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Stephanie Ellis writes dark speculative prose and poetry and has been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. Her longer work includes the novels, The Five Turns of the Wheel, Reborn and The Woodcutter, and the novellas, Paused and Bottled. Her new post-apocalytpic/sci-fi/horror novel, The Barricade is due out this year!

She is a Rhysling and Elgin nominated poet, co-authoring the poetry collection, Foundlings, with Cindy O'Quinn, Lilith Rising with Shane Douglas Keene and solo work Metallurgy.

She can be found at https://stephanieellis.org
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	Bottled 3.92 avg rating — 118 ratings — 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
	Paused 3.73 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	The Five Turns of the Wheel 4.09 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2020 — 4 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
	Asylum of Shadows 4.15 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
	The Woodcutter 3.75 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
	Reborn 3.95 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
	Lilith Rising by Stephanie Ellis (Goodreads Author), Shane D. Keene 4.73 avg rating — 11 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
	As the Wheel Turns - More Tales from the Weald 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Metallurgy: Of Love and Death and Metal 4.88 avg rating — 8 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 Barricade 4.38 avg rating — 8 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

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So much of our past is obscure and it seems remarkable to me, that in many instances, one or two references to some being or practise centuries ago can give rise to a whole set of beliefs which people now regard as canon. When you start to dig into the history, look at those primary sources, the in-depth studies of academics, then you realise how much is often wishful thinking on our part. We want

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A very solid 4 star for this dual voice past/present horror. From the war torn streets of Britain in the 1940s, where our character, Emily, struggles to try and live with some normality, to Gemma's haunted flat in present day London, this is a real tu ...more
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3.5/5 but 4 for goodreads. A good variety of entertaining short stories for an autumnal night. It starts off with the title story, The Mistress of the Crows, a creepy, tragic, and yet eventually heart-warming tale that sets a high bar for the rest to ...more
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Stephanie and 3 other people liked Milt Theo's review of Monster Bones: "“Monster Bones,” an anthology about a variety of monsters, contains ten stories (among which one flash fiction and one novella), and five poems (among which Stephanie Ellis’ wonderful “Night Hunger” and Ai Jiang’s “Gold is god,” the latter reading li" Read more of this review »
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Stephanie liked PlotTwist_Addict's review of Monster Bones: "This book has a mix of it all short stories and poems based on all different type of monster from the ones inside us to corpse eaters, from evil spirits and cannibal skeletons to the occult. There is sure to be something you’ll enjoy Love the art wor" Read more of this review »
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Folk horror is a favourite genre of mine and I am always looking for new reads of this kind. The Folk in the Woods certainly fits the category, with its unwary strangers arriving at the village of Ravenswood just in time to celebrate a harvest ritual ...more
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