R. B. Russell

Russell runs the award-winning Tartarus Press with Rosalie Parker, and for many years compiled the Guide to First Edition Prices."Review" by Robert McCrum, Literary Editor, The Observer, 14/11/99 As an author he has had four collections of short stories, three novellas and four novels published. His story "Loup-garou" was chosen for Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year. "In Hiding" was nominated for the 2010 World Fantasy Award,{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027005155/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/|url-status=dead|title=Awards | World Fantasy Convention|archivedate=27 October 2012}} and "The Beautiful Room" for the 2011 British Fantasy Award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishfantasysociety.org.uk/index.php/submitted-news/54-awards/1459-bfs-fantasy-awards-2011-shortlist|title=British Fantasy Awards 2010}} Michael Dirda has described Russell as "...among the leading practitioners of classic supernatural fiction".{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/conversations/book-related-videos-you-should-watch/2012/02/23/gIQA1TtKVR_discussion.html|title=Book-related videos you should watch|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}

His novella, Bloody Baudelaire, has been filmed by 3:1 Cinema with the new title Backgammon and was released 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2210451/|title=Backgammon|date=11 March 2016|via=www.imdb.com}}

He contributes artwork to Tartarus Press titles, and a selection of his art was on display at the Link Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, 2010/11.

Russell is also a songwriter, having previously composed songs released by The Bollweevils.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Bollweevils-Talk-To-Me/release/3078909|title=The Bollweevils (2) - Talk To Me|website=Discogs|year=1990 }} His first solo CD, Ghosts,{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/RB-Russell-Ghosts/release/3360830|title=R. B. Russell - Ghosts|website=Discogs|date=23 January 2012 }} was released by Klanggalerie in February 2012. The accompanying video presentation was premiered in Vienna in March 2012,{{Cite web|url=http://www.klanggalerie.com/says/gallery/2012/2012_004_01.html|title=Ghosts CD and videos launch}} and was subsequently shown at Dean Clough Galleries October 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.deanclough.com/arts/whats_on.asp|title=What's On at Dean Clough}} Dean Clough Galleries presented The Romance of Shortwave Radio Numbers Stations as a video installation in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deanclough.com/?event=raymond-russell-the-romance-of-short-wave-radio-numbers-stations|title=Raymond Russell: The Romance of Short Wave Radio Numbers Stations}}

Russell was the co-creator of C.W. Blubberhouse with Mark Valentine.

Guide to First Edition Prices

• Eight editions, Tartarus Press, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 & 2010.

Short stories

• Putting the Pieces in Place, Ex Occidente Press (Bucharest, Romania), 2009.Ellen Datlow, The Best Horror of the Year, Night Shade Books, 2010, p.21.
• Literary Remains, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2010.Peter Bell, Supernatural Tales 18, Autumn 2010, pp3 82-83.
• Leave Your Sleep, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2012.
• Death Makes Strangers of Us All, Swan River Press (Dublin, Ireland), 2018.

Novellas

• Bloody Baudelaire, Ex Occidente Press (Bucharest, Romania), 2009.Publishers Weekly, 25 August 2009.
• The Dark Return of Time, Swan River Press (Dublin, Ireland), 2014.
• The Stones are Singing, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2016.

Novels

• She Sleeps, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2017.
• Waiting for the End of the World, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2020.
• Heaven's Hill, Zagava (Germany), 2021.
• The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2024.

Collected Edition

• Ghosts, Swan River Press (Dublin, Ireland), 2012. (Contains Putting the Pieces in Place and Bloody Baudelaire. Available with Ghosts CD in a limited edition.)

Non-fiction

• Occult Territory: An Arthur Machen Gazetteer, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2019.[https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/from-the-books-of-wandering/ From the books of wandering] by Aaron Worth, Times Literary Supplement, 19 December 2019.
• Past Lives of Old Books and Other Essays, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2020.
• Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Bibliography, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2020.
• Robert Aickman: An Attempted Biography, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2022.
• Fifty Forgotten Books, And Other Stories (Sheffield), 2022.
• Fifty Forgotten Records, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2025.

