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Caren Gussoff

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Born

in New York, The United States

Website

http://www.spitkitten.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

Colette, tragedy, black eyeliner, awkward moments

Member Since

July 2007

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Caren Gussoff is a SF writer living in Seattle, WA. The author of Homecoming, (2000), and The Wave and Other Stories (2003), first published by Serpent’s Tail/High Risk Books, Gussoff's been published in anthologies by Seal Press and Prime Books. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 2008, was the Carl Brandon Society’s Octavia E. Butler Scholar at Clarion West. Her new novel, The Birthday Problem, will be published by Pink Narcissus Press in July, 2014.
Find her online at @spitkitten, facebook.com/spitkitten, and at spitkitten.com.
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	Krampusnacht: Twelve Nights of Krampus by Kate Wolford (Goodreads Author), Cheresse Burke, Guy Burtenshaw 3.64 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars by Nisi Shawl (Editor), Nalo Hopkinson (Introduction), Erik Owomoyela 4.37 avg rating — 92 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
	Miseria's Chorale by David Nell (Editor), Christopher Nadeau, Patrick Lacey (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Black Apples by Camilla Bruce (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Liv Lingborn (Editor), Sarah L. Byrne 3.65 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Witches, Stitches, and Bitches by Christine Morgan (Editor), Gabrielle Harbowy (Goodreads Author), Bo Balder (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Birthday Problem 3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Wave and Other Stories 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Three Songs for Roxy 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Homecoming (High Risk Books) 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	Geek Force Five: Volume Two by Caren Gussoff (Goodreads Author), Anna Tizard (Goodreads Author), Jake Walters 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 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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Fucking Daphne: Mostly True Stories and Fictions

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Caren said: " I'm in it! "Five Nouns" is next to some other filthy-wonderful pomo fun with, among others, Sarah Katherine Lewis, Ariel Gore, Nick Mamatas, and Carolyn Turgeon! Worthy of all the !s in here! ...more "

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The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

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In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

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“Some stories aren't meant to be told. The more they get told, the more they change from what they once were, worn down and smooth like pieces of sea glass too beautiful to have ever been broken bottles.”
― Caren Gussoff, Three Songs for Roxy

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“Finding is easy. Keeping is hard.”
― Caren Gussoff, Three Songs for Roxy

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