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Dennis Etchison (March 30, 1943 - ) American writer and editor, has been called "the most original living horror writer in America" (The Viking-Penguin Encyclopedia) and "the finest writer of psychological horror this genre has produced" (Karl Edward Wagner, Year's Best Horror Stories). His short fiction has been praised as "some of the most brilliant works of horror literature published in English in the last three decades" (Supernatural Literature of the World). Since 1961, his short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. They have been collected in The Dark Country (1982), Red Dreams (1984), The Blood Kiss (1987), The Death Artist (2000), and in the 30-year retrospective, Talking In The Dark (2001), which consists of stories personally selected by the author. Fine Cuts, a new collection of tales about Hollywood, is forthcoming in 2006.

The title story of The Dark Country won the World Fantasy Award in 1982 (tied with Stephen King), as well as the British Fantasy Award that same year -- the first time one writer received both major awards for a single work. He also won British Fantasy Award for stories "The Olympic Runner" (1986) and "The Dog Park" (1994).

Etchison is also a noted anthologist. His anthologies Cutting Edge (1986, Winner British Fantasy Award), Masters Of Darkness (1987), Masters Of Darkness II (1988), and Masters Of Darkness III (1989) were landmarks of the 1980s. Metahorror (1992) won a World Fantasy Award as did The Museum Of Horrors (2001). Etchison co-edited Gathering The Bones (2003) with Ramsey Campbell and Jack Dann.

Etchison has also written novels: The Fog (novelization, 1980), Darkside (1986), Shadowman (1994), California Gothic (1995), Double Edge (1997) Other novels include the movie tie-ins Halloween II, Halloween III, and Videodrome, all written under the pseudonym "Jack Martin".

Etchison also works as a screenwriter, including scripts for Ray Bradbury, John Carpenter, and Dario Argento. He served as staff writer for the HBO television series The Hitchhiker and has dramatized Rod Sterling'sThe Twilight Zone scripts for radio. Etchison served as president of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) from 1992 to 1994.