Stephen Jones (born 4 November 1953 in
Pimlico, London) is an English editor of
horroranthologies, 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.[2]
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.
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Works as editor
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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