Twilight Zone literature

Twilight Zone literature is an umbrella term for the many books and comic books which concern or adapt "The Twilight Zone" television series.

"The Twilight Zone" was a pioneer in this area, preceding the more popular literary movements which would follow "Star Trek" or "Star Wars" and which is now a staple of all successful movies, television series and video games.

Novels

Numerous novelizations were published based upon episodes of Twilight Zone, as were several volumes of original short stories published under the Twilight Zone brand and edited by Rod Serling himself.

Comics

Gold Key Comics published a long-running "Twilight Zone" comic that featured the likeness of Serling introducing both original stories and occasional adaptations of episodes. The comic outlived the television series by nearly 20 years and Serling by nearly a decade. A later revival of "Twilight Zone" comics was published by Now Comics, spinning off of the 1980s revival of the show.

Guides

In 1982, Marc Scott Zicree published an episode-by-episode guide of the original series, "The Twilight Zone Companion" (published by Bantam Books) which became a best-seller and greatly influenced future tomes on television series.

Magazines

Beginning in 1981 and with T. E. D. Klein as editor, "The Twilight Zone Magazine" featured horror fiction and to some extent other forms of fantasy and some borderline science fiction. From March, 1986 until its last issue (February, 1989) the editor was Tappan King, who also edited its "twisted sister" publication, "Night Cry". "The TZ Magazine" reviewed and previewed new movies while publishing articles about the original and revival "Twilight Zone" television series, among other cultural oddities. It was the most reliable market for much of the best short horror in that period and appealed to audiences for the likes of "Fangoria" and "Starlog" as well as for "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" and "Whispers". Like "Omni Magazine", which it also somewhat resembled, it was published by a company better-known for "skin" magazines, "Gallery"'s Montcalm Publishing. The all-fiction digest-sized companion, "Night Cry", makes a cameo in "The Simpsons" 300th episode, "Barting Over". On occasion, the magazine and digest reprinted often-anthologized short stories, introducing a new generation of horror aficionados to classic short stories by veteran writers such as "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson, and "The Bookshop" by Nelson Bond.

ee also

* Science fiction magazine
* Fantasy fiction magazine
* Horror fiction magazine
* Online magazine
* Magazine