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Author of King’s Hill, the Woodcutters, Marshbank (novelette), and Minotaur (short stories). Fortress and Caliope Street are both forthcoming in 2025 and 2026, respectively.

Josh hanson lives in Northern Wyoming with his family. He is a graduate of the University of Montana MFA program and teachers high school English. His work has appeared in the Horror Zine, The Chamber, as well as various anthologies.

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Average rating: 4.31 · 212 ratings · 90 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	King's Hill 4.05 avg rating — 79 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
	HorrorScope: A Zodiac Anthology, Volume 3 by H. Everend (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Devon Talbott (Contributor), Jason A. Jones (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Woodcutters 4.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — 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
	Greater Than His Nature by Eirik Gumeny (Goodreads Author) (editor), Katharine Duckett (Goodreads Author), A.T. Greenblatt (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 16 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
	Cymbals Eat Guitars 3.63 avg rating — 19 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
	Marshbank 4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — 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
	Minotaur: stories 4.86 avg rating — 7 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
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	Eucalyptus: poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Signed the contract on my next book!

Moonstruck Books will be publishing Caliope Street in July of 2026.

Caliope Street is a psychedelic horror novel reminiscent of Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco, T. Kingfisher’s A House with Good Bones, and Dario Argento’s surreal horror film Suspiria.

Jack and Avery’s new home on Caliope Street is a fixer-upper’s dream. The lurid collage of pornographic clippin Read more of this blog post »

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Animal Man, Volume 1: The Hunt

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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

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Wolf Worm

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“Maybe men really were just too stupid to live, but the fact was that it did work. I wanted more, and she knew it, and she was going to lead me right down into the depths, just like I wanted. “What do I need to do?”
― Josh Hanson, King's Hill

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“All real living is meeting.”
― Martin Buber, I and Thou

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“Then pretty soon Sherburn sort of laughed; not the pleasant kind, but the kind that makes you feel like when you are eating bread that's got sand in it.”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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“Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! Every fool, from king to policeman, from the flatheaded parson to the visionless dabbler in science, presumes to speak authoritatively of human nature. The greater the mental charlatan, the more definite his insistence on the wickedness and weaknesses of human nature. Yet, how can any one speak of it today, with every soul in a prison, with every heart fettered, wounded, and maimed?”
― Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays

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“You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth”
― Cornell West

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“To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defies our boundaries and illuminates our souls.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

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