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Simon Strantzas

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Born

Toronto, Canada

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http://www.strantzas.com

Genre

Horror, Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

Influences

Aickman, Ligotti, Campbell, Lovecraft, Tuttle, Leiber

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February 2009

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Simon Strantzas is the author of Nothing is Everything, Burnt Black Suns, Nightingale Songs, Cold to the Touch and Beneath the Surface and has been nominated for the British Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Awards. His work has been appeared in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (ed. Stephen Jones), The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror (ed. by Paula Guran), Best Horror of the Year (ed. by Ellen Datlow), Cemetery Dance, and Nightmare. He lives in Toronto, Canada. ...more

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	Burnt Black Suns 3.79 avg rating — 595 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Aickman's Heirs by Simon Strantzas (Goodreads Author) ( Editor), Nina Allan (Contributor), Daniel Mills (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 3 by Simon Strantzas (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Foreword), Michael Kelly (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Robert Aickman (Contributor) 3.72 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Cold to the Touch by Simon Strantzas (Goodreads Author), Reggie Oliver (Foreword), J.D. Busch (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2009 — 4 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
	Beneath the Surface by Simon Strantzas (Goodreads Author), Matt Cardin (Goodreads Author) (foreword) 4.02 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2008 — 4 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
	Nightingale Songs by Simon Strantzas (Goodreads Author), John Langan (Foreword) 3.95 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2011 — 7 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
	Nothing is Everything 4.15 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	These Last Embers 4.37 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Shadows Edge by Simon Strantzas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steve Rasnic Tem (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Gary McMahon (Contributor) 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Mammoth Books Presents Cold to the Touch 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 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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“The King of Stones” in THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR 14

Pleased to mention my story, “The King of Stones”, originally published in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF FOLK HORROR, has been recently re-published in the 14th volume of THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR (Skyhorse, 2022), edited by Ellen Datlow. This marks the second story I’ve had in this venerable series (the first being “Stemming the Tide”, way back in Volume 6).

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“I believe people have the right to diminish themselves if they so desire. I”
― Simon Strantzas, Aickman's Heirs

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“The human primate has evolved, but we still grow canines, we make fire, and keep our weapons and our dogs close to hand.”
― Simon Strantzas, Burnt Black Suns: A Collection of Weird Tales

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“It was only in the dark when a broken doll’s face made any sense.”
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