Mefisto in Onyx

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Mefisto in Onyx
First edition cover
AuthorHarlan Ellison
Cover artistFrank Miller
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherMark V. Ziesing
Publication date
November 1, 1993[1]
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages91
ISBN978-0929480312
Preceded byAngry Candy 
Followed byMind Fields 

Mefisto in Onyx is a science fiction novella by American writer Harlan Ellison.[2] The introduction and cover art was 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 the 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

  1. ^ a b Publishers Weekly
  2. ^ a b Salon
  3. ^ Biblio.co.uk
  4. ^ The New York Times
  5. ^ n/a. "Past Bram Stoker Nominees & Winners". horror.org. The Horror Writers Association. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  6. ^ n/a. "1994 Locus Poll Awards". isfb.org. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2017-04-04.