Adam-Troy Castro

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Adam-Troy Castro (* 20th May 1960 ) is an American horror - and science fiction - author .

Life

Castro began his writing career in 1987 with a factual text in SPY magazine. His first prose publication was the 1989 story Clearance to Land in Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine . As a result, various stories and novels appeared , including in Marvel's Spider-Man universe. In particular, Castro is known for his Andrea Cort series, the first part of which won the Philip K. Dick Award . His novel Sturz der Marionetten (War of the Marionettes) has so far been published exclusively in German translation (as of 2020), although publication in English was also planned.

Castro lives in Florida with his wife.

Awards

  • 1994 Science Fiction Age Readers Poll for The Last Robot in the category "Story"
  • 2000 Analog Award for The Astronaut from Wyoming for Best Narrative
  • 2002 Analog Award for Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl’s for best story
  • 2007 Seiun Award for The Astronaut from Wyoming in the "Translated Short Form" category
  • 2009 Philip K. Dick Award for Emissaries from the Dead
  • 2012 Analog Award for With Unclean Hands for best story
  • 2017 Analog Award for The Coward's Option for Best Narrative
  • 2018 Analog Award for The Unnecessary Parts of the Story as best short story

bibliography

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Vossoff and Nimmitz (short stories)
  • Just a Couple of Sentients Sitting Around Talking (in: Science Fiction Age, September 1994 )
  • Just a Couple of Extinct Aliens Riding Around in a Limo (in: Science Fiction Age, January 1995 )
  • Just a Couple of Space Rogues Playing "Name That Tune" (in: Science Fiction Age, November 1995 )
  • Just a Couple of Pastrami Sandwiches in a Living Room the Size of Infinity (in: Science Fiction Age, July 1996 )
  • Just a Couple of Highly Experimental Weapons Tucked Away Behind the Toilet Paper (in: Science Fiction Age, March 1997 )
  • Just a Couple of Freelance Strikebreakers (in: Science Fiction Age, May 1998 )
  • Just a Couple of Subversive Alien Warmongers Floating All Alone in the Night (in: Science Fiction Age, September 1998 )
  • Just a Couple of Ruthless Interstellar Assassins Discussing Real Estate Investments at a Twister Game the Size of a Planet (2002, in: Adam-Troy Castro: Vossoff and Nimmitz: Just a Couple of Idiots Reupholstering Space and Time )
  • Vossoff and Nimmitz: Just a Couple of Idiots Reupholstering Space and Time (2002, collection)
Marionettes (short stories)
  • The Funeral March of the Marionettes (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1997 )
  • The Tangled Strings of the Marionettes (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2003 )
Spider-Man novels
  • The Stalking of John Doe (1997, in: Stan Lee and Kurt Busiek (Eds.): Untold Tales of Spider-Man )
  • Time's Arrow: The Present (X-Men & Spider-Man # 2, 1998; with Tom DeFalco )
  • The Revenge of the Sinister Six (2000)
  • The Secret of the Sinister Six (2002)

Spider-Man - The Sinister Six:

  • 1 The Gathering of the Sinister Six (1999)
  • 2 Revenge of the Sinister Six (2001)
  • 3 Secret of the Sinister Six (2002)
  • The Sinister Six Combo (2004, collective edition)
Minnie and Earl's (short stories)
  • Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl’s (short novel in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2001 )
  • Gunfight on Farside (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2009 )
  • The Gorilla in a Tutu Principle or, Pecan Pie at Minnie and Earl’s (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September-October 2019 )
Andrea Cort

Novels:

  • Unseen Demons (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2002 )
  • Emissaries from the Dead (2008; also: Emissaries From the Dead )
    • German: Halbgeist. Translated by Frauke Meier. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 28536), Bergisch Gladbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-404-28536-5 .
  • The Third Claw of God (2009)
    • English: The third claw of God. Translated by Frauke Meier. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction & Fantasy # 28541, 2010, ISBN 978-3-404-28541-9 .
  • War of the Marionettes (not released)
    • English: Fall of the Marionettes. Translated by Frauke Meier. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 28546), 2010, ISBN 978-3-404-28546-4 .

