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Mike Ashley


(Michael Raymond Donald Ashley)
UK flag (b.1948)

Mike Ashley is the author and editor of over sixty books that in total have sold over a million copies worldwide. He lives in Chatham, Kent.


Genres: Historical Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery
 
Series
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Novels
   The Enchantresses (1998) (with Vera Chapman)
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Collections
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Anthologies edited
   The Best of British SF 1 (1977)
   The Best of British SF 2 (1977)
   SF Choice 77 (1977)
   Souls in Metal (1977)
   Weird Legacies (1977)
   When Spirits Talk (1990)
   The Pendragon Chronicles (1990)
   The Camelot Chronicles (1992)
   The Giant Book of Myths and Legends (1995)
   The Merlin Chronicles (1995)
   Chronicles of the Holy Grail (1996)
   Fantasy Stories (1996)
   Space Stories (1996)
   Classical Whodunnits (1996)
   The Collected Classical Stories and Classical Whodunnits (1996)
   The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories (1997)
   The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (1997) (with Paul Finn)
   Shakespearean Whodunnits (1997)
   The Chronicles of the Round Table (1997)
   Heroic Adventure Stories (1998)
   Shakespearean Detectives (1998)
   Royal Whodunnits (1999)
   Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades (2000)
   Classical Whodunits (2000)
   Arthurian Legends (2002)
   Men O'War (2003)
   The World's Greatest Master and Commander Stories (2005)
   Great American Ghost Stories (2008)
   Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers (2008)
   The Darker Sex (2009)
   Steampunk Prime (2010)
   Dreams and Wonders (2010)
   The Dreaming Sex (2011)
   Vampires: Classic Tales (2011)
   Sisters In Crime (2013)
   The Mammoth Book of Classical Whodunnits (2014)
   The Feminine Future (2015)
   Toward the Golden Age (2016)
   Lost Mars (2018)
   Menace of the Monster (2019)
   Fighters of Fear (2020)
   Born of the Sun (2020)
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Series contributed to
British Library Tales of the Weird
   1. From the Depths (2018)
   3. Glimpses of the Unknown (2018)
   6. The Platform Edge (2019)
   9. Doorway to Dilemma (2019)
   18. Queens of the Abyss (2020)
   29. The Ghost Slayers (2022)
   48. Fear in the Blood (2024)
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Books containing stories by Mike Ashley
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The Mammoth Book of Merlin (2009)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Mike Ashley
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Travellers in Darkness (2007)
The Souvenir Book of the World Horror Convention 2007
edited by
Stephen Jones

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Award nominations
1998 British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology/Collection (nominee) : The Chronicles of the Round Table


Mike Ashley recommends
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Mandrake and Murder (2009)
(Robin & Marian Mysteries)
Clayton Emery
"Robin and Marian are ideal sleuths and Emery gives them a whole new lease on life."
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Make Out with Murder (1974)
(Affairs of Chip Harrison, book 3)
Chip Harrison (Lawrence Block)
"Re-introduced Harrison as an assistant to private detective Leo Haig acting like a slightly wilder Archie Goodwin to Haig's Nero Wolfe."
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Incredible Adventures (1914)
Algernon Blackwood
"The last outburst of his golden period."

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