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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 4.03 avg rating — 60 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 4.65 avg rating — 26 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
	This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution by Coy Hall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.M. Thor, Josh Reynolds 4.71 avg rating — 21 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 4.06 avg rating — 18 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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S.J. Shank rated a book it was amazing After: An Anatomy of Fracture by Drew Starling (Goodreads Author)	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
After was my most gut-wrenching read of 2025. A cross between The Road and All the Fiends of Hell, this post-apocalyptic alien invasion story keeps the focus squarely on the horror of survival. The book features its share of gore and depraved psychos ...more
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S.J. Shank liked Andrew Robertson's review of The Knave of Graves: "I spent last weekend reading this absolute page turner, The Knave of Graves by SJ Shank . A gravedigger, a night hag, an evil sorcerer, a saint, lovestruck geese, people trying to steal and haggle for human bones, and a fortune-telling snake...not my" Read more of this review »
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S.J. Shank rated a book it was amazing Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest by Nick Mamatas	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
Kalivas! is a re-imagining of The Tempest for our AI-accelerated end times. This techno dystopia draws plenty of inspiration from the old-fashioned kind by centring the struggles of the last free-range human in a post-human world. It’s bleak, absurd ...more
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S.J. Shank and 6 other people liked Molly's review of Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest: "What is a human? What is a savage? Having recently seen an intriguing if not entirely good production of The Tempest, I was struck by how Mister Shakespeare handles those questions. Humans are, apparently, either tired old gasbags brought down by the" Read more of this review »
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S.J. Shank liked John May's review of The Knave of Graves: "Slow to start, and a lot of long weird names, but when it gets going it's very compelling. Jeppo is a deeply flawed character, but Shank has you rooting for him by the end."
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Mitchell Lüthi’s In the Name of the Worm is an absorbing medieval horror and a worthy successor to His Black Tongue. The squalid streetscapes and gnarly brawls remain, but the cast is broader, the backstories richer, and the diabolical terrors are no ...more
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S.J. Shank rated a book it was amazing The Guest Children by Patrick Tarr (Goodreads Author)	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 Guest Children is a ghost story that's full of mystery. Set in a crumbling and isolated northern lodge, the book explores where ghosts come from and how we allow ourselves to be trapped by their hauntings. It's also a damn spooky page-turner. Hig ...more
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“People are afraid of the forest but chiefly it is other people one must fear between the trees.”
― S.J. Shank, Mountain Fast: A Gothic Tale of Medieval Horror

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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.”
― S.J. Shank, Mountain Fast: A Gothic Tale of Medieval Horror

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