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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

Nightmare Abbey 9 is loose! Including my new short story "Out in the Cold."
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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 โ€™25 All of the original stories in issues 121 and 122 of The Dark are worthy of note. โ€œThe World Underโ€ by Steve Rasnic Tem is the firโ€ฆ

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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Figures Unseen (2018) BOOK DETAILS Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN-13: 978-1948405010 List Price: $39.99 U.S. Pages:ย 340 Published: 2018

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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Uncertain Sons and Other Stories โ€” Undertow Publications Sept. 2025 Cover art by Ove Tรธpfer Trade paperback (284 pages) Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; ...

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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My latest collections, still available in paperback and ebook. www.amazon.com/Queneaus-Alp...

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The Mask Shop of Doctor Blaack Amazon.com: The Mask Shop of Doctor Blaack: 9780999773604: Tem, Steve Rasnic: Books

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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Queneau's Alphabet Amazon.com: Queneau's Alphabet: 9781637892619: Tem, Steve Rasnic: Books

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A is for Alphabet by Steve Rasnic Tem
YouTube video by Staring Into the Abyss A is for Alphabet by Steve Rasnic Tem

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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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...

For those interested in my early work, it's collected in City Fishing & Absent Company, both available as ebooks. www.amazon.com/Absent-Compa... www.amazon.com/City-Fishing...

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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

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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Check out Episode 54 of the Asimovโ€™s Science Fiction podcast, featuring my reading of my story โ€œIn the Forest of Mechanical Trees.โ€

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Douglas Hackle reviews my Figures Unseen: Selected Stories.

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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...

Still available: QUENEAUโ€™S 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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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

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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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...

The 'Staring Into the Abyss' podcast talks about my story "The World Under" from The Dark. staringintotheabyss.libsyn.com/the-world-un...

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Out of the Dark: A Storybook of Horrors Out of the Dark: A Storybook of Horrors - 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 Out of the Dark: A Storybook of Horrors.

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โ€œMother Hagโ€ (1987) This story by Steve Rasnic Tem is not my usual cup of tea, but thereโ€™s little denying how effective it is. It basically works like a fairy t...

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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With Teeth โ€“ Brian Keene 

What Stalks the Deep - T. Kingfisher 

Endurance โ€“ Jack Kilborn 

Beneath โ€“ Kristi DeMeester

The Gate - Jason Brant 

Dagon โ€“ Fred Chappell

The Red Church โ€“ Scott Nicholson

Blood Kin โ€“ Steve Rasnic Tem 

The Farm โ€“ Scott Nicholson

John the Balladeer โ€“ Manly Wade Wellman

Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales -Steve Rasnic Tem

Appalachian Horror โ€“ Bo Chappell

Legends of the Mountain -Michael Knost

With Teeth โ€“ Brian Keene What Stalks the Deep - T. Kingfisher Endurance โ€“ Jack Kilborn Beneath โ€“ Kristi DeMeester The Gate - Jason Brant Dagon โ€“ Fred Chappell The Red Church โ€“ Scott Nicholson Blood Kin โ€“ Steve Rasnic Tem The Farm โ€“ Scott Nicholson John the Balladeer โ€“ Manly Wade Wellman Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales -Steve Rasnic Tem Appalachian Horror โ€“ Bo Chappell Legends of the Mountain -Michael Knost

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I feel both of those things, often on the same day. Both tell me I should just keep writing.

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Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales [Tem, Steve Rasnic] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales

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For a taste of the range of stories youโ€™ll find in my collection Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales, check out these 2 tales reprinted at The Dark. www.thedarkmagazine.com/sundown-in-d...
www.thedarkmagazine.com/old-crow/

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