short fiction – Lucy A. Snyder

Halloween Season

July 23, 2020 Lucy A. Snyder 1

Halloween Season is my 4th book with Raw Dog Screaming Press, and my 10th short story collection overall. I created it for readers who told […]

The Dystopian States of America

March 5, 2020 Lucy A. Snyder 0

My story “Abandonment Option” was just published in The Dystopian States of America, a charity anthology benefiting the ACLU Foundation. Edited by Matt Bechtel, the […]

Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors

November 14, 2019 Lucy A. Snyder 0

My story “My Knowing Glance” will be in the forthcoming Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors anthology from Written Backwards. Co-edited by Doug Murano and […]

American Gothic Short Stories

June 6, 2019 Lucy A. Snyder 0

My story “Approaching Lavender” will be in the forthcoming American Gothic Short Stories anthology from Flame Tree Publishing. Other featured authors include Terri Bruce, Ramsey […]

The covers to Garden of Eldritch Delights and Chiral Mad 4

Garden of Eldritch Delights and Chiral Mad 4 Nominated for Shirley Jackson Awards

May 30, 2019 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Two of my books have been nominated for Shirley Jackson Awards this year! Garden of Eldritch Delights has been nominated in the Single-Author Collection Category, […]

What October Brings: A Lovecraftian Celebration of Halloween

September 18, 2018 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Celeano Press just released What October Brings: A Lovecraftian Celebration of Halloween. The anthology features fiction by me, Storm Constantine, Arinn Dembo, Cody Goodfellow, Nancy Holder, Brian […]

Hath No Fury

August 23, 2018 Lucy A. Snyder 0

My story “A Hero of Grünjord” was published today in Outland Entertainment’s new anthology Hath No Fury. The book was edited by Melanie R. Meadors and features a […]

Recitatif

July 28, 2018 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Recitatif is the French word for recitative, which is a type of spoken performance that’s a combination of regular speech and singing, similar to the […]

The Call of Cthulhu

April 5, 2018 Lucy A. Snyder 0

“The Call of Cthulhu” is probably H.P. Lovecraft’s most enduring and influential story. It’s been reprinted and borrowed from and adapted in thousands of ways since its […]

More Advice to Beginning Writers

April 4, 2018 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Several years ago, I posted some advice to beginning fiction writers. I still field regular queries from aspiring writers. Lately, the questions I’ve received have fallen […]

The Yellow Wallpaper

March 12, 2018 Lucy A. Snyder 2

The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a brilliant 1892 story that presents the first-person chronicle of a woman in a stifling marriage driven […]

Rappaccini’s Daughter

March 12, 2018 Lucy A. Snyder 1

The classic Nathaniel Hawthorne tale “Rappaccini’s Daughter” tells the story of a young man named Giovanni who moves to Padua to be a university student. […]