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Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Writer of pulpish horror, dystopian science fiction and fantasy stories. I like mixing elements of horror with other genres and I've created my own mythology and monsters.

My academic background is in art history and I've specialized on 18th - 19th century arts and culture. History and art is one of my greatest inspirations as a horror writer.

I've published my stories in anthologies with genres and settings varying from supernatural colonial horror to dystopian fiction and prehistorical barbarian warfare. Ideologically I like to be ambivalent and avoid preaching my quite old fashioned and traditionalist values. I aim to create an universe that is
beautiful, frightening and darkly humorous.

I'm grateful for every review, no matter how bad. I ...more

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	Kirotun kirjan vartija by Juri Nummelin (Editor), Samuli Antila (Goodreads Author), Harri Linnera (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Tämä jalka ei ole minun – Kauhuja omasta kehosta by Artemis Kelosaari (Editor), Shimo Suntila (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katri Alatalo (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 84 ratings — 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
	Mustaa lihaa - Kyberpunk-antologia by Anne Leinonen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Petri Laine, Leila Paananen 3.17 avg rating — 58 ratings — 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
	Vihreä maailma 3.21 avg rating — 19 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
	Kuolema on ikuista unta 2.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Musta linna ja muita outoja tarinoita 3.27 avg rating — 11 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
	Pyhän maailman lapset 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2022	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
	Pahasta maailmasta 3.33 avg rating — 6 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
	Maailma maailman yllä 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2024	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
	Green World 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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Lucilla rated a book it was ok Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell (Goodreads Author)	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
Dropped my rating after re-thinking this novel. Compared to other novels of same genre I've read this resembled fan fiction. This was an entertaining book with likeable main characters, but uninteresting plot, stock secondary characters and very litt ...more
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This is personal 5 stars, the novel itself is a bit too long with some purple prose, melodrama and soapiness. But it doesn't matter because I just loved the OTT visual depictions, characters and wanted to know what happened next. My personal favourit ...more
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Lucilla rated a book really liked it A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) by Vernor Vinge	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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Lucilla liked Loretta 's review of Pahasta maailmasta: "Luin Pyhän maailman lapset viime vuonna ja pidin siitä kovasti, joten tartuin välittömästi tähän itsenäiseen jatko-osaan. Miinuksena se, että kirjailijan tapa kirjoittaa hieman hankaa minua vastakarvaan - koen, että virkkeet ovat hengästyttävän pitki" Read more of this review »
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Lucilla rated a book it was ok Dreamfall (Cat, #3) by Joan D. Vinge	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
This is the novel where Cat finds his alien family and it all falls apart. Everyone suffers, Cat, the oppressed noble savages and myself, who was definitely expecting something else than Native Americans in space. Maybe its the hardest thing to pull ...more
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I started reading these series based on cool retro cover art without knowing anything about them. To my surprise, the main character, Cat, resembled a bit my own characters in my books - half human and half alien with special powers. This was a good ...more
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I started reading these series based on cool retro cover art without knowing anything about them. To my surprise, the main character, Cat, resembled a bit my own characters in my books - half human and half alien with special powers. This was a good ...more
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Lucilla rated a book did not like it Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2) by Fonda Lee (Goodreads Author)	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
This is where I finish with this series. The premise was so good - I love gangster stories, martial arts fiction and jade so really enjoyed the first novel. But here is where it fell apart. One interesting thing about Jade War is (and I'm an author w ...more
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“This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.”
― Oswald Spengler

tags: addiction, memoir, recovery, suicide, surviving, transformation

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“I distrust every idea that doesn’t seem obsolete and grotesque to my contemporaries.”
― Nicolás Gómez Dávila

tags: ideology, modernity, philosophy

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“Tuhat kirjaa luettuaan ihminen alkaa aavistaa masentavan totuuden. Kymmenentuhatta kirjaa tekee hänet surulliseksi”
― Mika Waltari

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“Etsin Jumalaa ja elämää ja olen toivonut löytäväni ne herra
professorin essentioista”
― Zacharias Topelius, Välskärin kertomuksia 2

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