Translation

• Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier, Tartarus Press (Horam, Sussex), 1999."A Bird Was Learning Its Song," by Adrian Tahourdin, Times Literary Supplement, 21 May 1999.

• Ghosts, Klanggalerie (Austria), 2012.
• Bloody Baudelaire: A Soundtrack, Klanggalerie (Austria), 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/RB-Russell-Bloody-Baudelaire-A-Soundtrack/release/5720551|title=R. B. Russell - Bloody Baudelaire - A Soundtrack|website=Discogs|date=23 May 2014 }}
• The Romance of Shortwave Radio Numbers Stations, Persepolis, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/RB-Russell-The-Romance-Of-Shortwave-Radio-Numbers-Stations/release/8883118|title=R. B. Russell - The Romance Of Shortwave Radio Numbers Stations|website=Discogs|date=12 August 2016 }}
• Copsford, (self released) 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://rbrussell.bandcamp.com/album/copsford|title=Copsford by R.B. Russell|website=Bandcamp}} Reissued Bladud Flies! 2021{{Cite web|url=https://bladudflies.com/release/copsford/|title=Copsford by R. B. Russell|website=Bladud Flies}} Reissued Warm Noise 2022{{Cite web|url=https://warmnoiserecords.bandcamp.com/album/copsford|title=Copsford by R. B. Russell|website=Warm Noise}}
• Phantom Cities by The Sodality of the Shadows, Persepolis, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Sodality-of-the-Shadows-Phantom-Cities/master/1824070|title=Phantom Cities by The Sodality of the Shadows|website=Discogs|year=2020 }}
• Heaven's Hill, 7" single, Zagava, 2012.

• Backgammon, 2016 (co-scriptwriter)Wikipedia entry{{Circular reference|date=October 2020}}
• Coverdale: A Year in the Life, 2016 (co-director/producer){{Cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14267422.secret-film-hidden-dale-draws-crowds/|title=Secret film of a hidden dale draws the crowds|website=The Northern Echo|date=10 February 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://tartaruspress.com//ray/coverdale-a-year-in-the-life.html |title=Coverdale: A Year in the Life |website=tartaruspress.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304165013/http://tartaruspress.com//ray/coverdale-a-year-in-the-life.html |archive-date=2016-03-04}}
• Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales, 2015 (co-director/producer)[http://tartaruspress.com//ray/robert-aickman-author-of-strange-tales.html Film maker's webpage for Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales]
• Current 93: Live at Halifax Minster, 2014 (co-director/producer)[http://tartaruspress.com//ray/current-93-live-in-halifax.html Film maker's webpage for Current 93: Live at Halifax Minster]
• Collecting Vinyl Records: A Personal History, 2012 (director/producer)[http://tartaruspress.com//ray/collecting-vinyl-records.html Film maker's webpage for Collecting Vinyl Records: A Personal History]
• A Mild Case of Bibliomania, 2011 (director/producer)[http://tartaruspress.com//ray/a-mild-case-of-bibliomania.html Film maker's webpage for A Mild Case of Bibliomania]

• "An Interview with R. B. Russell", by John Kenny, [http://www.brianjshowers.com/interview_ghosts.html Swan River Press Interviews] May 2012.
• "An Interview with R. B. Russell", by Jason Rolfe, [http://jasonrolfe.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/visiting-tartarus-interview-with-rb.html Bibliomancy] Tuesday, 7 February 2012.
• "An Interview with Ray Russell", by Everett Bleiler, Fantasy Commentator, Winter 2001–2002, pps.97-100.
• "Uncollected Characters of the Book World: 5", by Victoria Hyde-Greene, Antiquarian Book Monthly, May 1999, pps8-9.

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• [http://www.rbrussell.co.uk R. B. Russell]
• [http://bookotron.com/agony/audio/2015/2015-interviews/ray_russell_ros_parker-2014.mp3 R.B. Russell interviewed (with Rosalie Parker) by Rick Kleffel at the Agony Column Podcast]

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