Stephen Jones (born 4 November 1953 in Pimlico, London) is an English editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of H. P. Lovecraft's early British publications.
Jones and Kim Newman have edited several books together, including Horror: 100 Best Books, the 1988 horror volume in Xanadu's 100 Best series, and Horror: Another 100 Best Books, a 2005 sequel from Carroll & Graf (US publisher of the earlier series). Each comprises 100 essays by 100 horror writers about 100 horror books and each was recognised by the Horror Writers of America with its annual Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction.
Jones has edited anthologies such as the Dark Voices, Dark Terrors, Best New Horror series, The Mammoth Book of Vampires, The Mammoth Book of Zombies, The Mammoth Book of Dracula, The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes, The Conan Chronicles, 1 and The Conan Chronicles, 2 by Robert E. Howard, and Scream Quietly: The Best of Charles L. Grant. Jones also edited Dancing with the Dark, a collection of stories of allegedly real life encounters with the paranormal by established horror writers.
Jones has been the recipient of a Hugo award and many Bram Stoker Awards. His Mammoth book Best New Horror (1990, with Ramsey Campbell) was a World Fantasy Award winner. Volume 29, the most recent installment of the annual anthology, was published in 2019.
Bibliography
Non-fiction Horror: 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman) (1988) Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden (1991) James Herbert: By Horror Haunted, ed. (1992) The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide (1993) The Illustrated Frankenstein Movie Guide (1994) The Frankenstein Scrapbook (1995) The Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide (1995) Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror (1997) (with Clive Barker) The Essential Monster Movie Guide (1998) Creepshows: The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide (2001) Horror: Another 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman) (2005) H. P. Lovecraft in Britain (2007) Basil Copper: A Life in Books, ed. (2008) The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History, ed. (2015) The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History, ed. (2017)
Fiction
Works as editor
Anthology series
Dark Voices Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories (1990) with David Sutton Dark Voices 2 (1990) with David Sutton Dark Voices 3 (1991) with David Sutton Dark Voices 4 (1992) with David Sutton Dark Voices 5 (1993) with David Sutton Dark Voices 6: The Pan Book of Horror (1994) with David Sutton
Dark Terrors Dark Terrors (1995) with David Sutton Dark Terrors 2 (1996) with David Sutton Dark Terrors 3 (1997) with David Sutton Dark Terrors 4 (1998) with David Sutton Dark Terrors 5 (2000) with David Sutton Dark Terrors 6 (2002) with David Sutton
Best New Horror Best New Horror (1990) with Ramsey Campbell Best New Horror 2 (1991) with Ramsey Campbell Best New Horror 3 (1992) with Ramsey Campbell Best New Horror 4 (1993) with Ramsey Campbell Best New Horror 5 (1994) with Ramsey Campbell Best New Horror 6 (1995) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 7 (1996) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 8 (1997) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 9 (1998) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 10 (1999) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 11 (2000) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 12 (2001) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 13 (2002) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 14 (2003) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 15 (2004) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 16 (2005) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 17 (2006) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 18 (2007) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 19 (2008) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 20 (2009) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 21 (2010) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 22 (2011) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 23 (2012) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 24 (2013) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 25 (2014) Best New Horror 26 (2015) Best New Horror 27 (2017) Best New Horror 28 (2018) Best New Horror 29 (2019)
The Mammoth Book of... The Mammoth Book of Terror (1991) The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992) The Mammoth Book of Zombies (1993) The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (1994) The Mammoth Book of Werewolves (1994) The Mammoth Book of Dracula (1997) The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004) The Mammoth Book of Monsters (2007) The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men (2009) The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! (2010) The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback (2012) Zombie Apocalypse! Endgame (2014) The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories (2018) The Mammoth Book of Folk Lore: Evil Lives on in the Land! (2021)
Standalone Anthologies
Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse (1991) with Neil Gaiman H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993) with Dave Carson Shadows Over Innsmouth (1994) The Anthology of Fantasy & the Supernatural (1994) with David Sutton The Giant Book of Terror (1994) with Ramsey Campbell Dark of the Night (1997) Dark Detectives (1999) White of the Moon: New Tales of Madness and Dread (1999) Great Ghost Stories (2004) with R. Chetwynd-Hayes Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth (2005) Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories (2006) with R. Chetwynd-Hayes H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre (2006) Summer Chills: Tales of Vacation Horror (2007) The Dead That Walk: Flesh-Eating Stories (2009) Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels & Heavenly Hosts (2010) Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead (2011) A Book of Horrors (2011) Psycho-Mania! (2013) Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome (2013) Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth (2013) Horrorology (2015) In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus (2016) In the Footsteps of Dracula: Tales of the Un-Dead Count (2017) The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (2019) Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night (2019)
Awards Among his trove of awards, Jones has won & been nominated for multiple International Horror Guild awards in the anthology category between 1995 & 2003. He has also been nominated for or won awards a dozen times for his Fantasy Tales fanzine work with David Sutton.
