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Still available in paperback and ebook formats.
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Queneau's Alphabet
Amazon.com: Queneau's Alphabet: 9781637892619: Tem, Steve Rasnic: Books
https://www.amazon.com/Queneaus-Alphabet-Steve-Rasnic-Tem/dp/1637892616/
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Out in the wild, DREAM MACHINE: Selected Poems. 115 poems dating back to the beginnings of my career, including several previously unpublished works. From a variety of sources including Asimov's, Amazing, Star*Line, Bennington Review, Portland Review, etc.
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DREAM MACHINE: Selected Poems collects 115 of Steve Rasnic Temâs poems covering the same themes he explores in his fiction. These poems originally appeared in a variety of small mags and genre outlets incl Asimov's, Amazing, The Portland Review, Bennington Review, etc.
www.amazon.com/dp/1637893973
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Dream Machine: Selected Poems
Dream Machine: Selected Poems [Tem, Steve Rasnic] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dream Machine: Selected Poems
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637893973
15 days ago
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Coming Soon ...
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David Agranoff includes Ubo in his column on underrated SF:
amazingstories.com/2026/01/25th...
âWhen you mix the âI want to shoot myselfâ grim tone of McCarthyâs The Road, with the political concepts and sheer âwhat the fuck is real?â of Philip K Dick, you earn the word masterpiece.â
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25th Century Five and Dime #17: 23 of the Best underrated Science Fiction/ Speculative/ Weird of the first quarter of the 21st Century - Amazing Stories
With my last column written in 2025, I wanted to highlight some works of excellent speculative fiction that might normally get overlooked. If I were going
https://amazingstories.com/2026/01/25th-century-five-and-dime-17-23-of-the-best-underrated-science-fiction-speculative-weird-of-the-first-quarter-of-the-21st-century/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPNHjRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe58ybrTur56o4ZyNf1XPC7lo51Z7gIQ48pN0VdBj-GzAv-BqpZ0Tsyvxh49M_aem_NIrLjwP8-rLbK-U-zG0s6g
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Gordon Bourjaily reviews the Charlie Grant anthology Doom City, including my story "Fogwell."
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Here Waits Thy Doom: Doom City (ed. Charles L. Grant.)
Happy New Year! Let's start things off...
https://cgbourjaily.blogspot.com/2026/01/here-waits-thy-doom-doom-city-ed.html?m=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawPI4HVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLVzVzSDJoN1dLblFCSkZzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHt6EfqhT1flVHO58j8o1wQ7APYrN8xfs9FPB9xPCb486nvlGHBfKEIWZ_1D-_aem_tMUCKk2i25E5i_7Rgof8Iw
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Runalong the Shelves reviews Remains #3, including my story "Gehenna."
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Runalong The Short Shelves - Remains Issue 3 â Runalong The Shelves
Publisher - https://remains.uk Price - ÂŁ8:99 This issue of Remains has been hit by a publishing problem but just in time for my Christmas break it kindly arrived and feels a suitable time to resume...
https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/1/4/runalong-the-short-shelves-remains-issue-3
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All of Melanie's books are now available as ebooks from the usual online retailers.
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It's a brand new year and I have a brand new story, "Rehearsals for the End," online in the January issue of The Dark. I encourage you to subscribe to support this fine magazine.
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Rehearsals for the End - The Dark Magazine
Two days into Fostersâ Woods they found the skeleton. Ralph, Aaronâs pit bull, pulled it out of a tangled deadfall and rhododendron hell. The poor dog struggled, making groaning and scuffing noises, d...
https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/rehearsals-for-the-end/
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Locus Magazine
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âThe Shadow on the Nestâ by Alaya Dawn Johnson from
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
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Remains and Uncanny: Review by Paula Guran
Remains 3 Uncanny 9-10/25 With its third issue, Remains continues to publish top-rate fiction. This time out the stories tend toward the depressive but, considering our times, that is most appropriâŠ
https://locusmag.com/review/remains-and-uncanny-review-by-paula-guran/
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Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales collects the best of Temâs writings about his native Appalachia: fantasy, horror, crime, humor, and realistic local color fiction of the region. Available in both paperback and ebook formats.
