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Sparks and Shadows
by
Lucy A. Snyder (Goodreads Author),
Deena Warner (Goodreads Author)
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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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.
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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
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
Jan 05, 2009
GUD Magazine
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Recommends it for:
everyone!
"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
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
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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
Teeny bit annoyed that the Miko and Charlie stories were already told in Shotgun Sorceress, but otherwise a worthy read.
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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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