PRONZINI, Bill

   Working name of US writer William John Pronzini (1943-), prolific and admired in several genres, notably crime fiction, since his first book, The Stalker (1971). Though he has published some very effective HORROR,including Masques: A Novel of Terror (1981), and several other novels - including Night Screams (1979) and Prose Bowl (1980), both with Barry N. MALZBERG, the latter being sf - as well as Beyond the Grave (1986) withMarcia Muller, his main importance to the field of the fantastic lies in his anthologies. Relevant titles include: Dark Sins, Dark Dreams: Crime in Science Fiction (anth 1978) with Malzberg; Midnight Specials (anth 1978);Werewolf! (anth 1979); The End of Summer (anth 1979; vt The Fifties: The End of Summer 1979), Shared Tomorrows: Science Fiction in Collaboration (anth 1979) and Bug-Eyed Monsters (anth 1980), these 3 being with Malzberg; Voodoo!: A Chrestomathy of Necromancy (anth 1980), Mummy!: A Chrestomathy of Crypt'ology (anth 1981) and Creature!: A Chrestomathy of "Monstery" (anth 1981), all assembled as The Arbor House Necropolis - Voodoo! Mummy! Ghoul! (omni 1981; with 1 story cut, vt Tales of the Dead 1986); The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (anth 1981; with 1 story cut, vt Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense 1985) with Malzberg and Martin H. GREENBERG; The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and theSupernatural (anth 1981; with 1 story cut, vt Great Tales of Horror \& the Supernatural 1985; text restored, vt Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural 1991; again cut, vt The Giant Book of Horror Stories 1991) with Malzberg and Greenberg; Specter!: A Chrestomathy of "Spookery" (anth 1982); and Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women (anth1984) with Muller.

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   See also: ESP.