{"id":3870,"date":"2020-02-18T13:05:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T18:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2020-02-18T13:05:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T18:05:20","slug":"miscreations-is-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/miscreations-is-out-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscreations is Out Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities &amp; Other Horrors<\/em> is out today in ebook, paperback, and hardcover formats at venues such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/miscreations-doug-murano\/1135486808?ean=9781732724471&amp;fbclid=IwAR1Y_XEE0lASPNFlSD7Flu8ItLJ8mKOtPqtjx9j2TFTfOz1EkNnUMCMzZ_M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38I6R9m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>. Co-edited by Doug Murano and Michael Bailey, this anthology features new work by Josh Malerman, Theodora Goss, Ramsey Campbell, Laird Barron, Victor LaValle, Christina Sng, Lisa Morton, Max Booth III, Brian Hodge, Mercedes M. Yardley, M.E. Bronstein, Nadia Bulkin, Scott Edelman, Bracken MacLeod, R.B. Payne, Kristi DeMeester, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Michael Wehunt and Usman T. Malik. Alma Katsu, author of <em>The Hunger<\/em>, wrote the Foreword.<\/p>\n<p>My contribution to the book is a tale entitled \u201cMy Knowing Glance.\u201d It&#8217;s the sequel to my Bram Stoker Award-winning story \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightmare-magazine.com\/fiction\/magdala-amygdala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magdala Amygdala<\/a>\u201d and takes place in the same world at about the same time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just finished <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucyASnyder?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LucyASnyder<\/a>\u2019s My Knowing Glance in the collection Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities &amp; Other Horrors and WOW. One of the best cosmic horror stories I\u2019ve read in the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>Get this book!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nightworms?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nightworms<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/promotehorror?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#promotehorror<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nightwormschallenge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nightwormschallenge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/horrorfiction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#horrorfiction<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GJc1Lyylh0\">pic.twitter.com\/GJc1Lyylh0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Lovecraft \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \u2615\ufe0f\ud83d\udcaf (disgruntled edition) (@kevthulhu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevthulhu\/status\/1218617508242100225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Check out the great illustration that <a href=\"http:\/\/hagcult.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HagCult<\/a> drew for my story:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3873\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/miscreations-is-out-today\/myknowingglance\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1746,1249\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MyKnowingGlance\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;My Knowing Glance layout&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance-300x215.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance-1024x733.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"My Knowing Glance layout\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance-1536x1099.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MyKnowingGlance.jpg 1746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>What happens when we make monsters? What happens when we make monsters of ourselves? Grotesque beings lurch from our darkest dreams. Vicious beasts stalk our twisted pasts. Lost souls haunt our deepest regrets. They are the blood on our hands. They are the obsessions in our heads. They are the vengeance in our hearts. They are Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities &amp; Other Horrors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities &amp; Other Horrors is out today in ebook, paperback, and hardcover formats at venues such as Barnes &amp; Noble and Amazon. Co-edited <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/miscreations-is-out-today\/\" title=\"Miscreations is Out Today\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[156],"tags":[145,139,9],"class_list":["post-3870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-books","tag-anthology","tag-cosmic-horror","tag-horror"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Miscreations.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qT6f-10q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6866,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/omniumgatherumparty\/","url_meta":{"origin":3870,"position":0},"title":"Forthcoming Anthologies and an Online Book Launch Tomorrow Night","author":"Lucy A. 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To view the event during\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;publishing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"publishing","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/category\/publishing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Release Party graphic","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EntomophobiaReleaseDay.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EntomophobiaReleaseDay.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EntomophobiaReleaseDay.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EntomophobiaReleaseDay.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EntomophobiaReleaseDay.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2421,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/tales-from-the-lake-vol-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":3870,"position":1},"title":"Tales From the Lake Vol. 5","author":"Lucy A. 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You can download the anthology for free at Google Play.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;publishing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"publishing","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/category\/publishing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NightfireAudio_Anthology_Twitter.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NightfireAudio_Anthology_Twitter.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NightfireAudio_Anthology_Twitter.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NightfireAudio_Anthology_Twitter.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8151,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/that-which-cannot-be-undone\/","url_meta":{"origin":3870,"position":3},"title":"That Which Cannot Be Undone","author":"Lucy A. 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Here\u2019s the Table of Contents: \u201cSomewhere Between\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Books&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Books","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/category\/my-books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/chiralmad4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/chiralmad4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/chiralmad4.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/chiralmad4.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/chiralmad4.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/chiralmad4.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3870"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3880,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870\/revisions\/3880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}