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Brian J. Showers

Goodreads Author

Born

in Madison, WI, The United States

Website

http://www.brianjshowers.com

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SwanRiverPress

Genre

Horror, Supernatural, Ghost Stories

Member Since

August 2008

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Brian J. Showers is originally from Madison, Wisconsin. He has written short stories, articles, interviews and reviews for magazines such as Rue Morgue, All Hallows, Ghosts & Scholars: The M.R. James Newsletter, Le Fanu Studies, Supernatural Tales and Wormwood. He also runs The Swan River Press and the editor of The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature.

His short story collection, The Bleeding Horse (Mercier Press), won the Children of the Night Award in 2008. He is also the author of Literary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin (Nonsuch, 2006) and Old Albert — An Epilogue (Ex Occidente, 2011); with Gary W. Crawford and Jim Rockhill he co-edited the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Reflections in a Glass Darkly: ...more

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Average rating: 4.26 · 356 ratings · 68 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bleeding Horse, and Other Ghost Stories by Brian J. Showers (Goodreads Author), Duane Spurlock (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2008	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
	Old Albert: An Epilogue 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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
	Uncertainties Volume I by Brian J. Showers (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Connolly (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), John Reppion (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Uncertainties Volume V 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2021	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
	Uncertainties 6 by Brian J. Showers (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ruth Barber, James Everington (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2023	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
	Literary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin by Brian J. Showers (2006) Paperback 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006	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
	Uncertainties Volume II by Brian J. Showers (Goodreads Author) (Editor), P.G. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), R.B. Russell (Contributor) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2016	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 Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature (Samhain 2013, #2) by Brian J. Showers (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard Dalby (Contributor), Albert Power (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	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 Snow Came Softly Down by Brian J. Showers (Goodreads Author), Diane Spurlock (Illustrator) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004	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 Old Tailor and The Gaunt Man by Brian J. Showers (Goodreads Author), Meggan Kehrli (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003	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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Uncertainties (6 books)
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The Green Book (12 books)
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Rudyard Kipling (Contributor),

George William Russel (Contributor),

A.E. (Pseudonym),

James Stephens (Contributor),

Dorothy Macardle (Contributor),

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4.47 avg rating — 38 ratings

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