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Gary W. Olson

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror

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Gary W. Olson is an intermittently productive science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. After a long hiatus following his first novel and short fiction publications, he's back at work in the word mines on another book, a comic mad science thriller.

Away from working and writing, Gary enjoys spending time with his wife, their cats, and their mostly reputable family and friends. His website is at https://www.garywolson.com, and features his blog, and information on all his books. Additional social media links are collected at https://linktr.ee/gwox. ...more

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If It Makes You Squirm… [Brutal Light]

Recently, I went over the links in my old promotional page for my debut (and so far only) novel Brutal Light from 2011, and discovered that a bunch of the links were dead. Which shouldn’t be surprising, since blogs come and go, and these essays and interviews came out twelve years ago now. So over the next few months, I’m going to be reposting these here, starting with “If It Doesn’

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	Fading Light: An Anthology of the Monstrous by Tim Marquitz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author), William Meikle (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The C.A.M. Charity Anthology (CAM Horror and Science Fiction #1) by M.R. Mathias (Goodreads Author), Brian Barr (Goodreads Author), Ed Faunce (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — 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
	Fairly Wicked Tales by Jay Wilburn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jay Wilburn (Goodreads Author), Robert Holtgrewe 3.73 avg rating — 15 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
	Brutal Light it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Something You Should Know 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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 Body in Motion: a science fiction horror short story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	Fabulous Beasts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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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