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Aaron Besson

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Born

in San Leandro, CA, The United States

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http://www.aaronjbesson.com

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Horror, Fiction, Fantasy

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H.P. Lovecraft, Neil Gaiman, Thomas Ligotti

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I'm a writer of weird and dark fiction in the soggy land of Seattle. I am mostly water. ...more

This year when I attended the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland I had the opportunity to watch many excellent films, but none of them stood out as much as a barely three and a half minute piece called Leviathan Ages. The brainchild of Jon Yeo, The film creates a world where the post-industrial and the timeless collide. Ancient entities rise at the beckoning of their emperor, and all inv Read more of this blog post »

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	Terror Train by A. Henry Keene (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Krista Clark Grabowski (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Jansen (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 44 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
	Urban Temples of Cthulhu - Modern Mythos Anthology by Khurt Khave (Goodreads Author), James Pratt, Steven A. Roman (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 46 ratings — 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
	Weird House Magazine #1 by Joe Morey (Editor), Curtis M. Lawson (Goodreads Author), Joshua Rex (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30 ratings — 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
	Cellar Door: Words of Beauty, Tales of Terror by Shawna L. Bernard (Editor), Sydney Leigh (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gregory L. Norris (Contributor) 4.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	We Are Dust and Shadow by James Ward Kirk (Editor), William Cook (Illustrator), Mike Jansen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.83 avg rating — 18 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
	Cellar Door III Animals/ Hell II Citizens by James Ward Kirk (Editor), Krista Clark Grabowski (Goodreads Author) (Editor), T.S. Woolard (Goodreads Author) 4.77 avg rating — 13 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
	This Book Ain't Nuttin to Fuck With: A Wu-Tang Tribute Anthology by Christoph Paul (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Grant Wamack (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gabino Iglesias (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Fiction Review #2 by S.T. Joshi (editor/illustrator), Jason V. Brock (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Caitlín R. Kiernan (Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Fiction Review #6 by S.T. Joshi (Editor), Aaron Besson (Goodreads Author), Wade German 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	32 White Horses on a Vermillion Hill: Volume Two by Duane Pesice (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Wehunt (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Bob Freville (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2018 — 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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Everything Keeps Dissolving: Conversations avec Coil

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Aaron’s Quotes

“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

tags: dying, facts, fame, knowing, love, poverty, reality, school, teach, wealth

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“I am selfish, private and easily bored. Will this be a problem?”
― Neil Gaiman, A Study in Emerald

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“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

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