Parker jointly won the World Fantasy Award "Special Award: Non-Professional" for publishing in 2002,[3] 2004[4] and 2012.[5]
The Horror Writers Association gave Parker and Russell the "Excellence in Speciality Press Publishing" award for 2009.[6]
Her anthology, Strange Tales, won the 2004 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology.[7]
Parker's first collection of short stories, The Old Knowledge, was published in 2010. Her short story "In the Garden" was selected by Stephen Jones for The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 (Robinson Publishing, 2010). "Random Flight" was included in Best British Horror 2015. Her second collection, Damage was longlisted for the 2016 Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Parker's short fiction has been described by Michael Dirda in The Washington Post as "excellent".[8]
Parker is co-director/producer of Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales,[9] released May 2015, and Coverdale: A Year in the Life,[10] released February 2016.
Literary work
Short Story Collections by Parker
The Old Knowledge and Other Stories, Swan River Press (Dublin), 2010. Reprinted 2012
Damage, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2016
Sparks from the Fire, Swan River Press (Dublin), 2018.
Through the Storm, PS Publishing (Hornsea, East Yorkshire), 2020
Dream Fox and Other Strange Stories, Tartarus Press (Carlton, Coverdale, North Yorkshire), 2023
Short Stories written by Parker
"Spirit Solutions", The Black Veil & Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths, Wordsworth Editions, 2008
"In the Garden", The Fifth Black Book of Horror, Mortbury Press, 2009. Reprinted The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 (Robinson Publishing, 2010)
"Oracle", Dark World, Tartarus Press, 2013
"The Nurse’s Letter: An Addendum to 'The White People'", Faunus 27, The Friends of Arthur Machen, 2013
"The Thames", Terror Tales of London, Gray Friar Press, 2013
"Untouchable", The Horror Fields, Morpheus Tales, 2014
"Random Flight", Terror Tales of Yorkshire, Gray Friar Press, 2014
"Selkie: A Scottish Idyll", Supernatural Tales 29, 2015
"Homecraft", Uncertainties, Volume II, Swan River Press, 2016
"The Bronze Statuette", Supernatural Tales 33, 2016
"The Attempt", Shadows and Tall Trees 7, 2017
"The Dreaming", Black Static # 59, 2017
"Waiting", The Book of the Sea, Egaeus Press, 2018
"Chimera", Great British Horror 3: For Those in Peril, Black Shuck Books, 2018
"The Moor", Supernatural Tales, 39, November 2018
"The Decision", Supernatural Tales 45, Winter 2020/21
"Holiday Reading", Best New Horror 30, Winter 2020
"Home Comforts", Infra Noir 2020, Zagava Books, 2021
"Homecoming", Dreamland: Other Stories, Black Shuck Books, 2021
"Madre de Dios", Raphus Press, 2021
"Dream Fox", They're Out to Get You, TK Pulp, 2021