Work Year & Award Category Result Ref.Fantasy Tales (with David Sutton)1978 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional1981 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional1982 British Fantasy AwardSmall Press1982 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional1983 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional1983 British Fantasy AwardSmall Press1984 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional1985 British Fantasy AwardSmall Press 1986 British Fantasy AwardSmall Press 1987 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional1987 British Fantasy AwardSmall Press1988 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professionalFantasy Media (with Jon M. Harvey, Gordon Larkin & David Sutton)1981 British Fantasy AwardSmall Press Horror: The 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman)1989 Bram Stoker AwardNon-Fiction1989 Locus AwardNon-Fiction Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden1991 Bram Stoker AwardNon-Fiction1992 Locus AwardNon-Fiction1992 Hugo AwardRelated WorkBest New Horror (with Ramsey Campbell)1991 World Fantasy AwardAnthology1991 British Fantasy AwardCollection1991 Locus AwardAnthologyDark Voices 2: The Pan Book of Horror (with David Sutton)1991 World Fantasy AwardAnthology1991 British Fantasy AwardAnthology/Collection Dark Voices (with David Sutton)1992 British Fantasy AwardAnthology/Collection Best New Horror 3 (with Ramsey Campbell)1993 Locus AwardAnthologyDark Voices 5 (with David Sutton)1994 British Fantasy AwardCollectionBest New Horror 4 (with Ramsey Campbell)1994 Locus AwardAnthologyBest New Horror 5 (with Ramsey Campbell)1995 Locus AwardAnthologyBest New Horror 61995 International Horror Guild AwardAnthology 1996 Locus AwardAnthologyShadows over Innsmouth1995 World Fantasy AwardAnthologyThe Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide1996 Bram Stoker AwardNon-FictionDark Terrors (with David Sutton)1996 World Fantasy AwardAnthology1996 British Fantasy AwardAnthology/Collection Dark Terrors 2 (with David Sutton)1997 World Fantasy AwardAnthology1997 British Fantasy AwardAnthology/Collection Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror1997 Bram Stoker AwardNon-FictionThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 71997 British Fantasy AwardAnthology/CollectionDark Terrors 3 (with David Sutton)1998 World Fantasy AwardAnthology1998 British Fantasy AwardCollectionDark Terrors 4 (with David Sutton)1998 International Horror Guild AwardAnthology1999 World Fantasy AwardAnthology1999 British Fantasy AwardAnthology1999 Locus AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror1999 International Horror Guild AwardAnthologyWhite of the Moon: New Tales of Madness and Dread1999 International Horror Guild AwardAnthology2000 British Fantasy AwardAnthology/Collection The Essential Monster Movie Guide1999 Bram Stoker AwardNon-Fiction2000 World Fantasy Special Award—ProfessionalThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 91999 British Fantasy AwardAnthology 1999 Locus AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 101999 Bram Stoker AwardAnthology2000 British Fantasy AwardAnthology2000 Locus AwardAnthologyDark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths2000 World Fantasy AwardAnthology2000 Locus AwardAnthologyDark Terrors 5 (with David Sutton)2000 International Horror Guild AwardAnthology2001 World Fantasy AwardAnthology2001 British Fantasy AwardAnthology 2001 Locus AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 112001 British Fantasy AwardAnthology2001 Locus AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women2001 International Horror Guild AwardAnthology2002 World Fantasy AwardAnthology2002 British Fantasy AwardAnthology The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 122002 World Fantasy AwardAnthology2002 British Fantasy AwardAnthology2002 Locus AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 132002 Bram Stoker AwardAnthology2003 British Fantasy AwardAnthology 2003 Locus AwardAnthologyDark Terrors 6 (with David Sutton)2002 International Horror Guild AwardAnthology 2003 British Fantasy AwardAnthology 2003 Locus AwardAnthologyKeep Out The Night2002 International Horror Guild AwardAnthology2003 British Fantasy AwardAnthologyBy Moonlight Only2003 International Horror Guild AwardAnthology2004 British Fantasy AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 142004 British Fantasy AwardAnthology2004 Locus AwardAnthologyHorror: Another 100 Best Books (with Kim Newman)2005 Bram Stoker AwardNon-Fiction2005 International Horror Guild AwardNon-Fiction2006 Locus AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 152005 British Fantasy AwardAnthology 2005 Locus AwardAnthologyWeird Shadows Over Innsmouth2005 Bram Stoker AwardAnthology2006 World Fantasy AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 162006 British Fantasy AwardAnthology Don't Turn Out the Light2006 British Fantasy AwardAnthology The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 172007 British Fantasy AwardAnthology2007 Locus AwardAnthology2008 FantLab's Book of the Year AwardAnthologyTravellers in Darkness: The Souvenir Book of the World Horror Convention 20072008 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professionalThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 182008 British Fantasy AwardAnthology2008 Locus AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 192009 British Fantasy AwardAnthology2009 Locus AwardAnthologyThe Mammoth Book of Monsters2009 FantLab's Book of the Year AwardAnthologyBasil Copper: A Life in Books (as editor)2009 British Fantasy AwardNon-FictionThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 202010 British Fantasy AwardAnthologyBrighton Shock!: The Souvenir Book Of The World Horror Convention 2010