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The Attic Tragedy: J. Ashley-Smith
1. What do new readers need to know about J. Ashley-Smith?
I’m a British–Australian writer of dark – often speculative – fiction.
I’m not in any way nationalistic or even particularly patriotic, either to my new or my
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The Dead Girls Club: Damien Angelica Walters
1. What do new readers need to know about Damien Angelica Walters?
She is the author of The Dead Girls Club, Cry Your Way Home, Sing Me Your Scars, and Paper Tigers, which is no longer in print, although I think there
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S.P. Miskowski: The Worst is Yet to Come
S.P. Miskowski is a recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. Her stories have been published in Supernatural Tales, Black Static, Identity Theory, Strange Aeons and Eyedolon Magazine as well as in the anthologies
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Kirkus Review
Momentous occasion: my first mention in Kirkus Review!
Especially delightful as this story appears in the wonderful Marie O’Regan’s new Titan anthology, Phantoms.
Phantoms edited by Marie O’Regan is an anthology of (mostly) new ghost stories from the likes of M.R. Carey,
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Suspended in Dusk II: Paul Michael Anderson
Today’s blog guest is Paul Michael Anderson, talking about “Wants and Needs”.
1. What was the inspiration for your SiD2 story?
Honestly? A house I’d looked at with my wife when we were looking to buy about four years ago. It was
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Suspended in Dusk II: Sarah Read
Today’s blog guest is the lovely Sarah Read, talking about “Still Life with Natalie”, from the the new Suspended in Dusk II anthology.
1. What was the inspiration for your SiD2 story?
A friend of mine (hi Torii!) told me
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Suspended in Dusk II: Alan Baxter
Today’s SiD2 guest at the blog is the inimitable Alan Baxter.
1. What was the inspiration for your SiD2 story, “Crying Demon”?
Two things. The first was that I wanted to address some aspects of bullying. I was relentlessly
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Ararat: Christopher Golden
CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the award-winning, bestselling author of such novels as The Myth Hunters, Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, The Ferryman, Strangewood, Of Saints and Shadows, and (with Tim Lebbon) The Map of Moments. He has
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Aletheia: JS Breukelaar
JS Breukelaar’s Aletheia is one of the finest, strangest novels I’ve read in a long time. There’s bone and blood magic in it, and it drips strangeness. Highly recommended.
She’s resident of Sydney, Australia via San Diego, New York and New Zealand. Born
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The Hidden People: Alison Littlewood
Alison Littlewood’s latest novel is The Hidden People, set in Victorian rural society, and is about the murder of a young girl suspected of being a fairy changeling. Her other books include A Cold Season, a Richard and
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