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Lucilla Lin

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Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Writer of pulpish horror, dystopian science fiction and fantasy stories. I like mixing elements of horror with other genres and I've created my own mythology and monsters.

My academic background is in art history and I've specialized on 18th - 19th century arts and culture. History and art is one of my greatest inspirations as a horror writer.

I've published my stories in anthologies with genres and settings varying from supernatural colonial horror to dystopian fiction and prehistorical barbarian warfare. Ideologically I like to be ambivalent and avoid preaching my quite old fashioned and traditionalist values. I aim to create an universe that is
beautiful, frightening and darkly humorous.

I'm grateful for every review, no matter how bad. I ...more

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Average rating: 3.29 · 414 ratings · 87 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kirotun kirjan vartija by Juri Nummelin (Editor), Samuli Antila (Goodreads Author), Harri Linnera (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Tämä jalka ei ole minun – Kauhuja omasta kehosta by Artemis Kelosaari (Editor), Shimo Suntila (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katri Alatalo (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2017	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
	Mustaa lihaa - Kyberpunk-antologia by Anne Leinonen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Petri Laine, Leila Paananen 3.17 avg rating — 58 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
	Vihreä maailma 3.21 avg rating — 19 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
	Kuolema on ikuista unta 2.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Musta linna ja muita outoja tarinoita 3.27 avg rating — 11 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
	Pyhän maailman lapset 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2022	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
	Pahasta maailmasta 3.33 avg rating — 6 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
	Maailma maailman yllä 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2024	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
	Green World 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 — 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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Lucilla rated a book really liked it Crashing Heaven: The Station Series Book 1 by Al Robertson (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
Had to give five stars as this is so much better than most of the recent scifi novels I've read. I'm always looking for a combination of imaginative world building, atmosphere and memorable characters. The setting of the novel is pretty dark and pess ...more
Jan 25, 2026 05:42AM · like · see review
Lucilla rated a book it was amazing A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) by Vernor Vinge	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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Lucilla made a comment on Dv12’s review of Vihreä maailma " Kiitos arviosta, olen samaa mieltä kaikesta lol. Tykkään erityisesti "anime-like" tagista - mihin liittyen, jos olet lukenut ikinä Akiran niin Nicolas ...more "
Jan 25, 2026 04:37AM · see review
Lucilla made a comment on Eve Lumerto’s status in Mistress of Mellyn " Arvostan tätä, nämä oli mulle guilty pleasure teininä ja ahmin kaiken mitä kirjastosta löytyi. Täällä Englannissa näitä ei ole kirjastossa joten en vo ...more "
Jan 25, 2026 04:34AM
Lucilla made a comment on Eve Lumerto’s status in In Praise of Shadows " Hieno kirja, tämä on mulla yksi vakio "kylpyammevalikoimassa" kun haluan rentoutua ja fiilistellä. Ainoa miinus siitä, että kirjailija ei ymmärrä läns ...more "
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Lucilla rated a book it was ok Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell (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
Dropped my rating after re-thinking this novel. Compared to other novels of same genre I've read this resembled fan fiction. This was an entertaining book with likeable main characters, but uninteresting plot, stock secondary characters and very litt ...more
May 15, 2025 03:31PM · 1 like · like · see review
Lucilla rated a book it was amazing The Summer Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #3) by Joan D. Vinge	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 is personal 5 stars, the novel itself is a bit too long with some purple prose, melodrama and soapiness. But it doesn't matter because I just loved the OTT visual depictions, characters and wanted to know what happened next. My personal favourit ...more
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Lucilla rated a book it was amazing A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) by Vernor Vinge	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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Lucilla liked Loretta 's review of Pahasta maailmasta: "Luin Pyhän maailman lapset viime vuonna ja pidin siitä kovasti, joten tartuin välittömästi tähän itsenäiseen jatko-osaan. Miinuksena se, että kirjailijan tapa kirjoittaa hieman hankaa minua vastakarvaan - koen, että virkkeet ovat hengästyttävän pitki" Read more of this review »
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“Kirjailija kirjoittaa mitä haluaa ja lukija lukee mitä haluaa”
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Lucilla’s Quotes

“This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.”
― Oswald Spengler

tags: addiction, memoir, recovery, suicide, surviving, transformation

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“I distrust every idea that doesn’t seem obsolete and grotesque to my contemporaries.”
― Nicolás Gómez Dávila

tags: ideology, modernity, philosophy

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“Tuhat kirjaa luettuaan ihminen alkaa aavistaa masentavan totuuden. Kymmenentuhatta kirjaa tekee hänet surulliseksi”
― Mika Waltari

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“Etsin Jumalaa ja elämää ja olen toivonut löytäväni ne herra
professorin essentioista”
― Zacharias Topelius, Välskärin kertomuksia 2

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“Kirjailija kirjoittaa mitä haluaa ja lukija lukee mitä haluaa”
― Lucilla Lin

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