER'S GUN (Ace) as by "Peter Garrison"
  • "Good Repair" for FUTURE CRIME (Gorman/Greenberg, DAW)
  • "Ace of Clubs", YA Novella for HORROR AT HOLLOWEEN British Greystone Bay Anthology. (Fletcher, Pumpkin)
  • LEPRECHAUNS novelization for Hallmark/Kensington

2000

  • "Demon Politics" for HELLBOY: ODD JOBS (Golden, Dark Horse)
  • THE MAGIC DEAD (Ace) as by Peter Garrison
  • JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE novelization for Hallmark/Kensington (paid for but never published)

2000-2001

  • 7 "Alien Publisher" columns for ABORIGINAL SF
  • 5 articles (as by "Truck" Gardner) for RAMPAGE WRESTLING

2001

  • Charles Grant appreciation for WORLD FANTASY CON program
  • "How Much Would You Pay" to MAMMOTH BOOK OF AWESOME COMIC FANTASY

2002

  • "Get the F Out" for RAMPAGE
  • "Toothless Agression" for RAMPAGE

2003

  • "A Planet Called Elvis" for IMAGININGS (deCandido, Pocket Books)
  • Book Review for H.P. LOVECRAFT'S MAGAZINE OF HORROR

2004

2005

2006

  • BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE CYLONS' SECRET an original novel based on the hit Sci-Fi Channel show, due out in August.