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Christian Fennell

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in Muskoka, Canada

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https://www.christianfennell.com/

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Fiction, Nonfiction, Classics

Influences

Sheila Watson, The Double Hook.

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June 2020

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Torrents of Our Time
"Whatever expectations one might have of a book of dark, realist short stories set in rural America, this collection defies them, and instead weaves an elegant song of sadness, dark humour, and strangeness." - Neon Books UK

The Fiddler in the Night
"In essence, the author has created a work of art in word form." - The US Review of Books

LOVE, GUNS & GOD in America
"A raw inspection of the violence and confrontations of both a nation and the individual." - Midwest Book Review

"A violent fucking poet." - Josip Novakovich

"Words used to be art. In their creation. In the act. And thus the words were art in their very being. Forget the reader. Just don't forget the impetus. Christian Fennell never did. One of the rare few."
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	The Fiddler in the Night 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Torrents of Our Time: Twenty-Two Stories 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — 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
	What I Know About the Human Race: A Collection of Writing 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	LOVE, GUNS & GOD in America it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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

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Christian Fennell wrote a new blog post Real She is ... not was, the most beautiful woman in the world.
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Christian Fennell and 7 other people liked E's review of Torrents of Our Time: Twenty-Two Stories: "This collection of Christian Fennells' short stories had me enthralled. He crosses lives from farms to cities, young to old and male or female. Some of these short stories are reflective of nightmares. The type you wake up from and are glad your brain " Read more of this review »
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Christian Fennell and 1 other person liked Jason Arias's review of The Fiddler in the Night: "(This is a fair review based on an eARC provided by Reedsy.) The Fiddler in the Night is the kind of book that hooks and holds your attention from the very first handful of sentences. They are stark, immediate, and darkly poetic. The journey is at tim" Read more of this review »
Apr 03, 2025 05:24AM · see review

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“For I am you, torn from our scars.”
― Christian Fennell, What I Know About the Human Race: A Collection of Writing

tags: humanity, literature

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“What I want, is contentment, without meaning, in honest work, and in life too.”
― Christian Fennell

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“It's always the miles, not time ...”
― Christian Fennell, What I Know About the Human Race: A Collection of Writing

tags: fiction, miles, novels, time

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Christian’s Quotes

“I am a witness, and I am a participant, and yet, life suggests, there is more to it then just that. Find it.”
― Christian Fennell, Torrents of Our Time: Twenty-Two Stories

tags: life, life-lessons, literature-quotes

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“Great literature is written from the pulse of blood running through the veins of thought, and not by the meaning of it.”
― Christian Fennell

tags: fiction, fiction-writing, great-literature, literature, quotes, writing

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“There is a danger in creating our pasts more than we lived them.”
― Christian Fennell, In a Small Town

tags: life, quotes

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“In her future, will be these tears remembered.”
― Christian Fennell, Tincture Journal, Issue Two, Winter 2013

tags: literature-quotes

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“Read. Read a lot. Go home. Be quiet. Write. Write some more. It will soon be discovered if you are a writer.”
― Tennessee Williams

tags: reading, writing, writing-life

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