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Shane Jiraiya Cummings

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Born

in Sydney, Australia

April 24, 1974

Website

http://www.jiraiya.com.au/

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comics & Graphic Novels

Influences

Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft

Member Since

January 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/jiraiyac

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Shane Jiraiya Cummings has been acknowledged as "one of Australia’s leading voices in dark fantasy". Shane is the author of the forthcoming Yokai Wars series (Circle of Tears, Clockwork Legion, and Blight of the Underworld) and the dark fiction books The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After, Shards, the Apocrypha Sequence (Deviance, Divinity, Insanity, and Inferno), and the Ravenous Gods cycle (Requiem for the Burning God and Dreams of Destruction). He has won the Australian Shadows Award and two Ditmar Awards, and he has been nominated for more than twenty other major awards, including Spain's Premios Ignotus.

Shane is an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association and former Vice President of the Australian Horror Writers Associa ...more

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	Rage Against the Night by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) , Scott Nicholson (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 1,300 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Apocrypha Sequence: Deviance 3.15 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Smoke Dragon 3.41 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Requiem for the Burning God 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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
	Shards by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Goodreads Author) (Author), Andrew J. McKiernan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 5 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
	Black Box Anthology by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Camille Alexa (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Steven Cavanagh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008	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
	Apocrypha Sequence: Divinity 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Song of Prague 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Apocrypha Sequence: Insanity 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Phoenix and the Darkness of Wolves 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 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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… or the time a far left hate mob convinced the AHWA to bow to pressure and remove me as Executive Editor of Midnight Echo magazine over some mild tweets that had nothing to do with the AHWA.

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Shane Jiraiya Cummings wrote a new blog post Statement about AHWA and authoritarianism in publishing … or the time a far left hate mob convinced the AHWA to bow to pressure and remove me as Executive Editor of Midnight Echo magazine over some mild... Read more of this blog post »
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Shane Cummings rated a book it was amazing Dead of Night: The Best of Midnight Echo (Issues 1 to 11) by Andrew McKiernan	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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Shane Cummings rated a book it was amazing Apocrypha Sequence: Master Collection by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Goodreads Author)	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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Shane Cummings liked Kim Maule's review of Rage Against the Night: "There were so many great stories in this collection! Lots of these authors were new to me and I'm now sitting here making a list of those I need to explore further. Definitely a sign of a great collection!"
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Shane Cummings liked Glynis's review of Rage Against the Night: "What a great horror anthology. Headed by the master, Stephen King. Practically every story was superb with only a couple of exceptions one being Peter Straub. Not his fault I just never have been able to get on with his writing style. Loved the SK..." Read more of this review »
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Shane Cummings added a status update: The Goodreads giveaway for The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After is now live. Win one of two hardcovers. Good luck! https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
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Shane Cummings wants to read Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale (Seasons of the Sword #1) by David Kudler (Goodreads Author)	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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Shane Cummings rated a book it was amazing Midnight Echo Issue 6 (Midnight Echo magazine) by Alan Baxter (Goodreads Author)	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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Shane Cummings liked David Conyers's review of Requiem for the Burning God: "Very cool action Cthulhu Mythos and the lead character is well portrayed begging that he appears in more stories."
Jan 11, 2016 05:55PM · see review

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“and it looked like her shadow was seeping out of her body.”
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“watching trails of mist swirl about your legs, which reminds you of a neighbor’s gray kitten that arches its back, puffs up, and rubs against your ankles.”
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“I want to take it back,” Streeter whispered. Elvid favored him with a stony smile that revealed a jutting ring of cannibal teeth. “You can’t,” he said. That was in August of 2001, less than a month before the fall of the Towers.”
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