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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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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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Daniel Woodrell
“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

“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

Charles Dickens
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.”
― Charles Dickens , Our Mutual Friend

Albert Einstein
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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