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Josh Winning

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Josh Winning writes popcorn fantasy and horror novels that are full of heart, hope and humour, with a love for 80s movie puppets, 90s slasher flicks and gay Final Girls. He identifies as queer, and believes in the power of positive representation. After growing up in a small Suffolk town and struggling to find LGBTQIA+ characters to relate to, he now writes books filled with queer joy.

Josh has worked as a film journalist for Radio Times and Total Film, interviewing the likes of Miss Piggy and Goldie Hawn, and he is co-host of the Charmed Chat podcast. His books include The Shadow Glass, Burn the Negative (which was long-listed for a Bram Stoker Award), Heads Will Roll, and Be Still My Unbeating Heart. He lives in East Anglia with his partn
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Heads Will Roll

3.51 avg rating — 5,223 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions
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Burn the Negative

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The Shadow Glass

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Be Still My Unbeating Heart

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YouTube interview with Amy McCaw!

Behold! It's my first ever interview about THE SHADOW GLASS! And my first ever interview on YouTube!

The lovely Amy McCaw (author of spectacular 90s horror Mina and the Undead) invited me on to her channel to talk 80s goodness and my publishing journey so far, plus get the scoop on The Shadow Glass. We had a hoot geeking out over NeverEnding Story, Buffy, and just what makes a book YA or adult. Che Read more of this blog post »
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Published on December 15, 2021 07:03 Tags: 80s-fantasy, amy-mccaw, fantasy, interview, labyrinth, neverending-story, the-dark-crystal, the-shadow-glass

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Johanna van Veen writes beautifully rich and daring horror, and Bone of My Bone is her finest novel yet. Every page thrums with desperation, hunger, and dread – this is a breathlessly twisted and ghoulish tale that boasts a fierce, gleaming flame of ...more
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"What a fun read! I loved the setting in Italy and the entire cast of zany characters (thought Whitby was definitely my favorite.) De Luca & Bastian’s attempt to solve the case together is an interesting journey which I am hoping is the first of many " Read more of this review »
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"Thank you to NetGalley & Putnam Books for the ARC!

This whole project was a delight from start to finish, as I'm often used to vampires, murders, and mysteries being done in a....different....format. The charisma of Bastion mixed with the personalitie" Read more of this review »
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“The thought of a warm body in his bed made him quiver. Perhaps he’d have a holiday romance. He just had to trust that he wouldn’t lose himself so completely in a heated moment that he ended up sticking his fangs in a guy’s neck.”
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“He had done it for her: gotten clean, sworn off killing. She made him want to be better, in the way that a best friend often did. He had no reflection, but he saw himself in the way the cat looked at him, and he didn’t want to see a monster. Not anymore. He wanted Whitby to be proud of him.”
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I'm really, really proud of this book. I'm giving it 5 stars because it brought me a lot of joy, and I hope it does the same for you. ...more
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Between Bavmorda, the Nothing and Frank Langella’s sublime Skeletor, the ’80s were the golden age of Hollywood villainy. This was the era when so-called ‘kids’ films made it their mission to scare the living shit out of you. If you weren’t having nightmares, they weren’t doing it right.
Bavmorda from Willow terrified me!
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“Keep believing, keep pretending.” Jim Henson “Well, c’mon feet.” Sarah, Labyrinth (1986)
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“Well, there’s no such thing as a happily-ever-after.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means there’s always another story.”
Josh Winning, The Shadow Glass

“I did warn you all that I run like a drunk octopus.”
Josh Winning, Heads Will Roll

“Every day is a gift and should be treated as such, even if one is going to live forever.”
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“Every day is a gift and should be treated as such, even if one is going to live forever.”
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“One way or another, this trip is going to kill me.”
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“She felt the past clutching for her and stepped out of its grasp.”
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“The Needle Man wasn't outside anymore.”
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“The house appeared distorted. It looked almost Victorian but too big, too ornate. The surface vibe was kitschy British, which didn’t fit with the all-American size of the place, and every light fixture and picture frame was gaudy to the point of comical. It was as if somebody had cannibalized a dozen guesthouses from around the world and pieced together a Frankenstein’s monster of a hotel.”
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