Who Made Stevie Crye?, subtitled A Novel of the American South, is a horror novel by American writer Michael Bishop. It was released in 1984 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,591 copies, and later in paperback by Headline.[1] It was the author's first novel and third book published by Arkham House.
 Dust-jacket illustration by Glennray Tutor. | |
| Author | Michael Bishop |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Jeffrey K. Potter |
| Cover artist | Glennray Tutor |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 309 |
| ISBN | 0-87054-099-8 |
| OCLC | 10723399 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3552.I772 W5 1984 |
A 30th Anniversary Edition was published by Fairwood Press in August 2014, including a new introduction by Jack Slay and a new afterword by the author. It also reprints the full-page black and white illustrations by J. K. Potter which were originally commissioned for the Arkham House edition.
Plot summary
editThe story concerns Mary Stevenson Crye, a newly widowed housewife, who turns to freelance writing to provide for her family. Her typewriter, which is demonically possessed, involves her in a series of occult.
Reception
editDave Langford reviewed Who Made Stevie Crye? for White Dwarf #97, and stated that "Every possible double meaning in the title gets its due airing, and I defy you to predict the outrageous final chapter. Buy this one."[2]
Reviews
edit- Review by Debbie Notkin (1984) in Locus, #286 November 1984[3]
- Review by Mary Gentle (1984) in Interzone, #10 Winter 1984/85
- Review by Joe Sanders (1984) in Fantasy Review, December 1984
- Review by Doc Kennedy (1985) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, March-April 1985
- Review [French] by Élisabeth Campos (1986) in Fiction, #370
- Review by Charles L. Grant (1986) in American Fantasy, Fall 1986
- Review by Barbara Davies (1988) in Vector 143
- Review by Ian Watson (1988) in Horror: 100 Best Books, (1988)
References
edit- ^ Pringle, David. "Who Made Stevie Crye? by Michael Bishop." Modern Fantasy: The One Hundred Best Novels. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1989. 231-2.
- ^ Langford, Dave (January 1988). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 97. Games Workshop. p. 13.
- ^ "Title: Who Made Stevie Crye?".
Sources
edit- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 136. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 55.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 152. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 130. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
External links
edit- Official website
- Who Made Stevie Crye? title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
