“Echolocation.” Soho Square II. Ed. Ian Hamilton, Bloomsbury, 1990
“Stephen Amidon’s fragmented narrative of a man hiding from domesticity and from humanity itself in the American south has an appalling strength, the apparent impoverishment of its prose matching the emotional blankness which gives its events, or non-events, the inescapable matter-of-factness of nightmare.” Lucy Hughes-Hallet, The Spectator
British Arts Council’s Bursary for the Short Story 1990-91.
SUBDIVISION, Ecco / Bloomsbury, 1991
“Stephen Amidon’s subdivision defies cosy notions of community life and is distinctly short on American apple pie, but it is rich in humanity. It may be a hard place to love, but it is an easy one to believe in.” Independent on Sunday
“If Subdivision is just the beginning of Stephen Amidon’s output, we may be in for some fireworks.” Joseph O’Neill, The Literary Review.
“Stephen Amidon’s memorable first collection of stories conjures up images of Winnesburg, Ohio—but updated for the brave new world on suburban purgatory and numbed by a soundtrack that ranges from Muzak to punk rock…All the citizens of this unnamed Subdivision are weary and it is to the author’s credit that he examines their situations with interest and compassion, never with an apathetic shrug.” Mason Buck, New York Times Book Review
“This slim volume is easily the very finest collection of short stories to appear this year. Stephen Amidon presents us with a written art form which is truly amazing.” New England Review of Books
“Chlorine.” Elle. February, 1991
“Lighter Than Air.” Antaeus 67. Fall, 1991
“Brilliant House.” BBC Radio 4, 1991
“A striking portrait of desolation.” Independent on Sunday
“Cowboys.” Telling Stories 2. Hodder and Staughton, 1993
“The Missing Member.” Esquire, December 1994. Co-written with Louis de Bernieres, Gordon Burn, Jonathan Coe, Geoff Dyer, Phillip Kerr, Paul Micou, Joseph O’Connor, & Tim Willocks.
“Meteor.” BBC Radio 4, 1994
“Scary Movies.” Telling Stories 4. Hodder and Staughton, 1995
Short film Scary Movies, directed by Tobias Dittman, 1997.
“Rick Green.” Five Chapters. October, 2008
