Rosalie Parker is anauthor ,[ 1] scriptwriter andeditor who runs theTartarus Press [ 2] withR. B. Russell .
Parker jointly won theWorld Fantasy Award "Special Award: Non-Professional" for publishing in 2002,[ 3] 2004[ 4] and 2012.[ 5] The Horror Writers Association gave Parker and Russell the "Excellence in Speciality Press Publishing" award for 2009.[ 6]
Her anthology,Strange Tales , won the 2004 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology.[ 7]
Parker's first collection of short stories,The Old Knowledge , was published in 2010. Her short story "In the Garden" was selected byStephen Jones forThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 (Robinson Publishing, 2010). "Random Flight" was included in Best British Horror 2015. Her second collection,Damage was longlisted for the 2016Edge Hill Short Story Prize . Parker's short fiction has been described byMichael Dirda inThe Washington Post as "excellent".[ 8]
Parker is co-director/producer ofRobert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales ,[ 9] released May 2015, andCoverdale: A Year in the Life ,[ 10] released February 2016.
Short Story Collections by Parker
The Old Knowledge and Other Stories ,Swan River Press (Dublin), 2010. Reprinted 2012Damage ,PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2016Sparks from the Fire , Swan River Press (Dublin), 2018.Through the Storm , PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2020Dream Fox and Other Strange Stories , Tartarus Press (Carlton, Coverdale, North Yorkshire), 2023Short Stories written by Parker
"Spirit Solutions",The Black Veil & Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths , Wordsworth Editions, 2008 "In the Garden",The Fifth Black Book of Horror , Mortbury Press, 2009. ReprintedThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 (Robinson Publishing, 2010) "Oracle",Dark World , Tartarus Press, 2013 "The Nurse’s Letter: An Addendum to 'The White People'",Faunus 27 , The Friends of Arthur Machen, 2013 "The Thames",Terror Tales of London , Gray Friar Press, 2013 "Untouchable",The Horror Fields , Morpheus Tales, 2014 "Random Flight",Terror Tales of Yorkshire , Gray Friar Press, 2014 "Selkie: A Scottish Idyll",Supernatural Tales 29 , 2015 "Homecraft",Uncertainties, Volume II , Swan River Press, 2016 "The Bronze Statuette",Supernatural Tales 33 , 2016 "The Attempt",Shadows and Tall Trees 7 , 2017 "The Dreaming",Black Static # 59 , 2017 "Waiting",The Book of the Sea , Egaeus Press, 2018 "Chimera",Great British Horror 3: For Those in Peril , Black Shuck Books, 2018 "The Moor",Supernatural Tales, 39 , November 2018 "The Decision",Supernatural Tales 45 , Winter 2020/21 "Holiday Reading",Best New Horror 30 , Winter 2020 "Home Comforts",Infra Noir 2020, Zagava Books, 2021 "Homecoming",Dreamland: Other Stories , Black Shuck Books, 2021 "Madre de Dios", Raphus Press, 2021 "Dream Fox",They're Out to Get You , TK Pulp, 2021 "All Talk",Supernatural Tales 49, 2022 "Aircrew",Grotequeries ,Zagava , 2022 "Bipolarity",Grotequeries , Zagava, 2022 "The Walled Garden: A Fable",Fabulous Aesop , Zagava, 2022 Works edited by Parker
Tales from Tartarus , edited with R. B. Russell, Tartarus Press, 1995Ghost Stories , byOliver Onions Tartarus Press, 2000Dromenon, The Best Weird Stories , byGerald Heard , Tartarus Press, 2001The Collected Macabre Stories , byL.P. Hartley , Tartarus Press, 2001Various Temptations , byWilliam Sansom , Tartarus Press, 2002Strange Tales I , Tartarus Press, 2003Tarnhelm, The Best Supernatural Stories , byHugh Walpole , Tartarus Press, 2003The Suicide Club and Other Dark Adventures , byRobert Louis Stevenson , Tartarus Press, 2004Father Raven and Other Tales , byA. E. Coppard , Tartarus Press, 2006The Sense of the Past , byHenry James , Tartarus Press, 2006The Man Who Could Work Miracles , byH. G. Wells , Tartarus Press, 2006Strangers and Pilgrims , byWalter de la Mare , Tartarus Press, 2007Strange Tales II , Tartarus Press, 2007The Triumph of Night and Other Tales , byEdith Wharton , Tartarus Press, 2008Sredni Vashtar , bySaki , Tartarus Press, 2008The Sandman and Other Night Pieces , byE. T. A. Hoffmann , Tartarus Press, 2008An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories , byAmbrose Bierce , Tartarus Press, 2008The Snow-Image and Other Stories of the Supernatural , byNathaniel Hawthorne , Tartarus Press, 2008The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories , byWashington Irving , Tartarus Press, 2009Strange Tales III , Tartarus Press, 2009Nightmare Touch , byLafcadio Hearn , Tartarus Press, 2010Clarimonde and Other Stories , byTheophile Gautier , Tartarus Press, 2011Strange Tales IV , Tartarus Press, 2014Strange Tales V , Tartarus Press, 2015Green Thoughts , byJohn Collier , Tartarus Press, 2016Articles Contributed to Magazines
Aleister Crowley , Book and Magazine Collector 297, August 2008Margaret Atwood , Book and Magazine Collector 302, Christmas 2008Harry Crosby , Book and Magazine Collector 305, March 2009Alastair , Book and Magazine Collector 309, July 2009Count Stenbock , Book and Magazine Collector 317, February 2010A.E. Waite , Book and Magazine Collector 322, July 2010Edith Wharton , Book and Magazine Collector 323, August 2010Coverdale: A Year in the Life , 2016 (co-director/producer)Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales , 2015 (co-director/producer)Intrusions: Looking After Aickman , 2014 (co-director/producer)Current 93: Live at Halifax Minster , 2014 (co-director/producer)