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Jonathan Wood

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Jonathan Wood is an Englishman in New York (albeit the state, not the city. His level of cool should probably be clearly established. This is Long Island we’re really talking about).

He is one of the legion of creative directors writing fiction. (Again, not actually a full creative director. He’s actually an Associate Creative Director, which is like a regular creative director but lesser. And also, as an additional aside, it’s pharmaceutical advertising, not the cool one with fast cars and beers. And no, he didn’t even get to do that one on TV that told you the drug might cause your spleen to detonate. He does dumb websites for doctors to ignore. He’s really not cool AT ALL).

He does like metal a lot, but he also likes loose leaf teas just a ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 2,676 ratings · 408 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	No Hero (Arthur Wallace, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 903 ratings — published 2011 — 13 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 Book of Cthulhu II (The Book of Cthulhu, #2) by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laird Barron (Goodreads Author), Molly Tanzer (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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
	Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters by Tim Marquitz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nickolas Sharps (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Peter Clines (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 2014 — 14 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
	Yesterday's Hero (Arthur Wallace, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2012 — 12 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
	Anti-Hero (Arthur Wallace, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Broken Hero (Arthur Wallace, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2016 — 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 Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures by Sean Wallace (Editor), Jonathan Wood (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Chris Roberson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.37 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2014 — 9 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 Mammoth Book of Kaiju by Sean Wallace, Jonathan Wood (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.38 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2016 — 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 Nyarlathotep Event (Arthur Wallace, #1.5) by Jonathan Wood (Goodreads Author), E.M. Gist (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011	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
	Washed Up On Dark Shores it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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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Washed Up on Dark Shores - Sneak Peek

Morning all. Rather than the usual free flash fiction, this week I am rather focused on the fact that Washed Up on Dark Shores is out next Tuesday. So here's a sneak peek of some of the fun contained. Hope you enjoy.

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Jonathan Wood wrote a new blog post Washed Up on Dark Shores - Sneak Peek Morning all. Rather than the usual free flash fiction, this week I am rather focused on the fact that Washed Up on Dark Shores is out next Tuesday. So Read more of this blog post »
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Jonathan Wood entered a giveaway The Rouse by China Miéville (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
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Jonathan Wood rated a book it was amazing The Off-Season: An Anthology of Coastal New Weird by Marissa Van Uden (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
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Jonathan Wood and 2 other people liked Bill Barnett's review of The Cozy Cosmic (Cozy Cosmic Horror): "Got this just for the R. Ostermeier story, "The Dark Young", and it is as rich and weird as I have come to expect, brief as it is."
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Jonathan Wood liked Lauren Daniels's review of The Cozy Cosmic (Cozy Cosmic Horror): "One of the most spirited collections from madly talented writers that I've read in a long time. Light and dark, funny and sharp--The Cozy Cosmic has everything. Kevin Wetmore's "A Child’s Christmas in Innsmouth" is an instant holiday classic."
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Jonathan Wood liked T's review of The Cozy Cosmic (Cozy Cosmic Horror): "I absolutely loved how unabashedly weird some of these were, from stamp collecting that has vaster implications than you would imagine, to a missed connection escaping the void, to cooking at the end times, to adopting a cat that may or may not be a " Read more of this review »
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Jonathan Wood rated a book it was amazing Daughter of the Wormwood Star by Paul Jessup (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
A brilliant, brutal fever dream of a novel. A serial killer stalking a university campus is only the launchpad for this wonderful, twisted road trip through surreal imagery and dark visions. Through it all, though, Jessup keeps a strong sense of forw ...more
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“Better?” I cannot quite keep the incredulity out of my voice. “Yeah.” Clyde nods. “The wires stop it from stinging too bad.” “Really?” “Oh.” Clyde looks apologetic. “What?” I say. “Well...” Clyde shuffles on the spot. “Now it’s your turn.”
― Jonathan Wood, No Hero

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“Wait... we... you... you mean... we...” I spray words around the room, taking out innocent bystanders with my abrupt enthusiasm. “This is huge! This is enormous! This is like the Godzilla of breaks. It’s the sort of break that destroys large chunks of Tokyo!” I stop, take stock, try and gain perspective. Punctured lung and all that. “Who is it?” I ask, unable to stop one toe from tapping.”
― Jonathan Wood, No Hero

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“Clyde retreats into his shoulders. “Turns out we’re both a bit late on the scene, old chap,” he says. “The old guard’s gone. All the people who’ve seen what we’ve seen. They’re retired. Reassigned. No one in government comes to read the book. They don’t see the Progeny. They don’t really know. So we just rattle around in the old space. Alone and forlorn. Except, well, not forlorn, because, well, despite it all, I quite like my job.”
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