Short stories:

  • Hiding Place (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2011 )
  • With Unclean Hands (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2011 )
  • Tasha's Fail-Safe (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2015 )
  • The Coward's Option (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2016 )
  • The Coward's Option / Tasha's Fail-Safe (2017)

Draiken (short stories):

  • Sleeping Dogs (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2015 )
  • The Soul Behind the Face (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2016 )
  • Blurred Lives (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2018 )
  • A Stab of the Knife (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2018 )
  • The Savannah Problem (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2019 )
Gustav Gloom (novels)
  • 1 Gustav Gloom and the People Taker (2012)
  • 2 Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault (2013)
  • 3 Gustav Gloom and the Four Terrors (2013)
  • 4 Gustav Gloom and the Cryptic Carousel (2014)
  • 5 Gustav Gloom and the Inn of Shadows (2015)
  • 6 Gustav Gloom and the Castle of Fear (2016)
Novels
  • Atlanta Nights (2005; collaboration with numerous other authors)
  • The Shallow End of the Pool (2008)
  • Fake Alibis (2009; with Caren Kennedy and Frank Sibila)
Collections
  • Lost in Booth Nine (1993)
  • An Alien Darkness (2000)
  • A Desperate, Decaying Darkness (2000)
  • Tangled Strings (2003)
  • Her Husband's Hands and Other Stories (2014)
Short stories

1989:

  • Clearance to Land (in: Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 5: Fall 1989 )

1992:

  • Synchronicity (1992, in: Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, # 17 1994 )
  • The Last Robot (in: Science Fiction Age, November 1992 )

1993:

  • Scars: A Romance in Seven Acts (1993, in: Bizarre Bazaar # 2 )
  • Girl in Booth Nine (1993, in: Adam-Troy Castro: Lost in Booth Nine )
  • Metastasis (1993, in: Pulphouse, The Hardback Magazine: Issue Twelve, The Last Issue )
  • Miracle Drug (1993, in: Adam-Troy Castro: Lost in Booth Nine )
  • Peepshow (1993, in: Adam-Troy Castro: Lost in Booth Nine )
  • The Pussy Expert (1993, in: Adam-Troy Castro: Lost in Booth Nine )
  • The Telltale Head (1993, in: Ramsey Campbell (Ed.): Horror Writers of America Present Deathport )
  • Close (1993, in: John Gregory Betancourt and Byron Preiss (Eds.): The Ultimate Witch )
  • The House of Nails (1993, in: Richard Singer and Joy Oestreicher (Eds.): Air Fish )
  • Playing with Dogs (in: Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, # 15 1993 )

1994:

  • Jesus Used a Paper Cup (1994, in: Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg and Edward E. Kramer (Eds.): Grails: Visitations of the Night )
  • The Slow Hit (1994, in: Richard Gilliam, Thomas R. Hanlon and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): South from Midnight )
  • Messenger (1994, in: Carol Serling (Ed.): Return to the Twilight Zone )
  • Cerile and the Journeyer (1994)
  • Death Rents a Video (in: Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, # 17 1994 )
  • Razorface Did That! (1994, in: Midnight Graffiti, Winter 1994/95 )
  • Vend-A-Witch (1994)

1995:

  • Ego to Go (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1995 )
  • Baby Girl Diamond (1995, in: Carol Serling (Ed.): Adventures in the Twilight Zone )
  • Crucifixion (1995, in: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories ; with Jerry Oltion)
  • Ragz (1995, in: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories )
  • The Hand Inside (1995, in: Esther M. Friesner and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Blood Muse )

1996:

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Danged (1996, in: Martin H. Greenberg and Norman Partridge (Eds.): It Came from the Drive-In )
  • Locusts (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1996 )
  • Connect the Dots (1996, in: Stan Lee (Ed.): The Ultimate Super-Villains )
  • Neither Rain Nor Sleet (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1996 )
  • The Way Things Ought to Be (1996, in: Laura Anne Gilman and Keith RA DeCandido (Eds.): Otherwere: Stories of Transformation )
  • Curse of the Phlegmpire (1996, in: Jerry Oltion (Ed.): Buried Treasures: An Anthology of Unpublished Pulphouse Stories )
  • Masterpiece (1996, in: Jerry Oltion (Ed.): Buried Treasures: An Anthology of Unpublished Pulphouse Stories )
  • The Face of the Enemy (1996, in: Kathy Ice (Ed.): Distant Planes )
  • Family Album (1996, in: John Pelan (Ed.): Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium )

