- Author: A. R. Morlan Author Record # 1463
- Legal Name: Morlan, Arlette Renee
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Birthdate: 3 January 1958
- Deathdate: 6 January 2016
- Language: English
- Webpages: circlet.com, Goodreads, Locus, realmsofnight.com, SF Site, SFE, Wikipedia-EN
- Used These Alternate Names: Renée M. Charles, Karl-René Moore
- Additional Bibliographic Comments: Author:A. R. Morlan
- Author Tags: horror (8), zombies (2), cats (2), vampires (1), sex (1), dinosaurs (1), trilobite (1), contemporary (1), mother's point of view (1), young-adult sf (1), young-adult fantasy (1)
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Fiction Series
- The Amulet
- 1 The Cat with the Tulip Face (1991) [SF]
- 2 The Amulet (1991)
- 3 Dark Journey (1991)
- Smothered Dolls (2007)
- Ewerton Death Trip: A Walk Through the Dark Side of Town (2011)
- 'Rillas and Other Science Fiction Stories (2012)
- Of Vampires & Gentlemen: Tales of Erotic Horror (2012)
- The Chimera and the Shadowfox Griefer and Other Curious People (2012)
- The Fold-O-Rama Wars at the Blue Moon Roach Hotel and Other Colorful Tales of Transformation and Tattoos (2012)
- The Hemingway Kittens and Other Feline Fancies and Fantasies (2013)
- Homely in the Cradle and Other Bedtime Stories (2015)
- The A.R. Morlan Megapack (2015)
- The Bone-God's Lair and Other Tales of the Famous and the Infamous (2016)
- The Cat with the Tulip Face (1991)
- The Hemingway Kittens (2019)
- Cat in the Box (2019)
- The "Time-Vacation" Trilogy
- 1 Beyond Time and Face (1992)
- 2 At the Playground by the Swings, with Big Chuck (1990)
- 3 Pillaging Poe (1986)
- Four Days Before the Snow (1985)
- Scrap When Empty (1985)
- The Magazine Lady (1985)
- Bats of the Eye (1985)
- Does It Ploop? (1986)
-
Garbage Day in Ewerton (1986)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Garbage Day at Ewerton (1986)
- Simon Says (1986)
- The Holiday House (1986)
- Trick or Treat (1986)
- Bub and the Zomb Boys (1987)
-
Dear D.B.... (1987)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Dear D.B. (1987)
- Just Another Bedtime Story (1987)
- The Last Bedtime Story (1987)
- The On'ner (1987)
-
Tomb of Nine Hundred Days (1987)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Una tomba di novecento giorni [Italian] (1990)
- "Double Dare Ya" (1987)
- Of Vampires and Gentlemen (1987)
-
The Wi'ching Well (1987)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Il pozzo stregato [Italian] (1992)
- The Cuttlefish (1987)
-
Night Skirt (1987)
also appeared as:
- Translation: La gonna nera [Italian] (1992)
- A Little Pinch Is All You Need (1988)
-
Civic Duty (1988)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Civic Duties (2006)
- Rigent—Double Agent and the Shopping Cart Bump (1988)
- Street Coffins (1988) with John S. Postovit
- In the Great Milk White Eye of God (1989)
- This Is the Way We Wash Our Clothes, Wash Our Clothes, Wash Our Clothes (1989)
- The Interview (1989)
- The Redemption of Pop Gee (1990)
-
When the Bad Thing Comes (1990)
also appeared as:
- Serializations:
- When the Bad Thing Comes (Part 2 of 4) (1990)
- When the Bad Thing Comes (Part 3 of 4) (1990)
- When the Bad Thing Comes (Part 1 of 4) (1990)
- When the Bad Thing Comes (Part 4 of 4) (1991)
-
Oksa's Children (1990)
also appeared as:
- Translation: I figli d'Oksa [Italian] (1992)
- 'rillas (1991)
-
The Second Most Beautiful Woman in the World (1991)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Maailman toiseksi kauneimmat naiset [Finnish] (1992)
-
St. Jackaclaws (1991)
