Peter Crowther

Peter Crowther
Peter Crowther
Born	4 July 1949 (age 77); Leeds, England
Occupations	Writer, editor, publisher
	Writing career
Years active	1992–present
Genres	Speculative fiction, sci-fi, fantasy
Notable works	Founder and editor of PS Publishing, Postscripts
Notable awards	World Fantasy Special Award—Professional (2004) ; World Fantasy Special Award—Professional (2008)

Peter Crowther (born 4 July 1949) is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. He is a founder (with Simon Conway) of PS Publishing, which began in 1998. He edits a series of themed anthologies of science fiction short stories published by DAW Books. He is also the editor of Postscripts, an anthology established in 2004, which has since 2012 released the Exotic Gothic series, including Vol. 4 and 5.

Crowther received the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. He has won a variety of British Fantasy Awards, primarily as editor. He's also a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Special Award—Professional.

Crowther's short stories are generally in the horror or fantasy genre. His first published science fiction was "The Antique Restorer" in Science Fiction Monthly for September 1975. The stories are included in several collections.

Bibliography

Series

Forever Twilight

Book One: Darkness, Darkness (2002)*
Book Two: Windows of the Soul (2009)*

* significantly expanded into Darkness Falling, The Forever Twilight (2011, Angry Robot) – ISBN 978-0857661685

Standalone novels

Escardy Gap (1996) (with James Lovegrove) – ISBN 978-0671016050
After Happily Ever (2000) (with Gillian Roberts) (Cassette) – ISBN 978-1552046432
By Wizard Oak (2011) – ISBN 978-0979505485

Chapbook form

Forest Plains (1996)
Fugue on a G-String (1998)
The Hand That Feeds (1999) (with James Lovegrove)
Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day (2000)
All We Know of Heaven (2001) – ISBN 978-1842990322

Collections of short stories

The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions (1999) – ISBN 978-1881475569
Lonesome Roads (1999) – ISBN 978-0953146819
Cold Comforts (2001) (CDRom)
Songs of Leaving (2004)
The Spaces Between the Lines (2007)
The Land at the End of the Working Day (2008)
Jewels in the Dust (2013)
Things I Didn't Know My Father Knew (2021)

Short stories

Blue Christmas (1991)
Constant Companion (1992)
The Visitor (1992)
Fallen Angel (1993)
Rustle (1993)
Morning Terrors (1994)
All We Know of Heaven (1995)
Bindlestiff (1995)
A Breeze from a Distant Shore (1995)
Conundrums to Guess (1995)
Home Comforts (1995)
The Invasion (1995)
Too Short a Death (1995)
The Bachelor (1996)
The Fairy Trap (1996)
Halfway House (1996)
Surface Tension (1996)
A Worse Place Than Hell (1996)
"Boxing Day" (1997)
The Killing of Davis-Davis (1997)
The Last Vampire (1997)
Palindromic (1997)
Safe Arrival (1997)
Three Plays a Quarter (1997)
Tomorrow Eyes (1997)
The Unbetrayable Reply (1997)
Elmer (1998)
Front-Page McGuffin and the Greatest Story Never Told (1998)
"The Musician of Bremen, GA" (1998)
Some Burial Place, Vast and Dry (1998)
Cat On an Old School Roof (1999)
The Hand that Feeds (1999) (with James Lovegrove)
Late Night Pick-up (1999)
Old Delicious Burdens (1999)
Setting Free the Daughters of Earth (1999)
Shatsi (1999)
"Circling the Drain" (2000)
Dream a Little Dream for Me... (2000)
Songs of Leaving (2000)
Bernard Boyce Bennington And the American Dream (2001)
"Things I Didn't Know My Father Knew" (2001)
"Breathing in Faces" (2002)
"Jewels in the Dust" (2004"
"The Doorway in Stephenson's Store" (2005)
"Thoughtful Breaths" (2006)

Anthologies edited by Crowther

Narrow Houses (1992) – ISBN 978-0316903950
Narrow Houses Vol 2: Touch Wood (1993) – ISBN 978-0316907323
Narrow Houses Vol 3: Blue Motel (1994) – ISBN 978-1565049222
Heaven Sent: 18 Glorious Tales of the Angels (1995) – ISBN 978-0886776565
Tombs (1996) – ISBN 978-1565049055
Dante's Disciples (1997) – ISBN 978-1565049079
Destination Unknown (1997) – ISBN 978-1565049413
Tales in Time (1997) – ISBN 978-1565049895
Tales in Space (1998) – ISBN 978-1565048676
Moon Shots (1999) – ISBN 978-0886778484
Foursight (1999) – ISBN 978-0575068704
Taps and Sighs (1999) – ISBN 978-1892284372
Foursight Vol 2: Futures (2000) – ISBN 978-0575070233
Mars Probes (2002) – ISBN 978-0756400880
Foursight Vol 3: Infinities (2002) – ISBN 978-0575073555
Foursight Vol. 4: Cities (2003) – ISBN 978-0575075047
Foursight Vol. 5: Fourbodings (2005) – ISBN 978-1587670909
Constellations (2005) – ISBN 978-0756402341
Forbidden Planets (2006) – ISBN 978-0756403300
We Think, Therefore We Are (2009) – ISBN 978-0756405335

