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Will Ludwigsen

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in The United States

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http://www.will-ludwigsen.com

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Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction

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Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, Robert Aickman ...more

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Will Ludwigsen's stories have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Weird Tales, Strange Horizons, Blood Lite, Interfictions 2, and many other places.

The intersection of these strange and scattered venues seems to be Will's fascination with weird mystery: signs of a dark and sublime imagination behind the universe. If he doesn't see those signs, he's more than happy to add them himself. ...more

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Oscar, The Cat Who Lived

Many of you may remember Oscar as the patriarch of our cats or as the loud sneezing animal in the microphone of our Teams calls. If so, you know that he’s been kicking death’s ass for the last several months.

Today, he decided to let Death win, just as a treat.

Aimee and I took him to the vet where we learned that his liver function was shutting down, and we let him know that we considered his dut

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	Blood Lite by Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Nancy Kilpatrick (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 8,390 ratings — published 2008 — 13 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
	Blood Lite III: Aftertaste (Blood Lite, #3) by Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), J.G. Faherty (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 1,964 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny by Steve Berman (Editor), Holly Black (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 165 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
	A Scout Is Brave 4.16 avg rating — 122 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
	In Search Of and Others 4.18 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing by Delia Sherman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christopher Barzak (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Henry Jenkins (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Acres of Perhaps 4.23 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Cthulhu Fhtagn, Baby!: And Other Cosmic Insolence 3.77 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Remembrance is Something Like a House 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
	Night Fever 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

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“The whole world's a ghost factory. We all fade like the paint on these buildings, sometimes from too much sun, sometimes from too little. We blur and blend to the murky shades left behind when something vivid dies.”
― Will Ludwigsen, In Search Of and Others

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