Sparks and Shadows
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A dark-fantastic collection of seventeen short stories, seven poems, and four essays.
Trade paperback, 354 pages
Published May 28th 2007 by HW Press (first published 2007)
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Craig
This is a treasure chest filled with little gems of horror, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, and essays. It's by turns amusing, horrific, erotic, and thought-provoking. "Soul Searching" is an especially poignant story, as is "Darwin's Children," but all of the contents are well worth reading. It's a shame that this volume didn't have a much wider distribution.
Michele Lee
I was given this book to review by the author.

I'm a big fan of Snyder's Jessie Shimmer series, which is often considered by readers more horror than urban fantasy. I expected much the same going into Sparks and Shadows. But instead of a rich, dark collection of horror I found Sparks and Shadows to contain Snyder's other trademark, sexy, playful stories, that just happen to be science fiction, fantasy or horror. There are poems, fantasy, horror and science fiction stories bound together on these...more
GUD Magazine
"Sparks and Shadows" is a collection of poems, short stories, and essays by GUD contributor Lucy Snyder ('Sublety', Issue 2). Snyder has a unique voice and her work is almost instantly recognisable. Dive into this collection and you begin to feel like you're swimming around inside her head. It's not necessarily comfortable in there, but it's certainly interesting.

It's rare to encounter a writer who so loves words and the changes that can be rung and the tricks that can be played. Rare and precio...more
Brick Marlin
SPARKS AND SHADOWS is one great read. Period. I truly loved these tales and poems. A few of the stories reminded me of something Rod Serling would have written, or even Ray Bradbury. Each of Lucy A. Snyder's stories kept me turning the page to find out what happened next. However, what happened next steered far from a cliche'. The results were uncanny, leaving me with horrors which will not leave my memory. If you are a new reader of Mrs. Snyder's work, be prepared to be carried off into her ima...more
Indigo
Teeny bit annoyed that the Miko and Charlie stories were already told in Shotgun Sorceress, but otherwise a worthy read.
Liz
Sequential Tart review. There's an interview on there, too, but I can't get a second link to take, and I didn't realize the "add to my update feed" button was defaulted to "on," so I probably just spammed everyone with all my attempts to make it work. Sorry!
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Lucy A. Snyder grew up in the cowboys-and-cactus part of Texas but currently lives in Worthington, Ohio where she writes by day and does tech support by night. Her short work has appeared in publications such as Strange Horizons, Doctor Who Short Trips: Destination Prague, Chiaroscuro, Full Unit Hookup, and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.
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