Ray B. Russell is an English publisher,Tartarus Press website editor, author, illustrator,Illustrations by Russell songwriter, and film maker.

Biography Russell runs the award-winning Tartarus Press with Rosalie Parker, and for many years compiled the Guide to First Edition Prices."Review" by Robert McCrum, Literary Editor, The Observer, 14/11/99 As an author he has had four collections of short stories, three novellas and four novels published. His story "Loup-garou" was chosen for Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year. "In Hiding" was nominated for the 2010 World Fantasy Award, and "The Beautiful Room" for the 2011 British Fantasy Award. Michael Dirda has described Russell as "...among the leading practitioners of classic supernatural fiction".

His novella, Bloody Baudelaire, has been filmed by 3:1 Cinema with the new title Backgammon and was released 2016.

Russell has written full-length biographies of Robert Aickman and T. Lobsang Rampa.

He contributes artwork to Tartarus Press titles, and a selection of his art was on display at the Link Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, 2010/11.

Russell is also a songwriter, having previously composed songs released by The Bollweevils. His first solo CD, Ghosts, was released by Klanggalerie in February 2012. The accompanying video presentation was premiered in Vienna in March 2012, and was subsequently shown at Dean Clough Galleries October 2012. Dean Clough Galleries presented The Romance of Shortwave Radio Numbers Stations as a video installation in 2018.

Russell was the co-creator of C.W. Blubberhouse with Mark Valentine.

Writing Guide to First Edition Prices Eight editions, Tartarus Press, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 & 2010.

Short stories Putting the Pieces in Place, Ex Occidente Press (Bucharest, Romania), 2009.Ellen Datlow, The Best Horror of the Year, Night Shade Books, 2010, p.21. Literary Remains, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2010.Peter Bell, Supernatural Tales 18, Autumn 2010, pp3 82-83. Leave Your Sleep, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2012. Death Makes Strangers of Us All, Swan River Press (Dublin, Ireland), 2018. The Sanctuary and Other Strange Stories, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2026.

Novellas Bloody Baudelaire, Ex Occidente Press (Bucharest, Romania), 2009.Publishers Weekly, 25 August 2009. The Dark Return of Time, Swan River Press (Dublin, Ireland), 2014. The Stones are Singing, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2016.

Novels She Sleeps, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2017. Waiting for the End of the World, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2020. Heaven's Hill, Zagava (Germany), 2021. The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2024.

Collected Edition Ghosts, Swan River Press (Dublin, Ireland), 2012. (Contains Putting the Pieces in Place and Bloody Baudelaire. Available with Ghosts CD in a limited edition.)

Non-fiction Occult Territory: An Arthur Machen Gazetteer, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2019.From the books of wandering by Aaron Worth, Times Literary Supplement, 19 December 2019. Past Lives of Old Books and Other Essays, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2020. Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Bibliography, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2020. Robert Aickman: An Attempted Biography, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2022. Fifty Forgotten Books, And Other Stories (Sheffield), 2022. Fifty Forgotten Records, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2025. T. Lobsang Rampa And Other Characters of Questionable Faith, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2025. Bibliomancy and Other Essays, Tartarus Press (Yorkshire), 2026.

Translation Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier, Tartarus Press (Horam, Sussex), 1999."A Bird Was Learning Its Song," by Adrian Tahourdin, Times Literary Supplement, 21 May 1999.

Music Ghosts, Klanggalerie (Austria), 2012. Bloody Baudelaire: A Soundtrack, Klanggalerie (Austria), 2014. The Romance of Shortwave Radio Numbers Stations, Persepolis, 2016. Copsford, (self released) 2020. Reissued Bladud Flies! 2021 Reissued Warm Noise 2022 Phantom Cities by The Sodality of the Shadows, Persepolis, 2020. Heaven's Hill, 7" single, Zagava, 2012.

Film/video Backgammon, 2016 (co-scriptwriter)Wikipedia entry Coverdale: A Year in the Life, 2016 (co-director/producer) Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales, 2015 (co-director/producer)Film maker's webpage for Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales Current 93: Live at Halifax Minster, 2014 (co-director/producer)Film maker's webpage for Current 93: Live at Halifax Minster Collecting Vinyl Records: A Personal History, 2012 (director/producer)Film maker's webpage for Collecting Vinyl Records: A Personal History A Mild Case of Bibliomania, 2011 (director/producer)Film maker's webpage for A Mild Case of Bibliomania

Further reading "An Interview with R. B. Russell", by John Kenny, Swan River Press Interviews May 2012. "An Interview with R. B. Russell", by Jason Rolfe, Bibliomancy Tuesday, 7 February 2012. "An Interview with Ray Russell", by Everett Bleiler, Fantasy Commentator, Winter 2001–2002, pps.97-100. "Uncollected Characters of the Book World: 5", by Victoria Hyde-Greene, Antiquarian Book Monthly, May 1999, pps8-9.

References

External links R. B. Russell R.B. Russell interviewed (with Rosalie Parker) by Rick Kleffel at the Agony Column Podcast