Robert R. McCammon

Robert Rick McCammon (born July 17, 1952 in Birmingham , Alabama ) is an American author who helped shape the heyday of American horror literature from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

After the appearance of Gone South followed a longer break, which ended with the appearance of Speaks the Nightbird , the first novel in the "Matthew Corbett" series.

Works

Single novels

• Baal. Knaur, 1990, ISBN 3-426-01833-0 . (Original: Baal. Avon Books , 1978, ISBN 0-380-36319-4 )
• Hell ride. Knaur, 1989, ISBN 3-426-01831-4 . (Original: Bethany's Sin.Avon Books, 1980, ISBN 0-380-47712-2 )
• Diving station. Knaur, 1990, ISBN 3-426-01832-2 . (Original: The Night Boat. Avon Books, 1980, ISBN 0-380-75598-X )
• Bloodthirsty. Knaur 1988, ISBN 3-426-01809-8 . (Original: They Thirst. Avon Books, 1981, ISBN 0-380-77180-2 )
• Wandering souls. Knaur, 1988, ISBN 3-426-01810-1 . (Original: Mystery Walk. Henry Holt & Company, 1983, ISBN 0-03-061832-0 )
• The Usher house. Knaur, 1988, ISBN 3-426-01812-8 . (Original: Usher's Passing. Henry Holt & Company, 1984, ISBN 0-03-061833-9 )
• After the end of the world. Knaur, 1988, ISBN 3-426-01817-9 . (Original: Swan Song. Pocket Books, 1987, ISBN 0-671-74103-9 )
• The black pyramid. Knaur, 1989, ISBN 3-426-01829-2 . (Original: Stinger. Pocket Books, 1988, ISBN 0-671-73776-7 )
• Messenger of horror. Knaur, 1992, ISBN 3-426-01853-5 . (Original: Mine. Pocket Books, 1990, ISBN 0-671-73944-1 )
• Innocence and calamity. Area-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-89996-070-X . (Original: Boy's Life. Pocket Books, 1991, ISBN 0-671-74305-8 )
• Freaked out. Knaur, 1995, ISBN 3-426-67044-5 . (Original: Gone South. Pocket Books, 1992, ISBN 0-671-74307-4 )
• The Five. Subterranean Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59606-341-9 .
• The border. Lucifer Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-95835-305-3 . (Original: The Border. Subterranean Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-59606-703-5 )
• The listener. Cemetery Dance Publications, 2018, ISBN 978-1-58767-613-0 .

"Michael Gallatin" series

Michael Gallatin is a British agent and werewolf . Using his ability to transform into a wolf, he fought on the Allied side against Nazi Germany during World War II .

• The Wolf's Hour. Pocket Books, 1989, ISBN 0-671-66485-9 .
• The Hunter from the Woods. Subterranean Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59606-536-9 .

"Matthew Corbett" series

The series about the young investigator Matthew Corbett takes place in colonial North America at the beginning of the 18th century . McCammon wanted to do something different after his break, and that's how this unusual genre mix of historical, mystery, horror and detective novels was born.

• Matthew Corbett and the Witch from Fount Royal. Lucifer Verlag , ISBN 978-3-95835-197-4 . (Original: Speaks the Nightbird. Gallery Books, 2002, ISBN 1-4165-5250-2 )
• The Queen of Bedlam. Gallery Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4165-5111-9 .
• Mister Slaughter. Subterranean Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59606-276-4 .
• The Providence Rider. Subterranean Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-59606-466-9 .
• The River of Souls. Subterranean Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-59606-630-4 .
• Freedom of the Mask. Subterranean Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-59606-775-2 .
• Cardinal Black. Cemetery Dance Publications, 2019, ISBN 978-1-58767-704-5 .

"Trevor Lawson" series

• I travel by night. Subterranean Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-59606-537-6 .
• Last Train from Perdition. Subterranean Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-59606-738-7 .

Short stories

collection

A collection of short stories can be found in City of Doom :

• City of doom. Knaur, 1990, ISBN 3-426-01837-3 . (Original: Blue World. Pocket Books, 1990, ISBN 0-671-69518-5 )

More short stories

McCammon's short stories not contained in City of Fall have not yet appeared in German:

• Best friends. In: Night Visions 4. Dark Harvest Books, 1987, ISBN 0-425-12748-6 .
• The deep end. In: Night Visions 4. Dark Harvest Books, 1987, ISBN 0-425-12748-6 .
• A life in the day of. In: Night Visions 4. Dark Harvest Books, 1987, ISBN 0-425-12748-6 .
• Eat Me. In: Book of the Dead. Bantam, 1989, ISBN 0-553-27998-X .
• Haunted World. In: Post Mortem - New Tales of Ghostly Horror. St. Martin's Press, 1989, ISBN 0-312-02631-5 .
• The thang. In: Hot Blood. Pocket Books, 1989, ISBN 0-671-66424-7 .
• Black boots. In: Razored Saddles. Avon Books, 1989, ISBN 0-380-71168-0 .
• Lizardman. In: Stalkers. Dark Harvest Books, 1989, ISBN 0-451-45148-1 .
• Beauty. In: The SeaHarp Hotel. Tor Books, 1990, ISBN 0-8125-1870-5 .
• On a Beautiful Summer's Day, He Was. In: The Further Adventures of the Joker. Bantam Books, 1990, ISBN 0-553-28531-9 .
• The Judge short story / epilogue in Night Visions 8. Dark Harvest Books, 1991, ISBN 0-913165-57-3 .
• The Miracle Mile. In: Under the Fang (The Horror Writers of America Present). (McCammon is also editor and foreword here), Pocket Books, 1991, ISBN 0-671-69573-8 .
• Children of the Bedtime Machine. In: Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury. William Morrow Paperbacks, 2012, ISBN 978-0-06-212268-1 .
• Strange candy. (October 2012) on RobertMcCammon.com

Awards

• 1987: Bram Stoker Award (Best Novel) for Swan Song (Ger. After the end of the world ); Title shared with you by Stephen King
• 1987: Bram Stoker Award (Best Short Story) for The Deep End
• 1989: Bram Stoker Award (Best Short Story) for Eat Me
• 1990: Bram Stoker Award (best novel) for Mine (German messenger of horror )
• 1991: Bram Stoker Award (best novel) for Boy's Life (German innocence and misery )
• 1992: World Fantasy Award (best novel) for Boy's Life (German innocence and misery )

literature

• Thomas Flickinger, Detlef Hedderich: The black pyramid , in: The Science Fiction Year 1991 (Vol. 5), edited by Wolfgang Jeschke , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1990, pp. 748-750. ISBN 3-453-04471-1

Web links

• Literature by and about Robert R. McCammon in the catalog of the German National Library
• Robert R. McCammon in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Robert R. McCammon at Open Library
• Official website (English)
• Phantastik-Couch.de
• Official website "Matthew Corbett's World" (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short biography on Phantastik-Couch.de
2. ↑ Biography on RobertMcCammon.com (English)
3. ↑ Interview on Elitist Book Reviews (English)
4. ↑ Best Friends. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
5. ^ The Deep End. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
6. ^ A Life in the Day of. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
7. ↑ Eat Me. On: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
8. ^ Haunted World. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
9. ↑ The Thang. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
10. ↑ Black Boots. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
11. ^ Lizardman. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
12. ↑ Beauty. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
13. ↑ On a Beautiful Summer's Day, He Was. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
14. ↑ The Miracle Mile. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)
15. ↑ Preface to Under the Fang. on: RobertMcCammon.com
16. ↑ Strange Candy. on: RobertMcCammon.com (English)