1997:

  • Crucifixion2 (1997, in: Ken Abner (Ed.): Terminal Frights ; with Jerry Oltion)
  • What Happened Next (1997, in: Josepha Sherman and Keith RA DeCandido (Eds.): Urban Nightmares )

1998:

  • Epilogue: Yes, We Did Say Chicks! (1998, in: Esther M. Friesner (Ed.): Did You Say Chicks ?! )
  • Crisis on Ward H! (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1998 )
  • The Death of Love (1998, in: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Horrors! 365 Scary Stories: Get Your Daily Dose of Terror )
  • The Second Time Around (1998, in: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Horrors! 365 Scary Stories: Get Your Daily Dose of Terror )
  • Suds (1998, in: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Horrors! 365 Scary Stories: Get Your Daily Dose of Terror )
  • Vocabulary (1998, in: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Horrors! 365 Scary Stories: Get Your Daily Dose of Terror )
  • The Well (1998, in: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Horrors! 365 Scary Stories: Get Your Daily Dose of Terror )
  • Windshield (1998, in: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Horrors! 365 Scary Stories: Get Your Daily Dose of Terror )

1999:

  • Fuel (1999, in: Whitley Strieber (Ed.): Whitley Strieber's Aliens )
  • The Astronaut from Wyoming (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 1999 ; with Jerry Oltion)

2000:

  • The Magic Bullet Theory (2000, in: Jason Bovberg and Kirk Whitham (Eds.): Skull Full of Spurs: A Roundup of Weird Westerns )
  • Batman and Robin Murder Mystery - Solved! (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: An Alien Darkness )
  • Dead Like Me (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: A Desperate, Decaying Darkness )
  • Field Trip (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: A Desperate, Decaying Darkness )
  • From Hell It Came (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: A Desperate, Decaying Darkness )
  • Guy Who Could Make These, Like, Really Amazing Armpit Noises, and Why He Was Contemplating Hippopotami at the Top of Mount Everest (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: An Alien Darkness )
  • The Juggler (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: A Desperate, Decaying Darkness )
  • The Last Straw (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: A Desperate, Decaying Darkness )
  • MS. Found Paper-Clipped to a Box of Jujubes (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: An Alien Darkness )
  • Toy (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: A Desperate, Decaying Darkness )
  • The Trouble with Eyeballs (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: A Desperate, Decaying Darkness )
  • Woo-Woo Vengeance (2000, in: Adam-Troy Castro: An Alien Darkness )

2003:

  • Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs (2003, in: Keith RA DeCandido (Ed.): Imaginings: An Anthology of Long Short Fiction )
  • The Adventure of the Garrulous Codger (2003, in: Jerry Oltion (Eds.) And Adam-Troy Castro: With Stars in Their Eyes )

2004:

  • Fantasy Room (2004, in: Jeanne Cavelos (Ed.): The Many Faces of Van Helsing )

2005:

  • Good for the Soul (in: Cemetery Dance, # 53, 2005 )

2006:

  • After the Protocols (in: Helix, Summer 2006 )

2008:

  • The Night of the Living POTUS (in: Helix, Winter 2008 )
  • The Shallow End of the Pool (2008)
  • After the Ice (2008, in: Keith Gouveia (Ed.): Bits of the Dead: A Zombie Anthology )

2009:

  • Among the Tchi (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2009 )

2010:

  • Arvies (in: Lightspeed, August 2010 )
  • The Anteroom (2010, in: John Joseph Adams (Ed.): The Living Dead 2 )
  • Pieces of Ethan (2010, in: John Skipp (Ed.): Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beast Within )

2011:

  • Cherub (2011, in: John Skipp (Ed.): Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed )
  • Her Husband's Hands (in: Lightspeed, October 2011 )

2012:

  • Our Human (2012)
  • During the break (in: Apex Magazine, September 2012 )
  • My Wife Hates Time Travel (in: Lightspeed, September 2012 )