www.amazon.com/dp/1637891717/
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Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales
Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales [Tem, Steve Rasnic] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637891717/
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Xmas--a perfect time to read ghost stories. Here with the Shadows contains some of my best. Hardcover, pb, & ebook formats. âA volume of supernatural impressions and quiet vacancies, and in each story Tem reminds us that sometimes only a whisper separates us from the eternal.â
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From 2017, some of the materials used to promote my novel Ubo, a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. Still available in paperback and ebook.
rebellionpublishing.com/tag/ubo/
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ubo Archives | Rebellion Publishing
https://rebellionpublishing.com/tag/ubo/
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Still available, ROUGH JUSTICE: Tales of Crime & Deception Collecting the bulk of my crime stories and the one act play âHideous Idea.â 43 stories. 444 pages. Available in both ebook and paperback forms from Amazon:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJGCBJMQ/
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Rough Justice: Tales of Crime and Deception
Rough Justice: Tales of Crime and Deception - Kindle edition by Tem, Steve Rasnic. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Rough Justice: Tales of Crime and Deception.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJGCBJMQ/
about 2 months ago
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This beauty, New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural Vol 3, edited by Stephen Jones, just arrived from PS Publishing in England, containing my new short story "Falling."
about 2 months ago
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For a dark vision of Santa Claus, read "I Saw Santa" on my website (along with links to other free online fiction).
stevetem.com/free-fiction/
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Free Fiction | Steve Rasnic Tem
https://stevetem.com/free-fiction/
about 2 months ago
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In Joseph Freeman's Winter Tales, December 2022, I read my Xmas tale "Whatever You Want," along with readings by Lionel Fanthorpe, Joseph Freeman, Stephen Laws, & Lynda E. Rucker.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvYVco7jCpo
about 2 months ago
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My two collections for Valancourt--Figures Unseen Selected Stories and Thanatrauma--are still available in paperback and ebook formats. "âSteve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself.â â Joe R. Lansdale âhttps://www.valancourtbooks.com/steve-rasnic-tem.html
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My "Late Sleepers." Some dark Thanksgiving listening or reading.
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PseudoPod 733: Late Sleepers | PseudoPod
Ted woke up in the dark with a dull headache, deciding to sneak out before the rest of the family got up. Going home for Thanksgiving was a terrible idea. Heâd have to find some excuse to stay onâŠ
https://pseudopod.org/2020/11/27/pseudopod-733-late-sleepers/
2 months ago
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Gordon Bourjaily gives a thoughtful review of the Olson & Silva anthology Dead End" City Limits, including my story "At the End of the Day."
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City Blocks, City Shocks: Dead End: City Limits (ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva)
Here was a treat I stumbled upon the other day: A horror anthology I'd never hea...
https://cgbourjaily.blogspot.com/2025/11/city-blocks-city-shocks-dead-end-city.html?m=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawOS4OhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFEc1hSSjdCTEdiaE1PTkxic3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHlTXJUYs9jNNf6Ta_c0bPNdAiR8BxQcQsIv7WPa5GOhOVLnOd23z5SuO1nB9_aem_EVUPykqF1swDb_yaScOdKg
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Gordon Bourjaily takes a look at Charlie Grantâs first Greystone Bay anthology, including my story âIn a Guest Houseâ (included in my collections The Far Side of the Lake & Absent Company).
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Take Me Down to Charlie Grant's City Where The Stones Are Grey And The Ghouls Are Pretty: The First Chronicles of Greystone Bay Part II
We're back for Part II of our first trip to Greystone Bay . This is mostly a quick wrap-up, since I'm working against a deadline (see belo...
https://cgbourjaily.blogspot.com/2025/11/take-me-down-to-charlie-grants-city.html?m=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawN5rd1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtOGcxWkRtY2laMVd3NHhOc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkTFEjz2oqUDfAQZx1lvVwCotQKv24QfBAWRuOlTNvRma2mSQPjCiaivrGTm_aem_ctVeh6Idmu-jDiOF8mu7bQ&brid=fYuNgpnxlYb8jWBUEhd1mQ
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The fire is out.
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The Fire Is Out
YouTube video by Audrey Bentham
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We need a new moonshot.
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We Need A New Moonshot
YouTube video by Audrey Bentham
https://youtube.com/shorts/RTrXws_3A80?feature=shared
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Earth has a fever.
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Earth Has A Fever v2
YouTube video by Audrey Bentham
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3 months ago
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In the new Locus Paula Guran recommends my story "Gehenna" from Remains #3. "A telling tale all too fitting for today."
