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Craig Laurance’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Craig Laurance’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Craig Laurance Gidney
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Born
in Washington, DC, The United States
November 11
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James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Tanith Lee, Kafka
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June 2007
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The best part of being a writer is being able to explore the outer reaches of the imagination.
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A Spectral Hue
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2019
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Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories
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2008
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The Nectar of Nightmares
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2015
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Skin Deep Magic
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2014
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Bereft
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2013
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Spyder Threads
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The Nectar of Nightmares
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Fur & Gold: A Variation
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2014
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Liturgy of Ice
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2014
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Skin Deep Magic: Short Fiction by Craig Laurance Gidney (2014) Paperback
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Happy Book Birthday to “Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology”
Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, which I co-edited with Julie C Day (publisher and main editor), Carina Bissett, and Julia DeRidder (who did lots of editorial work even though she’s not on the cover) released this week. It features work by Martha Wells, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Andy Duncan, and Nisi Shawl among other authors. It’s a diverse group in several ways. Science fiction, horror
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Last night, one of the best writers of dark fiction past away. The Lost District is a wonderful introduction to his bleak but beautiful vision, full of urban decay and prose-poetry that sings. R.I.P., Joel Lane. |
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“Linc remembered the dark thrill he felt. It started in his chest, just below his heart, and traveled down his body, ending at his groin. It was like a seed had been planted in him, and it now bloomed. The tendrils snaked through his veins, the leaves unfurling in his bloodstream. He couldn't speak, afraid that he would spit up leaves and petals.”
― A Spectral Hue
― A Spectral Hue
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| Around the Year i...: Autumn/Fall Reading Plans & Progress Tracking | 99 | 305 | Nov 22, 2019 08:22AM | |
| Literary Horror: Livestreamed readings 9/16: Livia Llewellyn and Craig Laurance Gidney | 3 | 6 | Sep 11, 2020 11:00PM | |
| Around the Year i...: Varecia's Reading Plan 2021 | 4 | 42 | Oct 23, 2020 05:09AM | |
| Book Riot's Read ...: Read Harder Challenge Plans | 142 | 1520 | Dec 30, 2020 10:08PM | |
| Literary Horror: Literary Horror favorites of 2020 | 12 | 37 | Feb 21, 2021 02:45AM | |
| SciFi and Fantasy...: Adult SF by Black authors | 25 | 158 | May 20, 2021 04:23PM |
“There is peace in submission, but sometimes greater peace—lasting peace—in resistance.”
― The Killing Moon
― The Killing Moon
“True peace required the presence of justice, not just the absence of conflict.”
― The Killing Moon
― The Killing Moon
“Horror itself is a bit of a bullied genre, the antagonist being literary snobbery and public misconception. And I think good horror tackles our darkest fears, whatever they may be. It takes us into the minds of the victims, explores the threats, disseminates fear, studies how it changes us. It pulls back the curtain on the ugly underbelly of society, tears away the masks the monsters wear out in the world, shows us the potential truth of the human condition. Horror is truth, unflinching and honest. Not everybody wants to see that, but good horror ensures that it's there to be seen.”
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“When I meet a woman who attracts me, I prefer women,' she said. 'And when I meet a man who attracts me, I prefer men.'
'You mean you haven't made up your mind yet.'
'I mean exactly what I said. I told you you wouldn't like it. Most people who ask want me definitely on one side or the other.”
― Patternmaster
'You mean you haven't made up your mind yet.'
'I mean exactly what I said. I told you you wouldn't like it. Most people who ask want me definitely on one side or the other.”
― Patternmaster
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Hi Craig! Thanks for the add - I enjoyed your story in "So Fey." :-)
