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Alan M. Clark

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http://www.goodreads.com/alanmclark

born

May 10, 1957 in Nashville, TN, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.alanmclark.com

genre

Arts & Photography, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction

influences

Max Ernst, Franz Kafka, Richard Powers, Tim Powers, Yves Tanguy, Phili...more

member since

March 2009

About this author

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I’ve been a freelance illustrator since 1985, and a professional writer since 1995.

My fiction appears in the anthologies More Phobias: Phobias II, Book of Dead Things, Dead on Demand: The Best of Ghost Story Weekend, Darkside: Horror for the Next Millenium Darkside 1, The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases, Bedtime Stories to Darken Your Dreams, Last Drink Bird Head, Pain Other Petty Plots to Keep You in Stitches, and Portents, in the collections, Hemogoblins: Stories to Chill the Blood, Escaping Purgatory (coauthored with Gary A. Braunbeck), and Boneyard Babies, and in the magazines Midnight Hour and The Silver Web. My latest novel, published by Lazy Fascist Press, is Of Thimble and Threat: The life o ...more

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Alan M. Clark's Blog: Alan M. Clark's Imagination Fully Dilated blog

Drawing for OF THIMBLE AND THREAT Painting in Less than a Week

Less than one week left before the the raffle of a free painting by Alan M. Clark to promote Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim, published by Lazy Fascist Press. The image on the left is the painting by Alan M. Clark for the raffle [details below]. The image is inspired by Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim, and is currently unpublished. The painting is acrylic...

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Books by Alan M. Clark

Average rating: 4.17 · 292 ratings · 42 reviews · 41 distinct works

	Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Pain & Other Petty Plots to Keep You in Stitches by Alan M. Clark (Goodreads Author) (Author/Illustrator/Designer), Jeremy Robert Johnson (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Boneyard Babies by Alan M. Clark (Goodreads Author), Eric M. Witchey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Paint in My Blood: Illustration & Fine Art 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating:
	Imagination Fully Dilated by Alan M. Clark (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Illustrator/Contributor), Elizabeth Engstrom (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman by Alan M. Clark (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Massie (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Blood of Father Time: The Mystic Clan's Grand Plot (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series) by Alan M. Clark (Goodreads Author) (Author), Lorelei Shannon, Stephen C. Merritt 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	The Blood of Father Time: The New Cut (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series) (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series) by Alan M. Clark (Goodreads Author), Lorelei Shannon 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:
	Hemogoblins 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Foreword to OF THIMBLE AND THREAT:The Life of a Ripper Victim (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Oct 27, 2011 01:18pm

Description: The foreword to Alan M. Clark's historical fiction novel, Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim, published by Lazy Fascist Press.

First Chapter of D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Dec 04, 2009 08:59pm

Description: This is the first chapter of D.D.MURPHRY, SECRET POLICEMAN by Elizabeth Massie and Alan M. Clark, published by Raw Dog Screaming Press.

Chapter excerpt from D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Jul 19, 2009 10:56am

Description: Fragment chapter from the novel D.D. MURPHRY, SECRET POLICEMAN, by Alan M. Clark and Elizabeth Massie, scheduled for release October of 2009 by Raw Dog Screaming Press.

1969 (Literature & Fiction)

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Alan M. Clark wrote a new blog post: Drawing for OF THIMBLE AND THREAT Painting in Less than a Week Drawing for OF THIMBLE AND THREAT Painting in Less than a Week Less than one week left before the the raffle of a free painting by Alan M. Clark to promote Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim, pu... read more »
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Alan Clark gave to: Sorry I Ruined Your Orgy by Bradley Sands (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
I like this collection, but then I'm a surrealist and nobody ever listens to surrealists. Still, you should listen to me. Pretend I'm not a surrealist. This writing is great fun and very weird.
May 28, 2012 12:08am · see review
Alan Clark liked Dustin Reade's review of Siren Promised: " a gritty, hallucinatory trip through the world of drug-use/abuse, family, and murder. Siren Promised is a strange, beautiful novel that uses incredible language and amazing images to burn its way into your head and stay there for days after readin... " Read more of this review »
May 17, 2012 10:26pm · see review
Alan Clark liked Natalie's review of Siren Promised: " Fantastic. Utterly and completely fantastic! I tore through this book while at work - the visceral emotion, dark carnage and unsettling events that culminate in a fantastic voyage from acid induced highs to the inky depths of death were captivating!... " Read more of this review »
May 17, 2012 10:26pm · see review
Alan Clark liked Sam McCanna's review of Siren Promised: " In my life I have read and watched many dark and terrible stories... stories of abuse... stories of addiction... stories of personal horror. This book is all of those, and still managed to leave me with a sense of hope and redemption. The authors ma... " Read more of this review »
May 17, 2012 10:25pm · see review
Alan Clark is now following Terri's reviews
May 16, 2012 08:44am
Alan Clark gave to: How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend by Linda Addison read in May, 2012	My rating:
This is a unique collection poetry and short fiction. The poetry is both lighthearted and dark, full of exquisite imagery, and the stories are emotionally driven expeditions into fantasy, horror and science fiction. The mix is eclectic and delightful...more
May 15, 2012 11:24pm · see review
Alan Clark became a fan of Linda Addison
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May 13, 2012 12:43am
Alan Clark made a comment on Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim — Fun Facts About Victorian London "Tristan--hey, this is a cheat sheet. Thanks for doing it the hard way. "
May 07, 2012 06:03pm