Mefisto in Onyx
Novella by Harlan Ellison
978-0929480312Mefisto in Onyx is a science fiction novella by American writer Harlan Ellison.[2] The introduction and cover art were contributed by Frank Miller.[1][3] Originally published in OMNI Magazine October 1993, then released as a hardcover in December 1993, Mefisto in Onyx was later included in Harlan Ellison's 1997 collection Slippage.[4]
Ellison stated in an interview with Salon that he wrote Mefisto in Onyx to be adapted into a film starring Forest Whitaker.[2]
The story won the 1993 Bram Stoker Award, tied with The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady.[5] It also won first place in the 1994 Locus Poll Award "Best Novella" category.[6]
Plot
A black telepath delves into the mind of a white serial killer on death row.
References
- ^ a b Publishers Weekly
- ^ a b Barsotti, Mark (August 26, 2013). "Harlan Ellison: "Life to me is a great ironic joke"". Salon.
- ^ "Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison - 1993". Biblio.co.uk.
- ^ Nash, Eric P. (September 21, 1997). "Books in Brief: Fiction". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Past Bram Stoker Nominees & Winners". horror.org. The Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ "1994 Locus Poll Awards". isfb.org. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
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- Bibliography
- Web of the City
- Spider Kiss
- A Boy and His Dog
- Mefisto in Onyx
collections
- The Deadly Streets
- Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation
- Ellison Wonderland
- Paingod and Other Delusions
- Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled
- The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
- Alone Against Tomorrow
- Approaching Oblivion
- Deathbird Stories
- No Doors, No Windows
- Strange Wine
- Shatterday
- Stalking the Nightmare
- Angry Candy
- Slippage
- Can & Can'tankerous
- ”Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans”
- “The Beast that Shouted Love at The Heart of the World”
- “Croatoan”
- “The Deathbird”
- “The Discarded”
- “The Dragon on the Bookshelf”
- “From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet”
- “The Function of Dream Sleep”
- “How Interesting: A Tiny Man”
- “How's the Night Life on Cissalda?”
- “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”
- “Jeffty Is Five”
- “Paladin of the Lost Hour”
- “The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World”
- “"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman”
- “Soldier from Tomorrow”
- “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs”
- Phoenix Without Ashes
- Mind Fields
- "Soldier"
- "Demon with a Glass Hand"
- "The City on the Edge of Forever"
- "Paladin of the Lost Hour"
- "Gramma"
- "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich"
- "A View from the Gallery"
- "Objects in Motion"
- Babylon 5: The Gathering
- Babylon 5
- Babylon 5: In the Beginning
- Babylon 5: Thirdspace
- Babylon 5: The River of Souls
- Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
- "The Human Operators"
- "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty"
- "Shatterday"
- A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)
- "Djinn, No Chaser"
- Dangerous Visions
- Again, Dangerous Visions
- Medea: Harlan's World
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