3 months ago
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This list of recommended Halloween reading includes 3 anthologies containing my short stories.
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31 Halloween Reads for Spooky Season | FanFiAddict
Below you will find a list of 31 Halloween themed books to sink your fangs into each spooky season. From short story collections to novellas and novels, the ...
https://fanfiaddict.com/31-halloween-books-for-spooky-season/
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"The intense use of sensory detail in these tales create a Southern Gothic landscape of swamps, ruined architecture, and beat-up pickup trucks populated by backwoods characters performing a variety of blue-collar jobs (exterminators are prominently featured)." -
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"Reflections in Black," a Halloween tale from a past issue of The Dark.
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Reflections in Black - The Dark Magazine
Randall left work early again, feeling ill. Nothing definitive, a general fatigue, a general malaiseâthat was the word, although heâd never used it before. If heâd stayed in his chair another minute i...
https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/reflections-in-black/
3 months ago
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Happy Goat Horror reviews Stephen Jones' New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural vol3 including my story "Falling."
happygoathorror.com/2025/10/22/n...
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New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural: Volume 3 â edited by Stephen Jones
Back in 1971, British publisher Sphere Books issued New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural edited by David A. Sutton, one of many original paperback horror anthologies that were apâŠ
https://happygoathorror.com/2025/10/22/new-writings-in-horror-the-supernatural-volume-3-edited-by-stephen-jones/
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I love Robert Westall's work.
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Scarecrows collects the best of my writings about my native Appalachia, 2 poems and 24 short stories (including 5 never before published tales).
www.amazon.com/dp/1637891717/
âLiterary fiction examining the human condition, with an emphasis on the last chapter of life" â Weekly Wilson
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Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales
Steve Rasnic Tem grew up in Lee County Virginia, the westernmost county in the state. It was the heart of Appalachia, isolated, yet beautiful. He has said âGrowing up in that small place, it was hard ...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637891717/
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NYTimes recommends 50 books for Halloween, one for each state. BLOOD KIN is the choice for Va. âWhat starts out as the bleak tale of a young man coming home to Appalachia to care for his elderly grandmother ends as a supernatural-lashed tale of horror.â
www.nytimes.com/article/horr...
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50 Scary Books to Read for Halloween
https://www.nytimes.com/article/horror-thriller-books-halloween.html
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My 3 novels from Solaris. Deadfall Hotel & Ubo are available in ebook & paperback from the usual online retailers (Deadfall Hotel is also in audio). Blood Kin, winner of the Stoker Award, can be purchased as an ebook, although used pbs are available.
www.amazon.com/stores/Steve...
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Nightmare Abbey 9 is loose! Including my new short story "Out in the Cold."
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVX9414H
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVX9414H
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FVX9414H
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Nightmare Abbey 9
Nightmare Abbey 9 [English, Tom, Bestwick, Simon, Duffy, Steve, Grant, Helen, Tem, Steve Rasnic, Probert, John Llewellyn, Gavin, Richard, McMahon, Gary, Hughes, Rhys, Navroth, John M] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Nightmare Abbey 9
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVX9414H
4 months ago
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Paula Guran has some nice things to say about my story "The World Under" in issue 121 of The Dark.
locusmag.com/review/the-d...
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The Dark, Reactor, and Weird Horror: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran
The Dark 6/25, 7/25 Reactor 5/21/25 -7/26/25 Weird Horror Fall â25 All of the original stories in issues 121 and 122 of The Dark are worthy of note. âThe World Underâ by Steve Rasnic Tem is the firâŠ
https://locusmag.com/review/the-dark-reactor-and-weird-horror-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/
4 months ago
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Figures Unseen, my selected stories, still available from the usual online retailers or direct from the publisher.
www.valancourtbooks.com/figures-unse...
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Figures Unseen (2018)
BOOK DETAILS Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN-13: 978-1948405010 List Price: $39.99 U.S. Pages:Â 340 Published: 2018
https://www.valancourtbooks.com/figures-unseen-2018.html
4 months ago
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I highly recommend this new collection by Thomas Ha from Undertow Books. Ha is one of the most exciting writers of short fantastic fiction to come along in years.
undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...