Literary awards


Year Presented	Society	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1993	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (1993)	Anthology	Narrow Houses	Nominated
1998	British Fantasy Society	BFA (1998)	Short Story	"Even Beggars Would Ride" (with James Lovegrove)	Nominated
2000	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2000)	Best Collection	Lonesome Roads	Won
2000	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2000)	Short Fiction	"The Hand that Feeds"	Nominated
2001	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2001)	Special – Non-Pro	PS Publishing	Nominated
2001	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2001)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won
2002	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2002)	Special – Non-Pro	PS Publishing	Nominated
2002	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2002)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won
2002	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2002)	Anthology	Futures	Nominated
2003		International Horror Guild Award	long form	"Breathing in Faces"	Nominated
2003	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2003)	Special – Non-Pro	PS Publishing	Nominated
2003	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2003)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won
2004	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2004)	Special – Pro	PS Publishing	Won
2004	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2004)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won
2005	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2005)	Collection	Songs of Leaving	Nominated
2005	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2005)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Nominated
2005	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2005)	Small Press	Postscripts (with Nick Gevers)	Nominated
2006	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2006)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won
2006	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2006)	Anthology	Fourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Members of the Macabre	Nominated
2007	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2007)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won
2008	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2008)	Special – Pro	PS Publishing	Won
2008	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2008)	Small Press	PS Publishing	Won
2008	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2008)	Small Press	Postscripts	Nominated
2009	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2009)	Best Magazine/Periodical	Postscripts (with Nick Gevers)	Won
2010	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Award (2010)	Special – Pro	PS Publishing (with Nicky Crowther)	Nominated
2012	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2012)	Special Award	(with Nicky Crowther)	Won
2012	British Fantasy Society	BFA (2012)	Novella	"Ghosts with Teeth"	Nominated
2013	World Fantasy Convention	World Fantasy Awards (2013)	Special – Pro	PS Publishing (with Nicky Crowther)	Nominated

Other media

In the television series Fear Itself, an episode of Season 1 ("Eater") is based on the short story of the same name. The same story had previously been adapted as an episode of the British horror anthology series Urban Gothic.

Cultural references

Crowther has been mentioned in Alan Hollinghurst's 2005 novel The Line of Beauty, in the very first lines.

References

↑ "Peter Crowther". Worlds Without End.
1 2 "Crowther, Peter". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "POSTSCRIPTS". PS Publishing. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
1 2 3 4 "Winners". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "sfadb : Peter Crowther Chronology". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Winners | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
↑ "Peter Crowther". Angry Robot. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
↑ Detailed review by Opionator — retrieved 2013-08-04
↑ Detailed review by Opionator — retrieved 2013-08-04
↑ "1993: The 19th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". Retrieved 10 June 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nominees". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "IHG Award Recipients". International Horror Guild. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

External links

Peter Crowther at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Biography from the World Horror Convention Archived 10 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Peter Crowther at Scifipedia^{[link removed]}
PS Publishing

[1] "Peter Crowther". Worlds Without End.

[sfe-2] 1 2 "Crowther, Peter". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[3] "POSTSCRIPTS". PS Publishing. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

[wfa-4] 1 2 3 4 "Winners". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[:1-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "sfadb : Peter Crowther Chronology". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 16 September 2025.

[:0-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Winners | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Retrieved 16 September 2025.

[7] "Peter Crowther". Angry Robot. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[8] Detailed review by Opionator — retrieved 2013-08-04

[9] Detailed review by Opionator — retrieved 2013-08-04

[10] "1993: The 19th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[nominees-11] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nominees". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[12] "IHG Award Recipients". International Horror Guild. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

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Peter Crowther
Born	(1949-07-04) 4 July 1949 (age 77) Leeds, England
Occupations	Writer, editor, publisher
Writing career
Years active	1992–present
Genres	Speculative fiction, sci-fi, fantasy
Notable works	Founder and editor of PS Publishing, Postscripts
Notable awards	World Fantasy Special Award—Professional (2004) World Fantasy Special Award—Professional (2008)