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Barbara A. Barnett is a Philadelphia-area writer, musician, occasional orchestra librarian, and a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and Taos Toolbox. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Fantasy Magazine, Black Static, Weird Horror Magazine, Cast of Wonders, and Flash Fiction Online. You can find her online at www.babarnett.com or roaming the wilds of southern New Jersey, where she lives with her husband, a herd of unicorns, and a pantsless stuffed monkey named Super Great. ...more

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All the World’s a Page: Adapting Acting Techniques to Strengthen Your Fiction

Exciting new adventure time!

This winter I’ll be teaching a class for Odyssey Online, All the World’s a Page: Adapting Acting Techniques to Strengthen Your Fiction. Because I am a theater geek and will gladly talk everyone’s ear off about how useful acting techniques can be when applied to fiction writing.

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	In Somnio: A Collection of Modern Gothic Horror by Alex Woodroe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Harklin Ashe (Contributor), Barbara A. Barnett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.97 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Wilde Stories 2011: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction by Steve Berman (Editor), Laird Barron (Goodreads Author), Hal Duncan 4.02 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Funny Horror by Alex Shvartsman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Esther M. Friesner, Mike Resnick 4.11 avg rating — 46 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
	Stamps, Vamps & Tramps by Shannon Robinson (Editor), Rachel Caine, Sandra Kasturi 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Weird Horror, Issue 6, Spring 2023 by Michael Kelly (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alexander Glass (Goodreads Author), Alexander James 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Gorgon: Stories of Emergence by Sarah Read (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard Thomas (Goodreads Author), Gwendolyn Kiste (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 34 by Gavin J. Grant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kelly Link (Editor), Molly Gloss (Contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Vastarien: Vol. 5, Issue 2 by Jon Padgett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David O Bowman (Contributor), Romana Lockwood (Contributor) 4.31 avg rating — 13 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
	Killing It Softly 2 by Rebecca J. Allred (Goodreads Author), Amanda J. Spedding (Goodreads Author), Jenny Blackford (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 11 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
	Lucky Clover 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	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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