Eric J. Guignard

Eric J. Guignard (born December 20, 1975 in Montebello, California) is an American horror, dark fantasy, and literary fiction anthologist, editor, and author. He is a lifelong resident of Southern California,[1] and teaches Technical Writing through the University of California system.

Eric J. Guignard
Guignard in 2007
Born (1975-12-20) December 20, 1975
Montebello, California, United States
Occupationhorror author, publisher
Spouse(s)Sandra Jeannette Guignard
Children2
Websitewww.ericjguignard.com

Career

As an author

Eric J. Guignard has written and published over one hundred short stories including "Experiments in An Isolation Tank," published in the 2012 anthology titled Chiral Mad by Written Backwards.;[2] "The Tall Man," published in Shock Totem.;[3] and "A Case Study in Natural Selection and How it Applies to Love," published in Black Static.[4] His non-fiction works include "The H Word: Horror Fiction of Tomorrow," published in Nightmare Magazine.[5]

As an editor

In 2017, he purchased the small press company Dark Moon Books. Under this imprint, he has released several anthologies including A World of Horror[6] and After Death... which won a Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology.

The press also published a series of introductory primers titled Exploring Dark Short Fiction: A Primer to.... Each release in this series promotes a specific author, including Steve Rasnic Tem (2017), Kaaron Warren (2018), Nisi Shawl (2018), and Jeffrey Ford (2019).[7]

Guignard is the co-general editor (along with Leslie S. Klinger) of The Haunted Library, which reissues classics of the horror genre, published by the Horror Writers Association and Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks.[8]

Awards

Selected Bibliography

Author
  • Doorways to the Deadeye (novel, 2019)[14]
  • Baggage of Eternal Night (novella, 2013)[14]
  • That Which Grows Wild: 16 Tales of Dark Fiction (anthology, 2018)[14]

Anthologies edited
  • Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (2012)[14]
  • After Death… (2013)[14]
  • Exploring Dark Short Fiction #1: A Primer to Steve Rasnic Tem (2017)[7]
  • Horror Library Volume 6 (2017)[14]
  • The Five Senses of Horror (2018)[14]
  • A World of Horror (2018)[14]
  • Exploring Dark Short Fiction #2: A Primer to Kaaron Warren (2018)[7]
  • Exploring Dark Short Fiction #3: A Primer to Nisi Shawl (2018)[7]
  • Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4: A Primer to Jeffrey Ford (2019)[7]
  • Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror (2019)[14]
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gollark: Isn't a violent protest or whatever the sort of thing the authoritarian regimes you like try to stop/deal with very harshly?
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See also
  • List of horror fiction authors

References
  1. "The Horror Tree Presents... An Interview with Eric J Guignard". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  2. "Goodreads entry for Chiral Mad". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  3. "Shock Totem, Issue 10, March 7, 2016". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  4. "Black Static, Issue 47, July 2, 2015". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  5. "Nightmare Magazine, Issue 26, Nov. 2014". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  6. "Publisher's Weekly Listing". Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  7. "Dark Moon Books Product Description". Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  8. "Sourcebooks Blog: "Horror Writers of America launches Haunted Library of Horror Classics"". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  9. "FirstWriter International Short Story Contest, 2011". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  10. "A Very Short Story Contest, 2011". Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  11. "International Thriller Writers Past Nominees and Winners". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  12. "Writers of the Future Contest Results". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  13. "Third Flatiron Pushcart Prize Archive 2015". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  14. "Internet Speculative Fiction Database". Retrieved October 2, 2019.
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