Monday, 17 March 2014

In Memory of Alan Rodgers

Alan Rodgers died on March 8, 2014, after a two-year battle with illness. He was an author and editor who wrote fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as poetry. He was an associate editor of The Twilight Zone Magazine and the editor of its spinoff, Night Cry, during the 1980s.

Rodgers won a Bram Stoker Award for his novelette "The Boy who Came Back from the Dead" (1987), and his first horror novel Blood of the Children (1989) was a finalist for this award. His novel Bone Music (1995) was also nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. Among his other well-known books are the post-apocalyptic Fire and Pandora, based on the controversial sightings at Roswell, New Mexico. Some of his short works have been collected in the anthologies New Life for the Dead (which includes ""The Boy who Came Back from the Dead"), Ghosts Who Cannot Sleep, and Her Misbegotten Son.
Some of his short work was collected in New Life for the Dead (1991), Ghosts Who Cannot Sleep (2000), and Her Misbegotten Son (2000). - See more at: http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/03/alan-rodgers-1959-2014/#sthash.HCi54IJk.dpuf
Some of his short work was collected in New Life for the Dead (1991), Ghosts Who Cannot Sleep (2000), and Her Misbegotten Son (2000). - See more at: http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/03/alan-rodgers-1959-2014/#sthash.HCi54IJk.dpuf
Some of his short work was collected in New Life for the Dead (1991), Ghosts Who Cannot Sleep (2000), and Her Misbegotten Son (2000). - See more at: http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/03/alan-rodgers-1959-2014/#sthash.HCi54IJk.dpuf

Rodgers is noted for his strong narrative voice, his original use of common themes, and his compelling characters. He adeptly links apocalyptic and Biblical themes in cautionary tales of overreaching power, pandemics, and world destruction.

Publishers Weekly said of his novel Bone Music: "...Through colloquial prose that's strong and perfectly pitched, Rodgers combines elements of horror (sometimes graphic), fantasy, and magical realism into a unique novel that's not only an occult standout but a captivating memoir of an important slice of American culture."

(Sources: Wikipedia, Locus Online News, Goodreads) 


R.I.P. Alan Rodgers, 1959-2014

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