2013:

  • The Boy and the Box (in: Lightspeed, July 2013 )

2014:

  • The Thing About Shapes to Come (in: Lightspeed, January 2014 )
  • The Totals (in: Nightmare Magazine, February 2014 )
  • Hide and Shriek (2014, in: Toni LP Kelner and Charlaine Harris (Eds.): Games Creatures Play )
  • In the Temple of Celestial Pleasures (in: Nightmare Magazine, May 2014 )
  • The New Provisions (in: Lightspeed, July 2014 )

2015:

  • Down Please: The Only Recorded Adventure of Lars Fouton, Captain's Lift Operator on the Starship Magnificent (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2015 )
  • Evangelist (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2015 )

2016:

  • The Old Horror Writer (in: Nightmare Magazine, May 2016 )
  • The Assassin's Secret (in: Lightspeed, August 2016 )
  • Four Haunted Houses (in: Nightmare Magazine, September 2016 )
  • Framing Mortensen (2016, in: John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen (Eds.): What the # @ &% Is That ?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre )
  • The Refrigerator in the Girlfriend (2016, in: Jaym Gates and Monica Valentinelli (Eds.): Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling )

2017:

  • The Whole Crew Hates Me (in: Lightspeed, January 2017 )
  • Death Every Seventy-Two Minutes (in: Lightspeed, March 2017 )
  • Shakesville (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March-April 2017 ; with Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
  • Q&A (2017, in: Bob Brown and Irene Radford (Eds.): Alternative Truths )
  • Unfamiliar Gods (2017, in: John Joseph Adams (Ed.): Cosmic Powers ; with Judi B. Castro)
  • James, in the Golden Sunlight of the Hereafter (in: Lightspeed, May 2017 )
  • The Narrow Escape of Zipper-Girl (in: Nightmare Magazine, June 2017 )
  • A Touch of Heart (in: Lightspeed, July 2017 ; with Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
  • What I Told My Little Girl About the Aliens Preparing to Grind Us Into Hamburgers (in: Lightspeed, October 2017 )
  • The Mouth of the Oyster (2017, in: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, # 239 ; with Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
  • Sleeping Dogs (2017)

2018:

  • The Streets of Babel (in: Lightspeed, January 2018 )
  • Pitcher Plant (in: Nightmare Magazine, April 2018 )
  • A Place Without Portals (in: Lightspeed, April 2018 )
  • Red Rain (in: Nightmare Magazine, June 2018 )
  • Greetings, Humanity! Welcome to Your Choice of Species! (in: Lightspeed, July 2018 )
  • The Last to Matter (in: Lightspeed, Issue 100, September 2018 )
  • The Unnecessary Parts of the Story (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September-October 2018 )
  • The Ten Things She Said While Dying: An Annotation (in: Nightmare Magazine, Issue 75, December 2018 )

2019:

  • Survey (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January / February 2019 )
  • Example (in: Nightmare Magazine, Issue 78, March 2019 )
  • The Hour In Between (2019, in: Richard Chizmar (Ed.): Shivers VIII )
    • German: The hour in between. In: Richard Chizmar (ed.): Shivers VIII: New Horror Stories. Buchheim Cemetery Dance Germany # 2, 2019.
  • Genesis for Dyslexics (in: Amazing Stories, Fall 2019 )
Anthologies
  • With Stars in Their Eyes (2003; with Jerry Oltion (Ed.))
Non-fiction
  • The Unauthorized Harry Potter: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Harry Potter Series (2006)
  • V Is for Vampire: An Illustrated Alphabet of the Undead (2011)
  • Z Is for Zombie: An Illustrated Guide to the End of the World (2011; with Johnny Atomic)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Summary Bibliography: Adam-Troy Castro. In: ISFDB. Retrieved June 14, 2017 .
  2. ^ A b Adam-Troy Castro: Biography. In: Adam-Troy Castro. February 18, 2011, accessed June 14, 2017 .
  3. ^ Castro, Adam-Troy. In: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. April 12, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Castro, Adam-Troy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Troy-Castro, Adam (alternative spelling); Tea, Travis (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American horror and science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1960