also appeared as:
- Translation: St. Jackaclaws [German] (1993)
- Professor Forbish's Hobby Horse (1992)
- The Sweet End of the Lollipop (1992)
- With Cockles and Mussels, Alive, Alive-O (1992)
- Between Long. 150° W. and 90° W., One Degree Above Hell (1993)
- Dark Journey - The "Lost" Prologue (excerpt) (1993)
- Tattoo (1993)
- The Best Lives of Our Years (1993)
- The Other Easier Way (1993)
- The Toddler Pit (1993)
- Cinnamon Roses (1994) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- He's Hot, He's Sexy, He's... (1994)
- In a Fine and Verdant Place (1994)
-
No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be ... (1994)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Le paradis ne sera qu'un ciel vide ... [French] (1999)
- Norm Littman's 15 Minutes (1994) with John S. Postovit
-
—And the Horses Hiss at Midnight (1994)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Et les chevaux sifflent à minuit [French] (1997)
- Variant: "... And the Horses Hiss at Midnight" (2012)
- Yet Another Poisoned Apple for the Fairy Princess (1994)
- Like a Reflection in a Mirror Without Glass (1995) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- Little Nips (1995)
- Mother Gothel and Persinette (1995)
- Murder by Appointment (1995)
- Need (1995)
- Dragon Chains (1995)
- ... Warmer (1996)
- A Model of Transformation (1996) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- Genus Olisbos (1996) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- Mist Kisses (1996) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- River of Glass, Mirror of Water (1996)
- Rubbing Magic's Lantern (1996) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- The Realtor (1996)
- Bringing It Along (1996)
- A Subtle Shade of Sepia (1996)
-
Buddy Holly Night at the Bone God's Lair (1997)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Buddy Holly Night at the Bone-God's Lair (2016)
- The Hetairai Turncoat (1997) [only as by Karl-René Moore]
- Hunger (1997)
- Duet on Thin Ice (1997)
- At Funland by the Swings, with Big Chuck (1997)
- Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes— (1997)
- Camera Orgasmos (1998) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- The Time of the Bleeding Pumpkins (1998)
-
" ... Redeem My Soul from the Power of the Grave ... " (1998)
with
James B. Johnson
also appeared as:
- Variant: Redeem My Soul from the Power of the Grave (2011)
- Merle O, Sgt. Bottum, and the Park Fairies (1998) [only as by Karl-René Moore]
- Restorations (1999)
- That Dress (1999)
- Color of Pain, Shade of Pleasure (1999) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- The Gemütlichkeit Escape (1999)
- Dark Ladonna (2000)
-
Guardsmen Fed to the Tigers (2000)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Guardsmen, Fed to Tigers (2016)
- Initiation Into Club Sanguis (2000) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- Nudes Ascending a Staircase (2000) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- Above the Capitans, South of Corona, Near Arroyo Del Macho (2000)
- Fast Glaciers (2000)
- Ciné Rimettato (2000)
- Stone, Still (2001)
- The Delectation Debated (2001) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- Cat in the Box (2001)
- Dora's Trunk (2001)
- Contingencies and Penti-Lope-Lope (2001) with John S. Postovit
- From the Walls of Irezumi (2001)
- ... And Do It Again (2002)
- Jemima (2002)
- The Thin Red Line (2002)
- Diving into Oceans of Air (2002) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- The Hemingway Kittens (2002)
