Charles L. Grant

[Stewart]

Surfing around the net I discovered that horror writer, Charles L. Grant died a few days ago. Personally, I've only read one short story by him (Alexandra, although I can't remember it) but he seems well liked within the circles he moved. His style, as he called it, was "quiet horror" - I'm guessing that's just his spin on psychological, on subtle.

His novels and anthologies, at least to me, aren't all that obtainable, having never seen one in a British book shop. And, looking on Amazon, it seems that there's few to choose from and they are all second hand, the books seemingly out of print.

He seems more successful, to me, as an editor of horror anthologies. But there's always people who can step into those sort of shoes.

Is he a big loss to the horror genre?

 

[Anamnesis]

Death of Charles L. Grant

Courtesy of Scifi.com:

Charles L. Grant, one of the post-war generation's most honored and influential fantasy and horror writers, died of a heart attack at home in Newton, N.J., on Sept. 15, following a long illness, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America reported. He had just turned 64 the previous Tuesday.

Grant, a writer and editor, was perhaps best known for dark fantasy and horror. He wrote more than 100 books and 200 short stories in several genres and under several pseudonyms, including Felicia Andrews, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Deborah Lewis and Geoffrey Marsh.

Grant was the first executive secretary of the SFWA and received the group's Nebula Awards for "A Crowd of Shadows" and "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye." His work was nominated for more than 20 other awards, and he received three World Fantasy Awards, the British Fantasy Society's special award for life achievement, the Horror Writers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award and the World Horror Convention's Grandmaster Award.

Grant is survived by his wife, Kathryn Ptacek; his brother, John Grant; a son, Ian Grant; a daughter, Emily Stalnaker; and two grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Charles L. Grant Memorial Fund, which will be established to help further the careers of young writers and editors of fantasy and horror fiction.