1. Life

2. Works

3. Guest appearances

4. Politics

5. Partial bibliography
    Novels  Novella  Short story collections 

6. Poetry
    Anthologies edited 

7. Awards

8. References

9. External links

Joel Lane (1963 – 26 November 2013)^[1] was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, critic and anthology editor.^[2] He received the World Fantasy Award in 2013 and the British Fantasy Award twice.

Life

Born in Exeter, he was the nephew of tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott. At the time of his death, Lane lived in south Birmingham, where he worked in health publishing. The latter city frequently provided settings for his fiction.

Works

The majority of Lane's short stories can be categorised as horror or dark fantasy. Lane cited Robert Aickman, Ramsey Campbell and M. John Harrison as influences on his fiction.^[2] Lane's short stories were usually published in small-press books and magazines. Lane's work was also anthologized by both Karl Edward Wagner (in Wagner's The Year's Best Horror Stories series) and Stephen Jones (in Jones' Best New Horror series).^[2] Much of Lane's fiction is set in the Black Country.^[3] Lane's novels are more overtly mainstream. From Blue to Black (2000) is a portrait of a disturbed rock musician, whilst The Blue Mask (2003) follows the aftermath of a brutal and disfiguring attack.

Guest appearances

Lane addressed the Birmingham Science Fiction Group in March 2002 and was a guest speaker at Microcon 30 in March 2010.

Politics

Lane was described in an obituary as "a passionate supporter of equality and a tireless scourge of fascism".^[3] Lane was strongly opposed to the politics advocated by Tony Blair and New Labour.^[3] Lane joined the Socialist Party in 2009 and contributed to its newspaper, The Socialist, and its journal, Socialism Today.^[6]

Partial bibliography

Novels

• From Blue to Black (2000)
• The Blue Mask (2003)

Novella

• The Witnesses Are Gone (2009)

Short story collections

• The Earth Wire and Other Stories (1994)
• The Lost District and Other Stories (2006)
• The Terrible Changes (2009)
• Do Not Pass Go (booklet, 2011)
• Where Furnaces Burn (2012)

Poetry

• The Edge of the Screen (1998)
• Trouble in the Heartland (2004)
• The Autumn Myth (2010)
• Instinct (pamphlet, 2012)

Anthologies edited

• Birmingham Noir: Urban Tales of Crime and Suspense (2002, co-edited with Steve Bishop)
• Beneath the Ground (2003)
• Never Again (2010, co-edited with Allyson Bird)

Awards

• 1993: Eric Gregory Award (poetry)
• 1994: British Fantasy Award, best anthology / collection, The Earth Wire and Other Stories
• 2008: British Fantasy Award, best short story, My Stone Desire
• 2008: Shirley Jackson Award, novella finalist, The Witnesses are Gone
• 2013: World Fantasy Award, best collection, Where Furnaces Burn (PS Publishing, 2012)

References

External links

• Partial bibliography, including short story appearances
• {{isfdb name|id=Joel_Lane|name=Joel Lane}}
• "Forbidden questions: the politics of noir fiction" by Joel Lane, Socialism Today, October 2009

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