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Lyndsey Croal

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Lyndsey is a Scottish author of strange and speculative fiction. Her work has appeared in over eighty magazines and anthologies, including with Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, Flash Fiction Online, Shoreline of Infinity, and PseudoPod. She's a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee, British Fantasy Award Finalist, and former Hawthornden Fellow. Her novelette Have You Decided on Your Question (2023) and collection Limelight and Other Stories (2024) are published with Shortwave Publishing. Her novelette The Girl With Barnacles for Eyes appeared in Tenebrous Press' Split Scream Volume Five, and her second collection of Scottish folklore-inspired tales Dark Crescent is forthcoming in 2025 from Luna Press. She lives in Edinburgh with her giant kitte ...more

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	Ooze: Little Bursts of Body Horror by Ruth Anna Evans (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bridgett Nelson (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Judith Sonnet (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Have You Decided on Your Question: A Novelette 4.51 avg rating — 132 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
	Obsolescence: A Dark Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anthology by Alan Lastufka (Goodreads Author), Kristina Horner (Goodreads Author), Kealan Patrick Burke (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Why Didn't You Just Leave by Julia Rios (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nadia Bulkin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shauntae Ball (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Limelight and Other Stories 4.41 avg rating — 56 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
	206 Word Stories by S.J. Townend (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steve Bridger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Miguel Ángel López (Contributor) 4.51 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Split Scream Volume Five by Bitter Karella, Lyndsey Croal (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 34 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
	Dark Crescent: Dark and seasonal tales from Scottish Folklore 4.47 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
	The Dérive by Lyndsey Croal (Goodreads Author), Marie Croke, Cameron E. Quinn (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 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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