Gregory Frost


Gregory Frost is an American author of science fiction and fantasy, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. A graduate of the Clarion Workshop, he has been invited back as instructor several times, including the first session following its move to the University of California at San Diego in 2007. He is also active in the Interstitial Arts Foundation.
Author Orson Scott Card called Frost's novel Tain "a marvelous straightforward retelling of an ancient national myth."
He has also done research for non-fiction television and acted in a couple of independent horror movies. His initial vocation was as an artist.
Gregory Frost is a founding partner of The Liars Club, a networking group of professionals in publishing and other aspects of entertainment that includes Jonathan Maberry, Jon McGoran, Kelly Simmons, Dennis Tafoya, Merry Jones, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Don Lafferty, Marie Lamba, Keith Strunk, and Edward Pettit.
Frost lives and works in Pennsylvania, USA.

Novels

  • Tain
  • Remscéla
  • The Pure Cold Light
  • Fitcher's Brides
;Shadowbridge
  1. Shadowbridge
  2. Lord Tophet: A Shadowbridge Novel
;Rhymer Trilogy
  1. Rhymer
  2. ''Rhymer: Hoode''

    Short fiction

;Collections
  • Crimson Spear: The Blood of Cu Chulainn — a reprint of Tain and Remscéla in one volume.
  • Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories — collected short fiction.
;Stories
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
No others are genuine2013Novelette
Lock up your chickens and daughters—H'ard and Andy are come to town!2015Novelette

reprinted in Night Cry, Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 1985. Reprinted in translation in Italy.
reprinted, in Norwegian, as "En dag i Justin Argento Morrels" in Terra Nova Nr. 2-1988, edited by Lynda C. Bentsen, and published in Oslo, Norway.

  • "The Vow that Binds" in Invitation to Camelot, Parke Godwin, editor; Ace Books, March 1988.
  • "From Hell Again" in Ripper!, Gardner Dozois & Susan Casper, editors; Tor Books, September 1988.
reprinted in the premiere issue of the internet e-zine, Dark Annie.
  • "An Act of Love" written in collaboration with Steven Brust and Megan Lindholm, in Liavek IV: Spells of Binding, Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, editors; Ace Books, November 1988.
  • "A Part of Us" Tropical Chills, edited by Tim Sullivan; Avon Books, November 1988.
  • "Lizaveta" Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid–December 1988.
reprinted in Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, Robinson October, 1990; Carroll & Graf Spring, 1991.
  • "Divertimento" Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1989.
reprinted in Best New Horror 2, ed. Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, Robinson October, 1991; Carroll & Graf.
  • "The Incompleat Ripper" written with Jack Dann; Starshore, vol. 1 no. 1, Summer 1990.

  • "The Activists" Unique, September–October 1990.
  • "The Bus" in Cold Shocks, edited by Tim Sullivan, August 1991; Avon Books.
  • "Attack of the Jazz Giants" Bruce McAllister & Harry Harrison, eds., There Won't Be War, Tor Books, November 1991.
  • "The Hole in Edgar’s Hillside" Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1991.
reprinted in Unicorns II, Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann, eds. Ace Books, November 1992.
  • "Some Things Are Better Left" Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1993.
  • "The Root of the Matter" Snow White, Blood Red, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, editors; William Morrow & Co., Inc and Avon Nova, January 1993.
  • "Touring Jesusworld" written for Damon Knight, guest editor, Pulphouse, Issue 18, 1995.
  • "That Blissful Height" in Intersections, edited by John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name, and Richard Butner, Tor Books, January 1996.
reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, October 1997.
  • "Sparks" in Black Swan, White Raven, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor Books, May 1997
  • "How Meersh the Bedeviler Lost His Toes", Asimov's Science Fiction, September 1998.
Finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for short fiction, 1999
  • "Collecting Dust," White of the Moon, edited by Stephen Jones. Pumpkin Books, May, 1999.
  • "Tales Within," Electric Wine July–September 2000.
  • "The Girlfriends of Dorian Gray," Dark Terrors 5, edited by Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Carroll & Graf UK, November 2000.
  • "Madonna of the Maquiladora," Asimov's Science Fiction, May, 2002.
Finalist for both the Nebula Award and the James Tiptree Jr. Award
  • "The Prowl," Mojo: Conjure Stories, edited by Nalo Hopkinson, Warner Books, April, 2003.
  • "The Harp That Sang," My Swan Sister and other retold fairy tales, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, late 2003.
  • "Tengu Mountain," The Faery Reel, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking Juvenile, August 3, 2004.
  • "Dub," Weird Trails, edited by Darrell Schweitzer, Wildside Press, November 2004.
  • "So Coldly Sweet, So Deadly Fair," Weird Tales magazine, April 2006. Reprinted in Liar, Liar the Liars Club anthology, 2011.
  • "Ill-Met in Ilium," The Secret History of Vampires, edited by Darrell Schweitzer, DAW Books, 2007.
  • "Lucyna's Gaze," Clockwork Phoenix 3, edited by Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2010.
  • "The Bank Job," Full Moon City, edited by Darrell Schweitzer, Gallery Books, 2010.
  • "The Comeuppance of Creegus Maxin", The Beastly Bride, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2010.
  • "The Dingus," Supernatural Noir, edited by Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2011.
  • "No Others Are Genuine," "Asimov's Science Fiction," October/November 2013, nominated for the Bram Stoker Award.

    Non-fiction

  • Beginning in 1985, numerous book reviews, appearing in Fantasy Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Washington Post.
  • "Amongst the Laughing Dead"

  • "Twice Encountered" in Dancing With the Dark, edited by Stephen Jones

  • "Celtic Influence on Contemporary Fantasy Fiction,".
  • "The Tale of the Puzzle of the Tales,"

  • "The Fantasy Life of Salons,"

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;Notes

Television

  • Principal researcher for "Curse of the Pharaohs" episode of Science Frontiers, on the Discovery Global Network, originally broadcast in March, 1999.
  • Principal researcher and preliminary script writer for "Wolfman: The Science & the Myth" episode of Science Frontiers, on the Discovery Global Network, originally broadcast in the US on October 31, 1997. This episode won awards at various national non-fiction television competitions.

    Film

Frost had roles in two microbudget horror films, as "Frost" in S. P. Somtow's 1989 The Laughing Dead and as "Butcher Deacon #2" in John R. Ellis's Twilight of the Dogs, both starring his friend and fellow writer Tim Sullivan.