Christopher Slatsky
Christopher Slatsky is a Weird Horror Fiction author trying to survive at that realm where “living systems exist in the solid regime near the edge of chaos.” He currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Angela Slatter
Angela Slatter is the author of the Verity Fassbinder urban fantasy series (Vigil, Corpselight and Restoration, published by Jo Fletcher Books) as well as eight short story collections, including The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings and A Feast of Sorrows: Stories. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and was an inaugural Queensland Writers Fellow. She’s won a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, a Ditmar Award, an Australian Shadows Award and six Aurealis Awards; her debut novel was nominated for the Dublin Literary Award. Her work has been adapted for the screen, and translated into French, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, and Bulgarian. Victoria Madden of Sweet Potato Films (The Kettering Incident) has optioned her novelette “Finnegan’s Field”.
B.W. Sliney
Sadly, while he (or she?) published 3 stories in Weird Tales, there is almost no information available about the author B.W. Sliney, and thus very little to say about them.
Karissa Sluss
Karissa lives in North Carolina with her family and a hairy husky named Bonnie. Her favorite things super heroes, Star Wars, Southern cuisine, and Hindi Cinema. By day she wrangles cases and hearing schedules for a small administrative court. At night, she loves crocheting while listening to audiobooks and podcasts. You can find out more about her adult and YA writing online at karissalaurel.com, and she loves making friends on Twitter .
Alan Smale
Alan Smale writes science fiction and fantasy, currently focusing on alternate history and historical fantasy. His novella of a Roman invasion of ancient America, “A Clash of Eagles”, won the 2010 Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and the first book in a trilogy set in the same universe, CLASH OF EAGLES, was published by Del Rey (in the US) and Titan Books (in the UK and Europe) in March 2015. Sequel EAGLE IN EXILE went on sale on March 22, 2016, and the series concluded with EAGLE AND EMPIRE in May 2017. The books are also available in audiobook format. (more…)
Claudia Smith
Claudia Smith is a video game translator who reads (and narrates) for fun. She was introduced to Pseudopod by her old university friend, Helen Keeble, and highly recommends reading her two books, Fang Girl and No Angel – especially if, as well as being a fan of the horror genre, you also enjoy a bit of light-hearted teen vampire romance parody.
Emily Smith
Emily Smith is a physician living in the Central Valley of California. She’s not afraid to put you to sleep but she is terrified of black widow spiders, heights, and that sudden silence that means a child is up to no good. She lives in constant danger of being eaten by cats, tripped by a baby, choked by a wisteria vine or smothered by wild birds. The wisteria vine is currently the most likely cause of her demise as it is the only thing not dependent on her for sustenance and her death dovetails nicely into its plan for world domination.
You can occasionally find her as Fireturtle on the Escape Artists forums, particularly if there is a flash contest in the offing.
Michael Marshall Smith
Smith’s first published story was “The Man Who Drew Cats”, which won the British Fantasy Award in 1991 for “Best Short Story”. He has been published in Postscripts. His first novel, Only Forward, was published in 1994 and won the August Derleth Award for Best Novel in 1995, and then the Philip K. Dick Award in 2000. The plot involves the lead character, Stark, having to find a missing man he believes to have been kidnapped, and travel through the strange zones of his city. In 1996 his second novel, Spares, was released, a novel in which the lead character, Jack, goes on the run with clones who are used for spare body parts for rich people, when he realises they are people with feelings. Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks purchased the film rights for Spares, but a film was never made. When the rights lapsed, DreamWorks did produce The Island, whose plot had strong similarities to Spares, though Smith did not consider it worthwhile to pursue legal action over the similarities. He now considers it unlikely a Spares film will ever be made. (more…)