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Patrick Scalisi

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Patrick Scalisi is a writer and storyteller from Connecticut. He has published fiction in several magazines and anthologies, and served as the editor of The Ghost Is the Machine, a bestselling anthology of steampunk-horror stories from the now-defunct Post Mortem Press. His debut book, The Horse Thieves and Other Tales of the New West, was released in 2014. His debut novel, The Key to the Universe, was published by Owl Hollow Press in 2019.

In addition to his fiction work, Pat co-created the local history book Connecticut Cryptids: A Field Guide to the Weird & Wonderful Creatures of the Nutmeg State with artist Valerie Ruby-Omen. Developed over three years, Connecticut Cryptids collects creature folklore from throughout the state and examine
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Patrick Scalisi That's an interesting question! In all of the time that I was doing worldbuilding for The Horse Thieves I never gave much thought to the existence of …moreThat's an interesting question! In all of the time that I was doing worldbuilding for The Horse Thieves I never gave much thought to the existence of actual horses. I suppose they're out there somewhere, perhaps living in some horsey utopia where they don't have to put up with pesky human riders.(less)
Patrick Scalisi I feel like society is so fractured right now that I'd like to escape into the utopian world of Star Trek: one where humanity has come together to eli…moreI feel like society is so fractured right now that I'd like to escape into the utopian world of Star Trek: one where humanity has come together to eliminate wealth inequalities, disease, and war.

Plus, I'm afraid of needles, so medical technology led by hyposprays is my dream.(less)
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Connecticut Cryptids is Now Available!

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For the past three years, I've been working on a non-fiction local history project about Connecticut cryptids -- that is, creatures that are thought to exist but never proven to exist.

How can stories about Bigfoot and sea serpents be non-fiction, you ask? Because many have roots in real local history and folklore! Working with my creative partner, Valerie Ruby-Omen, we have created what we believ Read more of this blog post »
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The Man Who Saved Britain by Simon Winder
"A very interesting premise of looking at the decline of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s juxtaposed with the popularity of James Bond at the same time, but poorly executed. I should have known what I was getting into when the author warned historians i" Read more of this review »
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"If I wanted to read the ramblings of a cynical prick, bitching and moaning about the things he loved so much in his childhood but now hates, I would've just read my journal.

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The Man Who Saved Britain is billed as a kind of combination memoir-history-work of cultural criticism, but Winder's freewheeling, stream-of-consciousness style means that this book doesn't succeed at anything it sets out to do.

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When I first heard about The Masters of Solitude, it was billed as this "hidden gem" that almost no one had read but that should be considered a masterwork of the genre. I'm not sure why. After reading a full 1/4 of the novel, very little had happene ...more
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Sea of Tranquility owes a big debt to Cloud Atlas, but Emily St. John Mandel has crafted her own unique story that's centered on time travel rather than incarnation or the collective human unconscious. And because it's about time travel, all of the " ...more
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“Life is too short to read bad books.”
Patrick Scalisi

“You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.”
Warren Ellis

“I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just for me, but for most of the cultures that have had a concept of magic, then the manipulation of language, and words, and thus of stories and fictions, has been very close to the center of it all.”
Alan Moore

“Life is too short to read bad books.”
Patrick Scalisi

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