Chris Kelso

{{Short description|British writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}  '''Chris Kelso''' (born 22 March 1988, Kilmarnock, Scotland) is a Scottish fantasy writer, illustrator, and anthologist from Scotland.

Kelso's works have also been printed in magazines such as ''Interzone'', ''Black Static'', ''3:AM'', ''Locus'', ''Bella Caledonia'', ''The Scottish Poetry Library'' and ''Evergreen Review''. He and Garrett Cook are the co-creators of 'The Imperial Youth Review'.<ref>{{cite web|title=Imperial Youth Review|date=13 November 2018 |url=http://www.doghornpublishing.com/wordpress/news/imperial-youth-review|publisher=Dog Horn Publishing}}</ref>

In 2019, he was nominated for a British Fantasy Award for best short fiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2019/10/21/announcing-the-2019-british-fantasy-award-winners/|title=Announcing the 2019 British Fantasy Award Winners|last=Rocket|first=Stubby the|date=2019-10-21|website=Tor.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/british-fantasy-awards-2019/|title=British Fantasy Awards 2019 {{!}} The British Fantasy Society|website=www.britishfantasysociety.org|access-date=2019-11-17|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128024233/http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/british-fantasy-awards-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His essay 'Transmigrational Defences' was nominated for a 2024 Pushcart Prize and his monograph on Andrzej Żuławski's ''Possession'' was nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award

Kelso is also a founding member of experimental spoken word band, Vantablack, with Nick Hudson and ''George Stuart Dahlquist'' from ''Sunn O)))''.

==Works== ===Fiction===

* ''Last Exit To Interzone'' (Black Dharma Press) *''Schadenfreude'' (Dog Horn Publishing)<ref>{{cite web|last=Tambour|first=Anna|title=A Review of Chris Kelso's Schadenfreude|url=http://bizaralex.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/a-review-of-chris-kelsos-schadenfreude-by-anna-tambour/|work=The Shwibly – A Magazine of the Arts|publisher=Dog Horn Publishing|date=26 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130830204423/http://bizaralex.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/a-review-of-chris-kelsos-schadenfreude-by-anna-tambour/|archivedate=30 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> *''A Message from the Slave State'' (Western Legends Books)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kelso|first=Chris|title=A Message from the Slave State|publisher=Western Legend Books|page=The Speculative Bookshop|url=http://thespeculativebookshop.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/what-i-read-this-week/|access-date=1 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407141250/http://thespeculativebookshop.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/what-i-read-this-week/|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wargo|first=Joseph|title=BOOK REVIEW: A Message From The Slave State by Chris Kelso|url=http://jwwargo.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/book-review-message-from-slave-state-by.html|work=Your Friendly Counter Counterculturalist|publisher=Western Legend Press|accessdate=30 May 2013}}</ref> *''Moosejaw Frontier'' (Bizarro Pulp Press)<ref>{{cite web|last=seanofthedead|title=Book Review: Moosejaw Frontier – Author Chris Kelso|url=http://horrornews.net/75928/book-review-moosejaw-frontier-author-chris-kelso/|work=Horrornews.net|publisher=Bizarro Pulp Press|accessdate=16 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wamack|first=Grant|title=Moosejaw Frontier (Book Review)|url=http://grantwamack.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/moosejaw-frontier-book-review/|work=Spontaneous Combustion|publisher=Bizarro Pulp Press|accessdate=20 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102174210/http://grantwamack.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/moosejaw-frontier-book-review/|archive-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> *''Transmatic'' (MorbidbookS)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kelso|first=Chris|title=Transmatic|publisher=MorbidbookS|page=Best Science Fiction Stories|url=http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2014/02/27/transmatic-by-chris-kelso/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kelso|first=Chris|title=Transmatic|publisher=MorbidbookS|page=MorbidbookS Extreme Fiction Publisher|url=http://morbidbooks.wordpress.com/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kelso|first=Chris|title=Transmatic|publisher=MorbidbookS|page=Chris Kelso Website|url=http://www.chris-kelso.com/transmatic-coming-soon-through-morbidbooks/}}</ref> *''The Black Dog Eats The City'' (Omnium Gatherum)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kelso|first=Chris|title=The Black Dog Eats The City|publisher=Omnium Gatherum|page=Interzone|url=http://ttapress.com/1785/interzone-251/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kelso|first=Chris|title=The Black Dog Eats The City|date=20 April 2024 |publisher=Omnium Gatherum|page=Omnium Gatherum|url=http://omniumgatherumbooks.com/christopher-gordon-kelso}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weirdfictionreview.com/2014/12/end-year-booklist-2014-edition/|title=End of the Year Booklist (2014 Edition) {{!}} David Davis|date=2014-12-17|website=Weird Fiction Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref> *''Terence, Mephisto and Viscera Eyes'' (Journalstone)<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://margrethelgadottir.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/guest-author-chris-kelso/|title = Guest Author: Chris Kelso|date = October 1, 2014|accessdate = |website = Margrét Helgadóttir|publisher = |last = Helgadóttir|first = Margrét}}</ref> *''The Dissolving Zinc Theatre'' (Villipede)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/reviews/the-dissolving-zinc-theatre-by-chris-kelso-book-review/|title = The Dissolving Zinc Theatre by Chris Kelso. Book review|date = August 22, 2015|accessdate = |website = The British Fantasy Society|publisher = |last = Lockley|first = Craig}}</ref> *''The Folger Variation'' (Shoreline of Infinity) *''Wire & Spittle'' (Omnium Gatherum) *''Rattled by the Rush'' (Journalstone) *''The Church of Latter Day Eugenic''s (with Tom Bradley)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yesclash.com/2018/04/19/review-the-church-of-latter-day-eugenics-by-chris-kelso-tom-bradley/|title=Review: The Church of Latter-Day Eugenics by Chris Kelso & Tom Bradley|last=Media|first=Clash|date=2018-04-19|website=CLASH|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref> *''I Dream of Mirrors''' (The Sinister Horror Company)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cemeterydance.com/extras/review-i-dream-of-mirrors-chris-kelso/|title=Review: I Dream of Mirrors by Chris Kelso|website=Cemetery Dance Online|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-19|last5=Online|date=8 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://litreactor.com/reviews/i-dream-of-mirrors-by-chris-kelso|title="I Dream of Mirrors" by Chris Kelso|website=LitReactor|language=en|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref>'' *''The DREGS Trilogy'' (Black Shuck Books) * ''Voidheads'' (Schism) * ''Metympsychosis'' (Feral Dove)

