Editing Robert Bloch (section)

===The later 1960s and 1970s: Fiction===
In 1965, two further collections of short stories appeared - ''The Skull of the [[Marquis de Sade]]'' and ''Tales in a Jugular Vein''. 1966 saw Bloch win the [[Ann Radcliffe]] Award for Television and publisher yet another collection of shorts - ''Chamber of Horrors''. Bloch returned to the site of his childhood home at 620 East Knapp St, Milwaukee (the address used by Lovecraft for the character Robert Blake in "The Haunter of the Dark") only to find the neighborhood razed and the entire neighborhood leveled and replaced by expressway approaches.<ref name="First World Fantasy Convention p. 8">"Time-Travelling with H. P. Lovecraft" in ''The First World Fantasy Convention: Three Authors Remember'' (West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press), p. 8</ref>

In 1967, another Bloch collection, ''The Living Demons'' was issued. He also published another classic story of [[Jack the Ripper]], "A Toy for Juliette" in [[Harlan Ellison]]'s ''[[Dangerous Visions]]'' anthology. In 1968 he published a duo of long sf novellas as ''Ladies' Day'' and ''This Crowded Earth''. His novel ''The Star Stalker'' was published, and ''Dragons and Nightmares'' (the first collection of Lefty Feep stories) appeared in hardcover (Mirage Press).

The collection ''Bloch and Bradbury'' (a collaboration with [[Ray Bradbury]]) and the hardcover novel ''The Todd Dossier'', originally as by Collier Young, were published in 1969.
Bloch won a second Ann Radcliffe Award, this time for Literature, in 1969. That same year,<!-- 1969 --> Bloch was invited to the Second International Film Festival in [[Rio de Janeiro]], March 23–31, along with other science fiction writers from the United States, Britain and Europe.<ref>[[Philip José Farmer]] wrote an essay, "Report", for ''Luna 6'', 1969, which also appeared as "The Josés from Rio" in ''Pearls From Peoria'', Subterranean Press, 2006. {{cite web |quote= The article begins as Phil and fellow scifi authors [[Alfred Bester]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]], [[Harlan Ellison]], [[Harry Harrison (writer)|Harry Harrison]], [[Sam Moskowitz]], and [[A. E. van Vogt|A. E. von Vogt]] (''sic''), are getting on the plane to come home. Most of the report, which he calls a travelog of the mind, takes place on the plane ride home. |url= http://pjfarmer.com/articles.htm |author= Croteau, Michael |title= Articles |year= 1990 |publisher= The Official Philip José Farmer Web Page |access-date= October 8, 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131003115454/http://pjfarmer.com/articles.htm |archive-date= October 3, 2013 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

In 1971, Bloch served as president of the [[Mystery Writers of America]], meanwhile publishing the novel ''Sneak Preview'', the collection ''Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow,'' and the short novel ''It's All in Your Mind''. In 1972 he published another novel, ''Night-World''. In 1973 Bloch was the Guest of Honor at [[Torcon II]], [[World Science Fiction Convention]], Toronto. 1974 saw the publication of his novel ''American Gothic'', inspired by the true life story of serial killer [[H.H. Holmes]].

In 1975, Bloch won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the First [[World Fantasy Convention]] held in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. The award was a bust of H. P. Lovecraft. The occasion of this convention was the first time Bloch actually visited the city of Providence.<ref>''Time-Travelling with H. P. Lovecraft''in ''The First World Fantasy Convention: Three Authors Remember'' (West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press), p. 7</ref> An audio recording was made of Robert Bloch during that 1975 convention, accessible online.[https://archive.org/details/FirstWorldFantasyConvention1975]

In 1976, two records of Bloch recordings of his stories were released by Alternate World recordings – ''"''Gravely, Robert Bloch!" and "Blood! The Life and Times of Jack the Ripper! (with Harlan Ellison). In 1977, [[Lester del Rey]] edited ''[[The Best of Robert Bloch]]'' for Del Rey books. Two further short story collections appeared – ''Cold Chills'' and ''The King of Terrors.''

Bloch continued to published short story collections throughout this period. His ''Selected Stories'' (reprinted in paperback with the incorrect title ''The Complete Stories'') appeared in three volumes just prior to his death, although many previously uncollected tales have appeared in volumes published since 1997 (see below). Bloch also contributed the story "Heir Apparent", set in [[Andre Norton]]'s Witch World, to ''Tales of the Witch World'' (Vol. 1), NY: Tor, 1987.

1979 saw the publication of Bloch's novel ''There is a Serpent in Eden'' (also reissued as ''The Cunning''), and two more short story collections, ''Out of the Mouths of graves'' and ''Such Stuff as Screams Are Made Of.''

His numerous novels of the 1970s demonstrate Bloch's thematic range, from science fiction – ''Sneak Preview'' (1971) – through horror novels such as the loving Lovecraftian tribute ''Strange Eons'' (Whispers Press, 1978) and the non-supernatural mystery ''There is a Serpent in Eden'' (1979).