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Sean Thomas McDonnell

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Sean Thomas McDonnell is a contest-winning Bay Area horror writer who specializes in blending visceral imagery with moments of quiet dread. His stories delve into themes of powerlessness vs. agency, moral ambiguity, and human fragility.

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Sean McDonnell and 1 other person liked Alex Jeter's review of Cherry Kills:
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"Cherry Kills is all kinds of fun! It felt like a crazy, punk rock, psychedelic trip. This punk noir novella shines due to Sean Thomas McDonnell’s wild imagination and tasty literary flair."
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"I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I feel like ive been on a trip of an alternative kind. what a wonderous, imaginative story.

I finished this in a couple of hours, and they were hours well spent. A ni" Read more of this review »
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“The days were sweet and full of love. But at night, the girls sat in the moonlight on the bench beneath Ned’s tree, and although I couldn’t see anything but their silhouettes, I knew my girls were not smiling. But I did not know they were conspiring.”
Sean Thomas McDonnell, Beneath the Valley Oak

“My first attempts were dreadful, utter trash! But that trash…it still brings me satisfaction to this day. For while creating, I learned how to lose myself, and I learned how to lose you.”
Sean Thomas McDonnell, The Midnight Vault

“Writers need to know trivial things in order to make the big fibs believable. You have your dabblers, or as my father used to call them, ‘puddle ducks’—those are the ones who eat off the bottom of the pond, like these here. And then you have your divers, the ones that go deep.”
Sean Thomas McDonnell, Blood In The Yolk

“Writers need to know trivial things in order to make the big fibs believable. You have your dabblers, or as my father used to call them, ‘puddle ducks’—those are the ones who eat off the bottom of the pond, like these here. And then you have your divers, the ones that go deep.”
Sean Thomas McDonnell, Blood In The Yolk

“See, you’re either going to die soon, or someone will come by and save your life. And so it’s here, right now, that you’re the most alive. Isn’t that wonderful?” - The Fox and the Snipe”
Sean Thomas McDonnell, Beneath the Valley Oak

“The days were sweet and full of love. But at night, the girls sat in the moonlight on the bench beneath Ned’s tree, and although I couldn’t see anything but their silhouettes, I knew my girls were not smiling. But I did not know they were conspiring.”
Sean Thomas McDonnell, Beneath the Valley Oak

“My first attempts were dreadful, utter trash! But that trash…it still brings me satisfaction to this day. For while creating, I learned how to lose myself, and I learned how to lose you.”
Sean Thomas McDonnell, The Midnight Vault

“The Fox & Hound is old, as are these lands. My daddy used to take us here when we were children. I remember the hunts they’d have. I loved the horses, but the hounds and men scared me. And the poor fox! I begged my father not to harm the fox—to leave it be! All with tears in my eyes, of course. And now look at me, wearing a stoat—does that make me terribly cruel?”
Sean Thomas McDonnell, Blood In The Yolk

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