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Uncertain Sons and Other Stories â Undertow Publications
Sept. 2025 Cover art by Ove TĂžpfer Trade paperback (284 pages) Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; ...
https://undertowpublications.com/shop/uncertain-sons
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My latest collections, still available in paperback and ebook.
www.amazon.com/Queneaus-Alp...
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Looking for some Halloween reading? Check out my short novel The Mask Shop of Doctor Blaack. Available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover formats.
www.amazon.com/Mask-Shop-Do...
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The Mask Shop of Doctor Blaack
Amazon.com: The Mask Shop of Doctor Blaack: 9780999773604: Tem, Steve Rasnic: Books
https://www.amazon.com/Mask-Shop-Doctor-Blaack/dp/0999773607/
4 months ago
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Staring into the Abyss discusses "A is for Alphabet," the lead-off story in my Queneau's Alphabet: A Story Cycle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=il1F...
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A is for Alphabet by Steve Rasnic Tem
YouTube video by Staring Into the Abyss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il1F6A5igdM
4 months ago
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For those interested in my early work, it's collected in City Fishing & Absent Company, both available as ebooks.
www.amazon.com/Absent-Compa...
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Absent Company
ABSENT COMPANY collects two of Steve Rasnic Tem's early books of ghostly, supernatural tales: the 33 stories in The Far Side of the Lake combined with his haunting exploration of the intersection of r...
https://www.amazon.com/Absent-Company-Steve-Rasnic-Tem-ebook/dp/B00MRPKTAM/
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The early 70s anthology New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural has been revived by Stephen Jones. PS Publishing will bring out an omnibus of the original volumes, along with the all new #3, including a new story by me, "Falling."
pspublishing.co.uk/new-writings...
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New Writings of the Supernatural Vol 3 [signed hardcover] edited by Stephen Jones
AN ANTHOLOGY edited by Stephen Jones PUBLICATION DATE October 2025 COVER ART by Smith Jones PAGES 336 ISBN 978-1-80394-519-4 EDITION Jacketed
https://pspublishing.co.uk/new-writings-of-the-supernatural-vol-3-signed--hardcover-edited--by-stephen-jones-6656-p.asp
4 months ago
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Check out Episode 54 of the Asimovâs Science Fiction podcast, featuring my reading of my story âIn the Forest of Mechanical Trees.â
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Douglas Hackle reviews my Figures Unseen: Selected Stories.
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Still available: QUENEAUâS ALPHABET A Story Cycle. Only $14.99 in paperback.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/queneaus-a...
"His work...will haunt your imagination and your heart in equal measure, and it both expands and defines the genre." - Weird Fiction Review
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Queneau's Alphabet|Paperback
Arnie's mother oversees Queneau's Library at the end of their street, quite a grand structure if you omit those rotting, flooded lower levels. Still, it's an interesting place to hang out with his thr...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/queneaus-alphabet-steve-rasnic-tem/1147144640
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YOURS TO TELL: Dialogues on the Art & Practice of Writing. Pb or ebook. Plot, pov, setting, characterization, and more, all in an informal tone that invites you to become part of their conversation. Learn how to find your stories because they are Yours to Tell.
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Yours to Tell: Dialogues on the Art and Practice of Writing
Yours to Tell: Dialogues on the Art and Practice of Writing [Tem, Steve Rasnic, Tem, Melanie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Yours to Tell: Dialogues on the Art and Practice of Writing
https://www.amazon.com/Yours-Tell-Dialogues-Practice-Writing/dp/1637895771/
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The 'Staring Into the Abyss' podcast talks about my story "The World Under" from The Dark.
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Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast: The World Under by Steve Rasnic Tem
Is this the sound saliors hear? Nope! It's a podcast! This week the Abyss crew take a dip into the water and discuss Steve Rasnic Tem's The World Under. As they soak in the grassy water, they chat abo...
https://staringintotheabyss.libsyn.com/the-world-under-by-steve-rasnic-tem
5 months ago
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Can't Explain reviews one of my older stories "Mother Hag." This story appears in my collection Out of the Dark: A Storybook of Horrors.
pkcantexplain.blogspot.com/2025/08/moth...
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âMother Hagâ (1987)
This story by Steve Rasnic Tem is not my usual cup of tea, but thereâs little denying how effective it is. It basically works like a fairy t...
https://pkcantexplain.blogspot.com/2025/08/mother-hag-1987.html
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