Lorna Wood

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Lorna Wood was raised in Oberlin, OH by a composer and an art historian. She received degrees in violin performance and English from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in English from Yale University. After graduate school, she was an instructor for six years at Auburn University. In addition to Family Values, Lorna has writing appearing or forthcoming in cc&d, 34 Orchard, Lucky Jefferson (365), North of Oxford, Coffin Bell, DASH, Doubleback Review, Alternative Bedtime Stories (B Cubed Press), Daikaijuzine, Online Writing Tips (co-winner, third prize, 2019 fiction contest), Litro (USA) Lab, Courtship of Winds, Brave New Word, M58, Scarlet Leaf Review, NoSleep Podcast, Canyons of the Damned, Poetry South (2018 Pushcart Prize nominee), Five:2:One (#thesideshow), Poetry WTF?!, Jerry Jazz Musician (finalist, 2017 fiction contest), Unstitched States, Mysterical-E, Wild Violet, Cacti Fur, Every Writer, and the following anthologies: A Monster Told Me Bedtime Stories (Soteira Press), Escape Wheel (Great Weather for MEDIA), Horror USA: California (Soteira Press), What We Talk About When We Talk About It (Darkhouse), Leaves of Loquat V (second prize, 2018 Loquat Literary Festival contest), Luminous Echoes (poems shortlisted for Into the Void's 2016 contest), and Dark Magic (Owl Hollow Press), among others. In 2019 she was long-listed for the Erbacce Prize; in 2016 she was a finalist in the Neoverse Short Story Competition and the Valus' Sigil contest at Sharkpack Poetry Review. Her poetry has been favorably reviewed on New Pages (15 Dec. 2016). Lorna has published scholarly essays on the American Renaissance and children's literature, and Lolita, and she is currently Senior Editor of Gemini Magazine.

Lorna's son, William Wehrs, wrote Five Scary Adventures in Playtime (illustrated by Lorna and now on Kindle) for his art class when he was eight. William is currently working towards a master's degree in education at Lehigh University. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a B.A. from Ursinus College, where he majored in history and minored in film studies. His essay on film music appears in the Palgrave Handbook of Affect Studies and Textual Criticism, and his honors thesis, "Rape Culture: Tools of Oppression," and Summer Fellows paper, "The Rise of Political Factions in the United States: 1789-1785," are available at https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu.

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HORROR USA: CALIFORNIA: AN ANTHOLOGY OF HORROR FROM THE GOLDEN STATE Dec 13, 2019

by SOTEIRA PRESS , Jean Anker , Gabriel Grobler , R. C. Bowman

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From the publisher of the #1 bestselling THE MONSTERS WE FORGOT anthology series comes a gargantuan 200,000-word collection of unforgettable horror stories straight from the Golden State.

Most monsters hide in darkness. Ours don’t have to.

Do you know how to summon the stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age?
Would you like to know the truth behind California’s devastating wildfires?
Or why that famous actress stopped making movies?
Ever heard about the ancient horror that that creeps—and feeds—through the canals of the Central Valley?
Want to know what’s really going on at that abandoned theme park in the San Bernardino Mountains?
How about the cursed roads of the High Desert?
Or why all the pets in town are missing?

Twins with godlike powers…
A breathtaking mural that hides a horrific secret…
Bioengineered abominations prowling the rail lines…
Cursed films…
Possessed sports cars…
Beautiful demons…
Immortal movie stars…

These are just some of the horrors you’ll encounter in the Golden State, where the sun always shines… and sometimes blinds.

We have it all: enchanting forests to the north, dazzling deserts in the south, beaches, mountains, movies, music, and so much more. Our beauty will bewitch you, our glamour will excite you… and our horrors will forever haunt you.

The 51-book HORROR USA series is an ambitious project that highlights the unique monsters, legends, and stories found in each of the United States. HORROR USA - CALIFORNIA is the first book in the series.

Lock the doors, turn on the lights, and settle in – it’s time to learn the true meaning of terror, California-style.

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Dark Magic: Witches, Hackers, & Robots Oct 15, 2016

by Kayla Bashe , Derrick Boden , George Brewington , Daniel Carpenter , David Castlewitz , Dantzel Cherry , Sara Codair , Preston Dennett , Emma Nelson , Hannah Stiles Smith

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Magic is described as science we do not understand and illusions as tricks of controlling audience perspective. Black hat or white hat, good or evil, witches, hackers, and robots work types of magic a little beyond our day-to-day comprehension. And what is more exciting than the inexplicable? DARK MAGIC is all around us. Join us for a thrilling ride.

