Simon Strantzas

Author of BURNT BLACK SUNS. Editor of AICKMAN'S HEIRS. Shirley Jackson / British Fantasy / World Fantasy award finalist. Probably won't follow you back.

[Simon Strantzas @strantzas]

Wherein I attempt to explain just what I mean when I contrast “European Horror” with “American Horror”.

Let the hate flow through you!

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[Simon Strantzas @strantzas]

@yasisalek I assume this is old news at this point, but I don’t see a reply about it, so… Faster Pussycat’s “Taime Downe” is pronounced like “tie me down”.

Great ep btw!

[Simon Strantzas @strantzas]

PHANTASMAGORIA, issue 27, is now on the newsstands and includes a reprint of my story, "Thea Was First", and a brand-new interview with me.

I feel I'm getting better at these interviews as I slouch toward decrepitude, but I'll let you be the judge.

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My new collection, OTHER SIDES, concludes with the novella "Interior Designs". A young, troubled woman must prepare a home for a notorious star. But there's something amiss about that old wooden door, and that weird shape following her.

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The penultimate story in my new collection, OTHER SIDES, is "The Somnambulists". Is it horror? Is it weird? Is it fantasy? Who the fudge knows, but I think you'll like it. It was first published in Shadows & Tall Trees 8.

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The twelfth story in OTHER SIDES, my new collection, is “The Beautiful Fog Ascending”. First published in Joshi’s SEARCHERS AFTER DARKNESS, it's the uplifting story of an elderly man whose family have left him, so he goes for a walk.

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[Godless @godlesshorrors]

𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗪!
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𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦
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𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗣!
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𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗫𝗜𝗘 𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗥
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[Steve Tem @Rasnictem]

I highly recommend this new collection by Simon Strantzas, Other Sides. Strantzas is one of the masters of modern weird fiction, able to mine the common materials of everyday life for unmistakable signs of dread. https://t.co/sxqHbPuyND

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The eleventh story in OTHER SIDES, my new collection, is “Shepherd Not Sheep”. It’s a weird tale that falls in that liminal space between fantasy and horror. No surprise, considering it was originally published in Bourbon Penn.

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Desperate to read OTHER SIDES but you’re allergic to paper? Don’t be left behind! EBOOK edition now available through Godless.

(Amazon link to come at a later date).

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The tenth story in OTHER SIDES, my new collection, is "Everything is White". It's a new story, and frankly one of my favorites. It's also one of my oldest—I started working on it in the 90s.

OTHER SIDES is now shipping!: https://t.co/xMgORNB9jF

[Scott Kenemore @ScottKenemore]

Reading the new @strantzas collection on the train this morning. The first few stories have all been outstanding!

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"Strantzas doesn’t just tell scary stories—he peels back the layers of the human mind and dives straight into the shadows."

- Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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The 9th story in OTHER SIDES, my new collection, is "The Needle Song". Originally published in Northern Nights, it's about a group of young boys on a field trip, and also about how some mysteries in life and death are best left unsolved.

Now shipping: https://t.co/xMgORNBH9d

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"That House" is the eighth story in my new collection, OTHER SIDES. Originally published in Bourbon Penn, it's the kind of haunted house story that makes you ask your family and friends, "Do you think this is a haunted house story?"

Now shipping!: https://t.co/xMgORNB9jF

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"Stemming the Tide" is the 7th story in OTHER SIDES, my new collection. It's my most reprinted story, appearing in two best-of anthologies, and a student textbook. A young, unhappy man begrudgingly takes his girlfriend to see the sights.

Now available: https://t.co/xMgORNBH9d

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“[A] Strantzas story feels painfully, achingly, uncompromisingly human.” — Brian Evenson

OTHER SIDES
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"Still Packed" is the sixth story in OTHER SIDES, my new collection due this month. It tells the story of a woman whose marriage is dying, and a husband who desperately wants to bring new life into it.

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The fifth story in OTHER SIDES, my imminent new collection, is “Not the Same Place”. A vacationing couple trying to reconnect makes the mistake of entering a strange house that's intent on keeping them apart.

Order the new collection here: https://t.co/xMgORNB9jF

[Simon Strantzas @strantzas]

@heksenhaus Thanks, s.j.!