- Taking Down the Book of the Rough Beast (2003)
- Etamin at East 47th (2003)
- Robin Williams, Speaking Spanish (2003)
- The Twelve Nights of Callicantzaros (2005) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- Ridin' the De Novo Shinkansen (2005)
- Smothered Dolls; or, The Girl Who Could Never Be Good (2006)
- Chiaroscuro (2006)
- And the Horses Hiss at Midnight (Non-Vampire Version) (2006)
- Milan, March 1972 (2006)
- Powder (2006)
- The German Lady (2006)
- The Anabe Girls (2006)
- The Hikikomori's Cartoon Kimono (2007)
- Opening the Veins of Jade (2007) [only as by Renée M. Charles]
- Holes (2007)
- The Mogul (2007)
- Pretty Birds (2007)
- Pixeldated (2008)
- Debris (2011)
- From the Far Away Nearby (2011)
- Rubbernecks (2011)
- Soft (2011)
- Boog'/4 and the Endicaran Kluge (2011)
- What Falls from the Life (2012) with John S. Postovit
- Initial Appeal (2012)
- The Uppyroake Kamikaze and the Virgin Shredder (2012)
- Gonna Get Tat in Qatmandude (2012)
- Showdown Between the Unnatural-Born Chimera and the Shadowfox Griefer (2012)
- The Fold-O-Rama Wars at the Blue Moon Roach Hotel (2012)
- The Twijfelen Challenge of the Pi Zi (2012)
- [Skin] / (Skin) (2012)
- "... and Mongo Was His Name-O" (2013)
- The Cat-Tracker Lady of Asad Alley (2013)
- Decorating Dead People, Under the Lawns (2014)
- What the Janitor Found (1987)
- Just Herself (1989)
- Some May Wonder (1989)
- Untitled—1/24/89 (1989)
- Mothrasaurus (1991)
- William Genesis Williams (1991)
- Death of the Star Fighter Gunner (1991)
- Prison (1992)
- They Used to Put the Gold Star in the Living Room Window (1993)
- Universes (1993)
- White Comma (1999)
- Other Dimensions: The Children's Hour Quiz (1983)
- The "Beasts of Every Land and Climb" Quiz (The Horror Show, Spring 1986) (1986)
- The "This Monster Was Brought to You by Gainesburgers" Quiz (1986)
- The Nit-Picky, Utterly Trivial Totally Picayune Horror-Fantasy Movie Quiz (1986)
- It's Alive Again! The Return of the Nit-Picky, Utterly Trivial, Totally Picayune Horror-Fantasy (and What the Heck, a Little Sci-Fi) Movie Quiz Part III (1987)
- The "There Was an Old Woman" Quiz (1987)
- The Second Nit-Picky, Utterly Trivial, Totally Picayune Horror-Fantasy Movie Quiz — or — Trivial Lives, II (1987)
- The Children of the Kingdom Quiz (1987)
- The "Monster Mash" Quiz (1987)
- If There Aren't Any Vampires, Werewolves or Zombies Then Why Am I Scared Out of My Wits? (1988)
- The Second "This Monster Was Brought to You by Gainesburger" Quiz: The Spin-Off (1988)
- The Stephen King/Robert Bloch Double Feature Quiz (1988)
- Illuminations: Granddaddy of the Zone (1988)
- Illuminations: Disching Up Disney (1988)
- The Other Side: Breath of Life (1988)
- Other Dimensions: The G Factor (1988)
- Other Dimensions: Tube Tots (1988)
- The Children of The Brooding Exorcist Omen Quiz (1989)
- The Edward D. Woods, Jr. Memorial Quiz [or] You, Too Can Direct a Movie (1989)
- The "Son of the Children of the House of the Return of the Horror Film XXCCCII—The Sequel, A New Beginning" Quiz (1990)
- The Next in Line Quiz (1990)
- The Wicked, Wonderful "Wampire" Quiz (1990)
- The Return of the Son of the Nit-Picky, Utterly Trivial, Totally Picayune Horror-Fantasy Movie Quiz — Part IV (1990)
- Ghost of the Son of the Nit-Picky, Utterly Trivial, Totally Picayune Horror-Fantasy Movie Quiz — or Part the Fifth (1990)
- The "By Any Other Name" Quiz (1991)
- The "Novel Movies" Quiz (1991)
- The "Guess What We Have in Common" Quiz (1991)
- The "Sisters of Midnight" Quiz (1991)
- The "Heeere's Johnny" or The Villians of Stephen King Films Quiz (1992)