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Family Values Dec 10, 2013

by Lorna Wood

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Instead of enjoying a well deserved retirement, Professor Edward Bennett finds his life disrupted by his gay son's impending nuptials, his straight daughter's dissolving marriage, and his activist wife's insistence that he march in the Endersburg Gay Pride parade. The struggle between these irresistible forces and the immoveable professor erupts in a hilarious satirical romp through millennial culture, from self-help to fundamentalist Christianity, from academic posturing to camp, and ultimately from isolation to love and community.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About It (Riff Book 3) Feb 1, 2020

by Susannah Carlson , Shelley Valdez , Winter Ross , Kate Hodges , Susan Miller , James Penha , Ivan Faute , Jackie Craven , Timothy O'Leary , Flo Golod

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What is love, anyhow? You can love your partner, your friend, your country, your dog, cat, rat, your local library, your family, yourself. You can love money, liquor, food, wilderness, or the dive bar on the corner. What does love make people do? What will people give for it? What will they steal?

What We Talk About When We Talk About It is a literary exploration of the myriad faces of this powerful four-letter word.

Poetry and prose by:
Kelly Magee, Sage, MeeRee Orlandini, Erika Rasmussen, Anonymous, Woody Woodger, Lisa Dordal, Lawdenmarc Decamora, Lisa López Smith, Richard Weems, Lorna Wood, Sharon L. Charde, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Kacie Berghoef, Mel Carlson, Amanda Moore, Shelley Valdez, Jenn Richter, J. White, Claire Hawkins, Ali Abbas, Sean Finucane Toner, Emily Rapp Black, Isabelle Jia, Jackie Craven, Winter Ross, Marian Armstrong Rogers, Rebecca Pilling, Susan Cummins Miller, Thomas Kearnes, Kate Hodges, Laura Lee Washburn, James Penha, Timothy O’Leary, Evan Balkan, D. Dina Friedman, Kate Larsen, Susannah Carlson, Carly Gates, Beth Konkoski, Sarah Russell, Bill Stenson, Alison Stone, Pamela Balluck, Daniel Loring Keating, Flo Golod, Ivan Faute, Melanie Bell

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Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: Omnibus 8 Nov 11, 2018

by Daniel Arthur Smith , Will Swardstrom , Philip Harris , Jeff Bowles , Ernie Howard , Desmond Warzel , Hunter C. Eden , David Alan Jones , Robert Jeschonek , Lorna Wood

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This Eighth Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned is loaded with thirteen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from eleven of today’s top speculative fiction writers.

Catch and Release by Hunter C. Eden
15 Things You Need to Know About Visiting the Spirit Realm by Philip Harris
A Peaceful Life I’ve Never Known by Jeff Bowles
Bus Stop by Ernie Howard
Moroccan Fringe by Daniel Arthur Smith
Human Wheels Spin Round and Round by Desmond Warzel
Birds of a Feather by Lorna Wood
SNAFU64 by David Alan Jones
Room C by Daniel Arthur Smith
Trick or Treat in Hell by Robert Jeschonek
Trick or Treat by Michael Anthony Lee
One Last Trip around the Block by Will Swardstrom
By the Light of the Full Earth by Daniel Arthur Smith

Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror and Amazon's Electric Dreams in the short story format. And it's a bargain. Each monthly issue has three-to-five sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales from today's top speculative fiction writers.

These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

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Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 27 Oct 6, 2018

by Daniel Arthur Smith , Desmond Warzel , Lorna Wood , David Alan Jones

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This twenty-seventh issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of four sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories—each from a different featured master of speculative fiction.

Human Wheels Spin Round and Round by Desmond Warzel
Birds of a Feather by Lorna Wood
SNAFU64 by David Alan Jones
Room C by Daniel Arthur Smith

Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror and Amazon's Electric Dreams in the short story format. And it's a bargain. Each monthly issue has three-to-five sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales from today's top speculative fiction writers.
These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

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The Palgrave Handbook of Affect Studies and Textual Criticism Dec 1, 2017

by Donald R. Wehrs , Thomas Blake

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This volume provides a comprehensive account of how scholarship on affect and scholarship on texts have come to inform one another over the past few decades. The result has been that explorations of how texts address, elicit, shape, and dramatize affect have become central to contemporary work in literary, film, and art criticism, as well as in critical theory, rhetoric, performance studies, and aesthetics. Guiding readers to the variety of topics, themes, interdisciplinary dialogues, and sub-disciplinary specialties that the study of interplay between affect and texts has either inaugurated or revitalized, the handbook showcases and engages the diversity of scholarly topics, approaches, and projects that thinking of affect in relation to texts and related media open up or enable. These include (but are not limited to) investigations of what attention to affect brings to established methods of studying texts—in terms of period, genre, cultural contexts, rhetoric, and individual authorship.

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