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Johann Thorsson

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Johann Thorsson is a writer of dark fiction. A native of cold, dark Iceland. His first novel, Whitesands, is out on August 8th from Canelo.

When not reading or writing, Johann hangs out on Threads and would love to see you there - @johannthors

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	Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World by Eric J. Guignard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ramsey Campbell (Contributor), Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.26 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Just dusted off the blog. The fall of Twitter has me a little floundering as I had built up a good following there. I had many contacts in the publishing world that I miss, and I think I am missing a lot of opportunities from no longer seeing their posts. Threads isn’t quite the same, […]

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“The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.”
― Daniel Woodrell, Winter's Bone

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“God is a slick god. Temple Knows. She knows because of all the crackerjack miracles still to be seen on this ruined globe.”
― Alden Bell, The Reapers are the Angels

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