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Jason Sizemore

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http://www.goodreads.com/jasonsizemore

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in The United States

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male

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http://www.jason-sizemore.com

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genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Short Stories

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Mary Doria Russell, Richard K. Morgan, Aldous Huxley, Maurice Broaddus

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May 2011

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I was born the son of an unemployed coal miner in a tiny Kentucky Appalachian villa named Big Creek (population 400). It’s an isolated area with beautiful rolling hills, thick forests, and country folk. I lived in Big Creek until I went to college, spending my weekends cruising the Winn Dixie parking lot of ladies, partying in my cousin’s run-down three room trailer, and being a member of the bad-ass Clay County High School Academic Team.

College was quite a shock for me. Girls! Minorities! Strip clubs! And it didn’t help that I attended Transylvania University, a fairly snotty (but excellent) private college in Lexington, KY (on scholarship… no way my family could have sent me otherwise). I graduated in the standard four years with a degree...more

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A Collection of Sizemore Fiction — Thoughts and Possiblities

An odd thing is happening.

I’ve had two different small press publishing houses query me for a short story collection. I find this to be amusing, considering I haven’t written anything new in nearly two years. It is gratifying to be asked, for sure, but frustrating at the same time. A guy drowns the internet promoting his publishing company for years and years to mixed success (okay, two Hugo Aw...

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Jason Sizemore's Books

Average rating: 4.33 · 155 ratings · 31 reviews · 21 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Zombie Feed, Vol. 1 by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author), Nathaniel Tapley 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 18 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
	Appalachian Undead by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gary A. Braunbeck, K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) 4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012	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
	Descended from Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. I by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gill Ainsworth (Editor), Lavie Tidhar (Contributor) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Aegri Somnia: The 2006 Apex Digest featured writer anthology by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gill Ainsworth (Editor), Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author) 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Dark Futures: Tales of Dystopia SF by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James F. Reilly, Elaine Blose 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Gratia Placenti: The 2007 Apex Publications featured writer anthology by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gill Ainsworth (Editor), James Reilly 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007	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
	Apexology: Horror by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alethea Kontis (Goodreads Author), Nick Mamatas 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Apex Magazine - July 2010 (Issue 14) by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Terra LeMay (Goodreads Author), Peter Atwood 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Descended from Darkness: Apex Magazine Volume 2 4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Apex Magazine - November 2010 (Issue 18) by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amal El-Mohtar (Goodreads Author) 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 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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by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amal El-Mohtar (Goodreads Author), Pamela K. Taylor, Saladin Ahmed (Goodreads Author), Ignácz Kúnos, Abdul Jawad Elhusuni, Samer Rabadi
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Jason Sizemore wrote a new blog post A Collection of Sizemore Fiction — Thoughts and Possiblities An odd thing is happening. I’ve had two different small press publishing houses query me for a short story collection. I find this to be amusing, co... Read more of this blog post »
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Jason Sizemore said "maybe" to attending Lexington Reads 2nd Annual Book Talk & Swap date: May 29, 2013 07:00PM location: Tates Creek Branch Library, 3628 Walden Drive (corner of Tates Creek & Laredo), Lexington, KY, The United States description: Join fellow Lexington Reads members for our second annual book talk and swap! There will be light refreshments, good company, and publisher representatives on hand to preview upcoming titles. Bring a book and take another one home from our book swap. If you attended last year's event, you know how successful it was. Let's do it again!
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Jason Sizemore rated a book 5 of 5 stars Escape from Zombie Island (A One Way Out Novel) by Ray Wallace (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
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Jason Sizemore rated a book 5 of 5 stars Escape from Zombie City by Ray Wallace (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
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Jason Sizemore made a comment in the group Lexington Reads — 2nd Annual Lexington Reads Book Talk & Swap topic "Bobby wrote: "The event is still a go! We will have representatives from University Press of Kentucky, Penguin, and Random House, as well as Joseph Be...more "
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Jason Sizemore rated a book 4 of 5 stars Ink by Damien Walters Grintalis (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2013	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
You like monsters? You like cringe-worthy horror? Then you'll enjoy INK, the debut novel by talented author Damien Walters Grintalis. Like so many classic Leisure books of old, INK takes a simple, straightforward plot and runs full speed into gore, deat...more
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Jason Sizemore rated a book 5 of 5 stars What Makes You Die by Tom Piccirilli (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
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Jason Sizemore rated a book 5 of 5 stars Seasons of Insanity by Gill Ainsworth	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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Jason Sizemore rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Apex Book of World SF 2 by Lavie Tidhar	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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