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I've published forty-eight books and chapbooks, including the novels Stained Glass Rain and the best-of fiction collection Masque of Dreams. My work ranges from broad humor to literary surrealism, with many stops along the way for science fiction, fantasy, and horror. My last novel, The Guardener's Tale (Sam's Dot, 2007) was a Bram Stoker Award Finailist and a Prometheus Award Nominee. My stories and poems have appeared in hundreds of publications, including Asimov's SF Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and The Nebula Awards Showcase, and received a number of awards, most notably, a Pushcart Prize, the Bram Stoker Award, the Asimov's Readers' Award, the Rhysling Awar...more


My latest poetry collection, Anthropomorphisms, is just out from Elektrik Milk Bath Press. The publisher is generously giving away five free copies on Good Reads. To enter for a chance to win: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... read more »
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The Guardener's Tale
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Stained Glass Rain
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Dark Matters
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The Nightmare Collection
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Surrealities
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Shades Fantastic
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Pitchblende
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