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364 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2007
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Val Votrin
7 books5 followersVal Votrin is a London-based speculative and literary fiction writer. Born in Tashkent, in present-day Uzbekistan, he is a Belgian national and has written fiction primarily in English since 2014.
Votrin began his literary career writing in Russian. His novel "The Last Magog" was shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize, the oldest independent literary prize in Russia. His later novel "The Speech Therapist" was nominated for several major literary awards, including the Russian Booker Prize, the Big Book Prize and the Alexander Piatigorsky Prize. His most recent Russian-language book, "The Compiler of Bestiaries", a collection of short stories written between 2007 and 2018, was published in St Petersburg in 2021.
His English-language prose has appeared in Bewildering Stories, The Chamber Magazine, The Eunoia Review, Trafika Europe, Quail Bell Magazine and The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Vol. 2. His English short fiction collection "The Fear Register" is forthcoming from Valancourt Books.
He works across literary fiction, fantasy, horror and the speculative, with recurring interests in folklore, history, dreams, language and the darker edges of memory.
Votrin began his literary career writing in Russian. His novel "The Last Magog" was shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize, the oldest independent literary prize in Russia. His later novel "The Speech Therapist" was nominated for several major literary awards, including the Russian Booker Prize, the Big Book Prize and the Alexander Piatigorsky Prize. His most recent Russian-language book, "The Compiler of Bestiaries", a collection of short stories written between 2007 and 2018, was published in St Petersburg in 2021.
His English-language prose has appeared in Bewildering Stories, The Chamber Magazine, The Eunoia Review, Trafika Europe, Quail Bell Magazine and The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Vol. 2. His English short fiction collection "The Fear Register" is forthcoming from Valancourt Books.
He works across literary fiction, fantasy, horror and the speculative, with recurring interests in folklore, history, dreams, language and the darker edges of memory.
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