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Who Made Stevie Crye?
Dust-jacket illustration by Glennray Tutor for Who Made Stevie Crye?
AuthorMichael Bishop
IllustratorJeffrey K. Potter
Cover artistGlennray Tutor
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror novel
PublisherArkham House
Publication date
1984
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages309 pp
ISBN0-87054-099-8
OCLC10723399
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3552.I772 W5 1984

Who Made Stevie Crye?, subtitled A Novel of the American South, is a horror novel by author Michael Bishop. It was released in 1984 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,591 copies, and later in paperback by Headline.[1] It was the author's first novel and third book published by Arkham House.

A 30th Anniversary Edition was published by Fairwood Press in August 2014, including a new introduction by Jack Slay and a new afterword by the author. It also reprints the full-page B&W illustrations by J. K. Potter which were originally commissioned for the Arkham House edition.

Plot summary

The story concerns Mary Stevenson Crye, a newly widowed housewife, who turns to freelance writing to provide for her family. Her typewriter, which is demonically possessed, involves her in a series of occult experiences, including with her dead husband, among other things.

References

  1. ^ Pringle, David. "Who Made Stevie Crye? by Michael Bishop." Modern Fantasy: The One Hundred Best Novels. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1989. 231-2.
  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 136. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 55.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 152. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 130. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.