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Fairy Tales, Speculative Fiction, Crime

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February 2012

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Angela Slatter is a Brisbane-based writer of speculative fiction (that’s in Australia, by the way). Over the years she’s done many things in order to avoid being a writer, including administering an MBA program and studying law – it’s hard to say which was worse. But now she’s given all that up and embraced the writerly and all it entails (poverty, depression, rejection, talking to herself, living on two-minute noodles and generally being an inveterate liar).

For some reason, she has a Masters (Research) in Creative Writing, which produced Black-Winged Angels, a short story collection of reloaded fairytales. In order to further avoid reality, she is now studying (very slowly) for a PhD in Creative Writing. During her daylight hours, she work...more Angela Slatter is a Brisbane-based writer of speculative fiction (that’s in Australia, by the way). Over the years she’s done many things in order to avoid being a writer, including administering an MBA program and studying law – it’s hard to say which was worse. But now she’s given all that up and embraced the writerly and all it entails (poverty, depression, rejection, talking to herself, living on two-minute noodles and generally being an inveterate liar).

For some reason, she has a Masters (Research) in Creative Writing, which produced Black-Winged Angels, a short story collection of reloaded fairytales. In order to further avoid reality, she is now studying (very slowly) for a PhD in Creative Writing. During her daylight hours, she works at a writers’ centre. She has been known to occasionally teach creative writing at Queensland University of Technology. At night, she stalks the darker recesses of her (and other people’s) minds, flensing knives in hand. Except, you know, when she’s not.

Her short stories have appeared in anthologies such as Jack Dann’s Dreaming Again, Tartarus Press’ Strange Tales II, Twelfth Planet Press’ 2012, Dirk Flinthart’s Canterbury 2100, and in journals such as Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Shimmer, ONSPEC and Doorways Magazine. Her work has had several Honourable Mentions in the Datlow, Link, Grant Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror anthologies #20 and #21; and three of her stories have been shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards in the Best Fantasy Short Story category.

She is working on various short stories and two novels at the moment. Novel the First: an historical fantasy set in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Novel the Second: Finbar’s Mother, a mix of Irish and Norse mythology. She is also working on ways to find more time to write and is trying to stop referring to herself in the third person because it’s just weird. She is also a graduate of Clarion South 2009 http://www.clarionsouth.org/ and the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop 2006 http://www.tinhouse.com/workshop/inde.... In 2010, she will have two short story collections published, Sourdough & Other Stories with Tartarus Press (UK) and The Girl with No Hands & Other Tales (Ticonderoga Publications). This makes her happy.(less)

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After Fight Club …

… or, as I referred to it when e-chatting with Lisa earlier, ‘Club Chuck’. My tired mind picked up on the two important elements and mashed them together like bugs on a windscreen, with the predictable degree of comprehension.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 427 ratings · 111 reviews · 23 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Girl with No Hands 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sourdough and Other Stories 4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black-Winged Angels 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition by Paula Guran (Editor), M.L.N. Hanover (Contributor), Simon R. Green (Contributor) 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction by Jack Dann (Goodreads Author) (editor), Garth Nix (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Richard Harland (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 65 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22 by Stephen Jones (Editor), Richard L. Tierney (Contributor), Karina Sumner-Smith (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Red Heart by Russell B. Farr, Joanne Anderton, Raymond Gates 4.48 of 5 stars 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scary Kisses by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nicole R. Murphy (Goodreads Author), Astrid Cooper (Goodreads Author) 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Ceres Nights by Alisa Krasnostein (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tehani Wessely (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tansy Rayner Roberts (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worlds Next Door by Tehani Wessely (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dirk Flinthart, Aidan Doyle (Goodreads Author) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Angela Slatter wrote a new blog post Oh, Canada! ChiZine have announced the ToC for this year’s Imaginarium anthology. Lisa Hannett and I have a story in there (due to Lisa’s Canadianness and my st... Read more of this blog post »
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Angela Slatter liked Stephanie's review of The Girl with No Hands (and Other Tales): " I have few words for how beautiful this collection is. Just go and read it. Slatter weaves magic with her words. "
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Angela Slatter liked Christine Bongers's review of The Girl with No Hands (and Other Tales): " Four-and-a-half stars for this dark and haunting collection of feminist fairy stories. The very talented Ms Slatter makes her mark on this genre. "
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Angela Slatter liked Lyndon's review of The Girl with No Hands (and Other Tales): " Actually very very good. I was a big fan. These retold fairytales hit me much more powerfully than Angela Carter's did. An excellent collection. "
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Angela Slatter rated a book 3 of 5 stars Galore by Michael Crummey (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Absolutely divine, gorgeous writing, completely captivating. A wonderful melding of oral tradition and the written word.
Jun 03, 2012 09:53pm · see review
Angela Slatter rated a book 5 of 5 stars Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Amazing writing; first chapter is a bit turgid and hard to get through, but it's worth sticking with it.
Jun 03, 2012 09:52pm · see review
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