===Non-Fiction===

*''Burroughs and Scotland: Dethroning the Ancients'' (Beatdom) *''Interrogating the Abyss'' (Apocalypse Party) *''On Melting: essays against the body'' (Control) *''Possession: dreams of suffering and sanity'' (PS Publishing) *''Shadowspheres (with Ewan Morrison)''

===Anthologies edited===

*''Caledonia Dreamin – Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent'' (by Chris Kelso and Hal Duncan)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kelso|first=Chris|title=Caledonia Dreaming - Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent|page=Future Fire|url=http://reviews.futurefire.net/2014/03/duncan-kelso-caledonia-dreamin.html}}</ref> *''This is NOT an Anthology'' (Onieros Books)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.beatdom.com/the-is-not-an-anthology/|title = The is NOT an Anthology|date = July 13, 2014|accessdate = |website = Beatdom|publisher = Beatdom Books|last = Wills|first = David}}</ref> *''Slave Stories - Scenes of the Slave State'' (Omnium Gatherum) *''I Transgress'' (Salo' Press) *''Children of the New Flesh: The Early Films and Pervasive Influence of David Cronenberg'' (with David Leo Rice) *''The Mad Butterfly's Ball'' (with Preston Grassmann) (PS Publishing)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781803943428 |title=The Mad Butterfly's Ball by }}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.chris-kelso.com/ Official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005194705/http://nathanieltower.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/writing-scottish-nonsense-and-librarians-an-interview-with-chris-kelso/ Interview with Chris Kelso] *{{isfdb name|id=Chris_Kelso|name=Chris Kelso}}

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