Dennis Etchison passed away yesterday, May 28, in his sleep. He had been battling cancer.
Etchison was a giant in the field of horror. He wrote screenplays, novels, and edited anthologies. But his major contribution was as a writer of short fiction. Some of his collections include The Dark Country, The Death Artist, and Got to Kill Them All.
I’ll honor his memory later this evening by reading some of his fiction.
I have two of the MASTERS OF DARKNESS anthologies he edited. (looks like there were three?)
I need to read some of his own work.
RIP.
Yes, there were three. He also edited The Museum of Horror in the early 2000’s. I’ve found Etchison is one of those writers I need to take in small doses because he’s so bleak and depressing. I read KEW’s intro to his collection Red Dreams last night, and Wagner quoted Etchison as saying his work was like that. The story I read, “The Chair”, was definitely bleak.
I like some of Etchison’s work. We shared a friend and, from what I gather, Etchison was a good guy.
I’ve always heard good things about him as a person.