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Simon Strantzas

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Born

Toronto, Canada

Website

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.

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	Burnt Black Suns 3.81 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Aickman's Heirs by Simon Strantzas (Goodreads Author) ( Editor), Nina Allan (Contributor) , Daniel Mills (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 203 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), Michael Kelly (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Robert Aickman 3.70 avg rating — 133 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
	Nightingale Songs by Simon Strantzas (Goodreads Author), John Langan (Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2011	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 (foreword) 4.05 avg rating — 112 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
	Cold to the Touch by Simon Strantzas (Goodreads Author), Reggie Oliver (Foreword) , J.D. Busch (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 116 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
	These Last Embers 4.40 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2015	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) 4.25 avg rating — 28 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
	Nothing is Everything 4.31 avg rating — 26 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
	Mammoth Books Presents Cold to the Touch 3.83 avg rating — 6 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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Simon liked Michael Kelly's blog post: A New (Old) Collection of Stories "My first collection of stories, Scratching the Surface, originally published in 2007 by a small Welsh press, is now available in a new trade paperback edition. It’ll be a few weeks still before it gets into Ingram’s distribution channel, but I can..." Read more of this blog post »
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“I believe people have the right to diminish themselves if they so desire. I”
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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.”
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“It was only in the dark when a broken doll’s face made any sense.”
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