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S.J. Shank

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S.J. Shank is a lover of dead languages and collapsed empires. His writing inhabits the grim borderlands between fantasy, horror and historical fiction. He is the author of The Knave of Graves, Mountain Fast and Rare Specimen and Other Stories.

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	Mountain Fast: A Gothic Tale of Medieval Horror 3.99 avg rating — 99 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
	The Knave of Graves: A Dark Fantasy 4.43 avg rating — 53 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
	This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution by Coy Hall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.M. Thor, Josh Reynolds 4.61 avg rating — 44 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
	Rare Specimen and Other Stories 4.08 avg rating — 24 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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Across the Trapped & Boundless Deep is an outstanding grief-stricken cosmic sci-fi horror. Heart-rending, mysterious, gruesome, weird and twisty. Think Solaris x Event Horizon. Recommended!
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S.J. Shank liked Anthony Perconti's review of The Knave of Graves: A Dark Fantasy: "Writer S.J. Shank has crafted a dark fantasy set in a (if you want to get technical) secondary world informed by Finnish culture and their mythologies. This is a world where graveyard ghouls and the restless dead exist cheek by jowl alongside small t" Read more of this review »
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Sweetside Motel is a pressure cooker of a novella that succeeds beautifully as both thriller and horror. Set in the most paranoid days of the pandemic, when all strangers were suspect (particularly Asians), the novel channels the dire claustrophobia ...more
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After reading Coy Hall's new Sword & Sorcery story, my admiration only grows. "Rider in the Widow Lands" is a terrific, moody tale about a flinty-eyed "hero" whose past, only glimpsed, could surely fill volumes. The world-building, the vibes, the acti ...more
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Reading Candle Horror feels a little like getting trapped in a curiosity shop. There are preserved heads, Esperanto prayers and insects whispering of transmigration. Plenty of curios, plenty of secrets, each one dark and tragic. Meditative, evocative ...more
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“People are afraid of the forest but chiefly it is other people one must fear between the trees.”
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“Maybe Kuszkol is situated in a wild, wild place. High in the mountains. They say that when the snow piles thick and the air grows still, even the birds loathe to fly lest their flapping disturb the mountain's peace. Imagine the vastness of that place, way up high in the sky. Totally silent. And cold.”
― S.J. Shank, Mountain Fast: A Gothic Tale of Medieval Horror

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“Roots that run so deep have no trouble piercing stone.”
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