Lucy A. Snyder

This page gives you a quick look at my publications highlights; the lists of my short fiction and nonfiction are considerably abbreviated. If you seek a complete publication history, please view my full bibliography.

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Novels

Spellbent. Del Rey, December 2009. A dark urban fantasy. Nominated for the 2010 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel.

Liens Infernaux. Eclipse, February 2011. A French edition of Spellbent translated by Noé Le Blanc.

Опасная магия. Azbooka, December 2011. A Russian language hardcover edition of Spellbent translated by Irina Kolesnikova.

Shotgun Sorceress. Del Rey, October 2010. The sequel to Spellbent.

Le Baiser de la Sorcière. Eclipse, September 2011. A French edition of Shotgun Sorceress translated by Noé Le Blanc.

Switchblade Goddess. Del Rey, December 2011. The third book in the Spellbent series.

Novellas

A Glimpse of Darkness. Del Rey, December 2010. An urban fantasy co-written with Lara Adrian, Harry Connolly, Kelly Meding, and Stacia Kane.

Collections

Chimeric Machines. CGP, March 2009. Introduction by Tom Piccirilli. A collection of 36 poems. Winner of the 2009 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry

Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. CGP, October 2007. A trade paperback collection of 12 humor stories about computers and the forces of evil.

Sparks and Shadows. First published by HW Press, May 2007. Introduction by Nalo Hopkinson. A trade paperback collection of 17 cross-genre stories and 7 poems. Winner of the 2008 Editors' Choice Black Quill Award for Best Dark Genre Collection
Reprinted by CGP, May 2010. Introduction by Christopher Golden.

Short Fiction

"Magdala Amygdala" – Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 5 (forthcoming).
First published in Dark Faith: Invocations, Apex Book Company, October 2012.
Nominated for the 2012 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction.

"Miz Ruthie Pays Her Respects" – Dark Faith, Apex Book Company, May 2010.

"However ...." (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Hellbound Hearts, Pocket Books, September 2009. Honorable mention, Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 2

"A Preference For Silence" – Escape Pod, March 31, 2009. First published in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #5, November 1999.

"Faery Cats: The Cutest Killers" – PodCastle, March 20, 2009. First published at Strange Horizons, February 27, 2006.

"Podophyllum sidhe" – A Field Guide to Surreal Botany, Two Cranes Press, July 2008.

"The Cold Gallery" – Legends of the Mountain State 2, Woodland Press, October 2008.

"Wake Up Naked Monkey You're Going To Die" – Horror World, March 2007. Reprinted in Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. Honorable mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008 (#21)

"Fable Fusion" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Doctor Who Short Trips: Destination Prague, Big Finish Productions Ltd., June 2007.

"The Great VüDü Teen Linux Zombie Massacree" – Spacesuits and Sixguns, Spring 2007.

"Sara and the Telecats" – Farthing #4, September 2006.

"The Sheets Were Clean And Dry" – Masques V, Gauntlet Press, June 2006.

"Your Corporate Network and the Forces of Darkness" – Strange Horizons, June 20, 2005. Podcast at Escape Pod November 2005.

"Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User's Notes" – Strange Horizons, April 5, 2004. Honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 18

"Homecoming" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – The Further Adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess, Ace Books, September 2001.

"Through Thy Bounty" – The Midnighters' Club anthology, June 2001. Reprinted in Apex Online in 2008. Honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 15.

"Souls To Take" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Villains Victorious, DAW Books, April 2001.

"... Next on Channel 77" – Guardian Angels, Cumberland House Publishing, November 2000.

"News From The Long Mountains" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Civil War Fantastic, DAW Books, July 2000.

"The Still-Life Drama of Passing Cars" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Bedtime Stories To Darken Your Dreams, IFD Publishing, May 1999. Honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 13

Poetry

"Recreation" – A Sea of Alone: Poems for Alfred Hitchcock, Dark Scribe Press, July 2011.

"Beggars' Night" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Halloween: New Poems, Cemetery Dance Publications, May 2010.

"Fright-Night Triple Feature" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Halloween: New Poems, Cemetery Dance Publications, May 2010.

"Internal Combustion" – Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine Issue 5, Winter 2009.

"Home for the Holidays" – Weird Tales, Fall 2009.

"Subtlety" – Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine, Spring 2008.

"Uncanny Valley Girl" – Raven Electrick, November 30, 2007.

"Flyboy" – Strange Horizons, April 30, 2007.

"Sympathy" – Strange Horizons, November 2006.

"Trepanation" – Strange Horizons, July 2006.

"The Monster Between The Sparks" (previously titled "Dark Matter") – Chiaroscuro, January 2002.

"White" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #8, May 2001.

"Photograph of a Lady, Circa 1890" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #7, October 2000.

"Permian Basin Blues" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #7, October 2000.

Nonfiction/Essays

"Interview With Ursula K. Le Guin" – The Writers' Workshop of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Seventh Star Press, 2013. (forthcoming)

"Networking At Conventions" – Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction, Headline Books, May 2011.

"Introduction" – Mountain Magic: Spellbinding Tales of Appalachia, Woodland Press, October 2010.

"It's All Part of the Fun: An Interview With Clive Barker" – Writers Workshop of Horror, Woodland Press, August 2009.

"Art and the Artist: An Interview With Clive Barker" – Strange Horizons, March 16, 2009.

Various articles for Electronic Products, May 2006 - October 2008.

Various columns for Horror World, May 2006 - present.

Various entries in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005: "Asia", "Future Wars", "Intelligence", "Miniaturization", "Dark Fantasy", "Birds", "Curses", "Plants"

"Finding or Creating a Writers' Workshop Group" – Brady Magazine, November/December 2003.

"California Noir: The Salton Sea" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, November, 2003.

"Ocean" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #6, May 2000.

"A Chat With William Peter Blatty", Dark Planet Webzine, August 1999.

"A Conversation With Neil Gaiman", SF Site, February 1999.