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Damien Kelly

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Damien Kelly is a folk and gothic horror writer and lecturer from the northwest of Ireland. His stories grace anthologies from Flame Tree Press, the British Fantasy Society, Pelgrane Press/Stone Skin Press, Lethe Press, Jurassic London and Sci-Fi Ireland, and his debut novella, Ullaloo, is published by PS Publishing.

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Wilde Stories reviewed in Publisher’s Weekly

Publisher’s Weekly has reviewed Wilde Stories 2015, which features my story, “The God Within”. You can read the review here.

And over at Lethe Press’s own site, editor Steve Berman has released the full table of contents for this year’s selection:

“The Love of the Emperor Is Divine” by Tom Cardamone

“The Vampire of Xanthos” by Andrew Warburton

“The True Alchemist” by Sonya Taffe

“The Mortuaries” by Kat

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Average rating: 3.49 · 69 ratings · 25 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The New Gothic: Don't Embrace the Darkness. Fear It. by Damien Kelly (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Steve Dempsey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Beth Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.39 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Season of the Macabre 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Big Jim's Shadow by Jared Shurin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Archie Black (Goodreads Author), Damien Kelly (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 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 2012 Octocon Anthology by Octocon (Editor), Ruth Frances Long (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Peadar Ó Guilín (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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
	silhouettes 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	A Polite Exchange and other Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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 Rare Gift and other stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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 New Gothic: Don't Embrace the Darkness. Fear It. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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
	30 Days to Super Abs (Wp B-Smart Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	The Little Book of Big Workouts: A Revolutionary Approach to Fitness 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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