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Dale L. Sproule

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in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy

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William Gibson, Tim Powers, Elizabeth Hand

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DALE L. SPROULE has published over 50 pieces of short fiction that have been nominated for awards and appeared in several "Best Of" collections. Seventeen stories published prior to the new millennium were featured in his collection, Psychedelia Gothique, along with five original stories.

In the late 90’s he co-published/edited the celebrated journal, TransVersions – Literature of the Fantastic, with Sally McBride. Dale has published dozens of non-fiction articles for venues ranging from Books in Canada to Rue Morgue.

Find out about The Human Template, and about Book Two of the Avenging Glory Diptych, The Carnivorous Forest at dalelsproule.com ...more

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Am I Weird?

Someone, whose opinions I respect a great deal, recently read The Human Template.

He called me up and asked a number of articulate and thought-provoking questions about the book and the world I created there. What delighted me more than anything was my ability to provide him with thoughtful and interesting answers. I’ve never perceived myself as particularly erudite, but because his questions we

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	Psychedelia Gothique 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Human Template (Avenging Glory #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir by Claude Lalumière (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Nickle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shane Simmons (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 25 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
	Northern Frights IV (Northern Frights, #4) by Don Hutchison (Editor), Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author), Nancy Kilpatrick (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1997	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
	9Tales Told in the Dark #4 (9Tales Dark) by Eric S. Brown, Sara Green, Dale L. Sproule (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 7 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
	The Colored Lens #17 Autumn 2015 by Dawn Lloyd (Editor), Daniel Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Arthur Davis it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	The Colored Lens #23 Spring 2017 by Dawn Lloyd (Editor), Daniel Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Cleden (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017	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 Treacle Magazine (Issue 9) by A.P. Matlock (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Geoff Gander (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Stories from the Near-Future by Bud Sparhawk (Goodreads Author), Jeff P. Jones (Goodreads Author), Tara Campbell (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Unbound II - Changed Worlds by M.J. Moores (Goodreads Author) (Author/Editor), Michael Healy, M.C. Tuggle 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 — 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

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Dale L. Sproule wrote a new blog post Am I Weird? Someone, whose opinions I respect a great deal, recently read The Human Template. He called me up and asked a number of articulate and thought-provok Read more of this blog post »
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Dale added a status update: Perhaps I am writing in a genre after all. It may not have its own ‘category’ on Amazon, but it will definitely help me provide context for readers and reviewers and interviewers for what to expect from my books. The more I think about it, the more I realize that this is the genre (or non-genre) I’ve always been writing. I think I'm maybe... I'm Weird.
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Dale liked an answer from Moss Whelan: Why are the borders of Terrapin pink mist? Actually scratch that. Why did Mool end up being a girl? I was in a Creative Writing class where we were asked to present three stories that we'd like to work on. The class then voted on which one they would like to see / read. In my case, the readers wanted the female character. I did have the choice to n See Moss’s answer. Moss Whelan
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Dale liked an answer from Moss Whelan: How do you deal with writer’s block? I write about the block. What does it look like? What shape is it? Texture? Taste? And the block becomes part of the process. Moss Whelan
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Dale and 1 other person liked Steve Alspach's review of Moon People: "As Plan 9 from Outer Space is to the cinema, and the Shaggs' Philosophy of the World is to music, so Moon People is to literature. If you expect quality in your reading material, steer clear of this one. If you like "so bad it's good," this will be r" Read more of this review »
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The series lost a little steam as it went along, by book three the focus was largely on manners, which play an odd but important part in the resolution. The books grew more amusing but less gripping as they went along. But still very much worth readi ...more
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“I had read and admired Ballard and Burroughs, and I thought of them as very powerful effect pedals. You get to a certain place in the story and you just step on the Ballard.”
― William Gibson

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“The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That's the only lasting thing you can create.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

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