- The Numbers Quiz (1992)
- The "Master of Horror's Opening Lines" Quiz (1993)
- The "Music to Soothe the Savage Screenplay" Quiz (1993)
- The Nebulas Quiz (1994)
- The Hugos Quiz (1994)
- The Villainous, Vexatious, Venerable Vampire Quiz (1995)
- The Wonderful World of Werewolves (and Other Critters) Quiz (1995)
- Introduction (Zodiac Fantastic) (1997)
- Introduction (Not in Kansas) (2004)
- Afterword: Once Upon a Time.... (2009)
- Author's Note (Dark Journey) (2009)
- Foreword (The Amulet) (2009)
- Letter (Locus #588) (2010)
- Afterword: Ewerton Death Trip (2011)
- Author's Note (Ewerton Death Trip) (2011)
- Afterword for "'rillas" (2012)
- Afterword for "Boog'/4 and the Endicaran Kluge" (2012)
- Afterword for "Ciné Rimettato" (2012)
- Afterword for "Contingencies and Penti-Lope-Lope" (2012)
- Afterword for "Etamin at East 47th" (2012)
- Afterword for "Robin Williams, Speaking Spanish" (2012)
- Afterword for "The Best Lives of Our Years" (2012)
- Afterword for "What Falls from the Life" (2012)
- Foreword (Of Vampires & Gentlemen) (2012)
- Afterword for "Showdown Between the Unnatural-Born Chimera and the Shadowfox Griefer" (2012)
- Afterword for "[Skin] / (Skin)" (2012)
- Afterword to "From the Walls of Irezumi" (2012)
- Afterword to "Gonna Get Tat in Qatmandude" (2012)
- Afterword to "Jemima" (2012)
- Afterword to "Ridin' the De Novo Shinkansen" (2012)
- Afterword to "Tattoo" (2012)
- Afterword to "The Fold-O-Rama Wars at the Blue Moon Roach Hotel" (2012)
- Afterword to "The Hikikomori's Cartoon Kimono" (2012)
- Afterword to "The Twijfelen Challenge of the Pi Zi" (2012)
- Author's Note for "Showdown Between the Unnatural-Born Chimera and the Shadowfox Griefer" (2012)
- Author's Note to "From the Walls of Irezumi" (2012)
- Author's Note to "Gonna Get Tat in Qatmandude" (2012)
- Author's Note to "Ridin' the De Novo Shinkansen" (2012)
- Foreword (The Chimera and the Shadowfox Griefer) (2012)
- Foreword (The Fold-O-Rama Wars) (2012)
- Afterword ("...And Mongo Was His Name-O") (2013)
- Afterword (A Little Pinch Is All You Need) (2013)
- Afterword (Cat in the Box) (2013)
- Afterword (Hunger) (2013)
- Afterword (No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be...) (2013)
- Afterword (The Cat with the Tulip Face) (2013)
- Afterword (The Cat-Tracker Lady of Asad Alley) (2013)
- Afterword (The Hemingway Kittens) (2013)
- Afterword (Universes) (2013)
- Afterword (White Comma) (2013)
- Author's Note (Cat in the Box) (2013)
- Author's Note (Hunger) (2013)
- Author's Note (The Cat with the Tulip Face) (2013)
- Foreword (The Hemingway Kittens and Other Feline Fancies and Fantasies) (2013)
- Bat Ornament (1987)
- A. R. Morlan (1987) by uncredited
- Dark Voices (Horrorstruck, May/June 1987) (1987) by David B. Silva (co-interviewed with William Relling, Jr. and Gary Brandner and Stephen King and Steve Rasnic Tem)
- Dark Voices (Horrorstruck, March-April 1988) (1988) by David B. Silva (co-interviewed with Gene Wolfe and F. Paul Wilson and Thomas F. Monteleone and Elizabeth Massie and Bentley Little and Joe R. Lansdale and Stephen King and Sheldon Jaffery and Edward Bryant and Gary Brandner and Kevin J. Anderson)
- Dark Voices (Horrorstruck, September-October 1988) (1988) by William J. Grabowski (co-interviewed with Gene Wolfe and F. Paul Wilson and Elizabeth Massie and Bentley Little and Joe R. Lansdale and Stephen King and Gary Brandner and Kevin J. Anderson)
- An Interview with A. R. Morlan (1993) by Dave Woomer
- Author Spotlight: A. R. Morlan (2014) by Caroline Ratajski