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Mefisto in Onyx

Novella by Harlan Ellison

Mefisto in Onyx is a science fiction novella by American writer Harlan Ellison.[2] The introduction and cover art were contributed 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 Harlan Ellison's 1997 collection Slippage.[4]

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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. [1]
    Publishers Weekly
  2. [2]
    Barsotti, Mark (August 26, 2013). "Harlan Ellison: "Life to me is a great ironic joke"". Salon.
  3. [3]
    "Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison - 1993". Biblio.co.uk.
  4. [4]
    Nash, Eric P. (September 21, 1997). "Books in Brief: Fiction". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  5. [5]
    "Past Bram Stoker Nominees & Winners". horror.org. The Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  6. [6]
    "1994 Locus Poll Awards". isfb.org. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
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