Philip Fracassi Explained

Philip Fracassi is an American writer of horror, thriller, and science fiction.^[1] He has written multiple novels, screenplays, and short stories. His 2021 collection of short stories, Beneath a Pale Sky, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection. The short story "Death, My Old Friend", featured in this collection, was optioned in 2022 by Christopher Riggert for a feature film adaptation.^[2]

Bibliography

Novels

• The Egotist (1999, Equator books and 2024, Zagava)
• A Child Alone With Strangers (2022, Skyhorse)
• Don't Let Them Get You Down (2022, Zagava)
• Gothic (2023, Cemetery Dance)^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Boys in the Valley (2023, Tor Nightfire)

Novellas, novelettes, and short stories

• Mother (2015)
• Altar (2016)
• Shiloh (2017)
• Sacculina (2017)
• "Ateuchus" (2018)^[6]
• Commodore (2021)
• "Death, My Old Friend" (2021)
• "The Guardian" (2021)^[7]

Short story anthologies and collections

• Behold the Void (2017)^{[8] [9] [10]}
• The Midnight Exhibit, Vol. 1 (2020)
• The Nightside Codex (2020, "As I Sit To Write This Story")
• Beneath a Pale Sky (2021)^[11]
• The Bad Book (2021, "Marmalade")
• Slice of Paradise: A Beach Vacation Horror Anthology (2022, "The Guardian")
• Revelations: Horror Writers for Climate Action (2022, "The Guardian")
• Hybrid: Misfits, Monsters and Other Phenomena (2022, "My Father's Ashes")
• No One is Safe (2023)

Other work

• Tomorrow's Gone (2021, poetry collection)
• The Boy with the Blue Rose Heart (2022, children's fiction)

Screenplays

• (2012)
• Girl Missing (2015)

Awards and honors

Fracassi's work has been nominated for and received multiple awards and honors.

• Short Story Collection of the Year from This Is Horror (2017, won, Behold the Void)^[12]
• Charles Dexter Award from Strange Aeons Magazine (2018, won, Behold the Void)^[13]
• Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Story (2019, finalist, "The Horse Thief")^[14]
• Best Horror Story Collections of 2021 from Tor Nightfire (Beneath a Pale Sky)^[15]
• Best Collection of the Year from Rue Morgue Magazine (2021, won, Beneath a Pale Sky)
• Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection (2021, nominated for Beneath a Pale Sky)

Notes and References

1. Web site: SANDBOX HOPPING WITH PHILIP FRACASSI . 2023-03-02 . GINGER NUTS OF HORROR . en.
2. Web site: Haring . Bruce . 2022-08-06 . Horror Author Philip Fracassi Story Optioned For Feature Film Debut . 2023-03-02 . Deadline . en-US.
3. Web site: Sloan . Jodie . Book Review: Creativity comes at a heavy, horrific cost in Philip Fracassi's Gothic . 2 March 2023 . The AU Review.
4. Web site: Gothic (review) . 2 March 2023 . Publishers Weekly.
5. Web site: HORROR BOOK REVIEW: GOTHIC BY PHILIP FRACASSI . 2023-03-02 . GINGER NUTS OF HORROR . en.
6. Web site: 2018-10-27 . Paula Guran Reviews Short Fiction: Nightmare, The Dark, and Dark Discoveries . 2023-03-02 . Locus Online . en-US.
7. Web site: 2021-03-19 . Paula Guran Reviews Short Fiction: Black Static, The Dark, Nightmare, and Fantasy . 2023-03-02 . Locus Online . en-US.
8. News: Rafferty . Terrence . 2017-06-01 . I Know What You'll Read This Summer . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-03-02 . 0362-4331.
9. Web site: BEHOLD THE VOID BY PHILIP FRACASSI . 2023-03-02 . GINGER NUTS OF HORROR . en.
10. Web site: Letson . Russell . 2017-06-01 . Issue 677 Table of Contents, June 2017 . 2023-03-02 . Locus Online . en-US.
11. Web site: THE 2021 BRAM STOKER AWARDS® WINNERS . 2 March 2023 . Bram Stoker Awards.
12. Web site: locusmag . 2018-04-19 . 2017 This Is Horror Awards Winners . 2023-03-02 . Locus Online . en-US.
13. Web site: Fracassi, Philip . 2023-03-02 . The Bram Stoker Awards . en-US.
14. Web site: locusmag . 2019-12-10 . 2019 Ignotus Winners . 2023-03-02 . Locus Online . en-US.
15. Web site: Reader . Sam . 2022-02-08 . The Best Horror Short Story Collections and Anthologies of 2021 . 2023-03-02 . Tor Nightfire . en-US.