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Shya Scanlon

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born

July 29, 1975 in Augusta, ME, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.shyascanlon.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction & Fantasy

member since

June 2008

About this author

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Shya Scanlon's work has appeared in Mississippi Review, Literary Review, New York Quarterly, Guernica Magazine, Opium Magazine, and others. His book of prose poetry, In This Alone Impulse, was published by Noemi Press in January, 2010. His novel Forecast will be launched by Flatmancrooked on November 15th, 2010. He received his MFA from Brown University, where he was awarded the John Hawkes Prize in Fiction.

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Average rating: 4.43 · 117 ratings · 24 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Forecast 4.24 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	In This Alone Impulse 4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings	My rating:
	Sententia #3 by Shya Scanlon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samuel Snoek-Brown (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Michael Hickins (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Poolsaid 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	MONKEYBICYCLE8 by Summer Block (Editor), Shya Scanlon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jacob Smith (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Hobart #11: The Great Outdoors by Aaron Burch (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Alber, Lydia Conklin 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Sententia #1 by Ryan W. Bradley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paula Bomer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Drew Kalbach (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Get Lit, Round 1: Short Fiction by Marcus Speh (Goodreads Author) (Author), Jamie Iredell (Goodreads Author), Dan Cafaro (Editor) 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Caketrain Issue 05 by Kristin Abraham (Goodreads Author), Matthew Cooperman (Goodreads Author), Alan DeNiro (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:

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My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge

by Paul Guest (Goodreads Author)

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I Sailed with Magellan

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Warlock

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Shya made a comment on Dylan Suher's review of Forecast "I hope so, Dylan. "
May 23, 2011 03:02pm · see review
Shya liked Nik Korpon's review of Forecast: " Excellent read from an author about to break out. Full review here: http://www.cowheavybooks.com/reviews/... "
May 23, 2011 03:02pm · see review
Shya liked Lori's review of Forecast: " Review copy from author Housewives paid to watch television ads? Weather forecasts that differ from house to house? Electricity that is generated by negative human emotions? Wearing special masks when you go outside to block the Citizen Surveillanc... " Read more of this review »
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Shya liked Andrea DeAngelis's review of Forecast: " What a strange, highly imaginative and compelling ride. At first I believed I was reading a straight ahead scifi plot but gradually the whole secondary narrative undercurrent of the intense connection between writer and his characters became clear... " Read more of this review »
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Shya said "yes" to attending the event: The Monkeybicycle Lightning Round and Issue Eight Release Party date: March 16, 2011 07:00PM location: The Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St., New York, NY, The United States description: The Lightning Round fuses quick, high energy readings with a broad range of voices--both established and emerging--into a seamless hour of literary brilliance. Each event will feature 20 readers, each of whom will read no longer than three minutes before introducing the next reader. No interruption from the host means a continuous listening experience. No guidelines other than length means maximum variety of form and content. This time around, we have another fine group of gifted and entertaining...more
Mar 09, 2011 06:15am
Shya made a comment on Heather June Gibbons's review of Play it as it Lays "I think what most excited me about it was the realization that Bret Easton Ellis stole his whole style from it. "
Dec 15, 2010 06:48am · see review
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