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Karen Heuler’s stories have appeared in over 100 literary and speculative journals and anthologies, such as F&SF and Asimov's and Conjunctions. She has won an O. Henry award, been nominated for Pushcart and Best American Short Story awards, and was a finalist for the Bellwether Award and the Shirley Jackson Award. The New York Times called her first collection, "The Other Door," “haunting and quirky.” Her short-story collection, "The Inner City," was listed as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2013. Her novels include "Glorious Plague," about a beautiful apocalypse. Her last book, "The Splendid City," from Angry Robot Books, exiles a novice witch and the man she illegally turned into a cat to Liberty (formerly known as Texas), where ...more

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	The Splendid City 2.98 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	The Inner City 3.65 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	Instar 3.37 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Soft Room 3.64 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	The Made-Up Man 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Glorious Plague 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Other Places 4.60 avg rating — 15 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
	The Clockworm: and Other Strange Tales 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	In Search of Lost Time 3.83 avg rating — 12 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
	A Slice of the Dark and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 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

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Karen Heuler entered a giveaway A Murder in the Making (Magical Trinket Mysteries #2) by Victoria Laurie (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
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This book has a lovely, steady buildup. The whole setup of a reality show that fudges hauntings for its show gave a nice undercurrent of two stories going on at the same time as Mara finds her way though her life via the haunting, in a surprising yet ...more
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Glenn’s novel is an inspired mix of noir with a pinch of SF. Yes, the much-put-upon monster is now a gumshoe with sense of community and purpose—but out there, in the rest of the world, there are a lot of immoral characters with purposes of their own ...more
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I missed the characters in this book when I was finished. I missed their quest, their failures, their determination and discoveries. This is a wonderful book that kept evolving, with a singularly mind-blowing ending.
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This book contains worms deposited by prehistoric wasps into human beings, and the horrible things that happen when the worms grow up. All of it is backed by extrapolations from true wasp behavior so I think you all should know that there are Things ...more
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Karen Heuler and 1 other person liked Nicholas Kaufmann's review of Hate House (Encyclopocalypse Originals): "Not since Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's Hausu have I experienced a haunted house story this wild! Hate House, like the ominous, crumbling estate of the same name that our sarcastic and deeply damaged heroine is hired to explore, is full of delirious twists, un" Read more of this review »
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