Tim Sullivan, a novelist and book critic who also wrote, directed, and/or starred in several micro-budget horror and science fiction films, has died. He is 76 years old.
Sullivan died Sunday of congestive heart failure at Hospice in Newport News, Virginia, his friend of 50 years, John R. Ellis, told Sullivan. hollywood reporter.
Sullivan stars as a military pilot who survives a global plague and battles giant mutant spiders in Ellis’s sci-fi thriller Twilight of the Dog (1995). He and Ellis also collaborated on the screenplay.
He also writes and directs vampire women (1999) and appeared in publications such as werewolf eyes (1999), Mark of Dracula (2000), hollywood morgue (2000) and deadly scavenger (2001), often with writer-director Ron Ford.
Sullivan wrote at least seven science fiction novels during his career, three of which were adapted from Kenneth Johnson’s V A book about an alien invasion of Earth. These books are based on V NBC miniseries and sketches from the mid-1980s.
Timothy Robert Sullivan was born on June 9, 1948, in Bangor, Maine, one of two sons of a United States Postal Service worker. One of his neighbors was Richard Tozier, who later appeared in three Stephen King novels.
Sullivan attended John Bapst Memorial High School and received a degree in literature from Florida Atlantic University. He lived in Philadelphia and Washington before settling in Southern California in 1988.
He wrote dozens of short stories, including 1981’s “Zeke,” a tragedy about an alien stranded on Earth that was nominated for a Nebula Award. His novels include 1988’s the end of destiny1989 parasite war1991 martian vikings and dinosaur tracker and 1992 Lord of creation.
He also edits horror anthologies and handles book reviews washington post.
Ellis said he and Sullivan have been working hard to recover Twilight of the Dogand will be available in the United States for the first time.
Sullivan did not survive.
