"Snyder's work is vibrant and resonant and superbly measured ... Short, sharp, and sometimes slightly shocking, (her) fiction is always memorable." &ndash ChiZine

About Sparks and Shadows

This debut collection of seventeen short stories, seven poems and four humor essays from Lucy A. Snyder will appeal to any reader of the dark fantastic. By turns touching, chilling, surreal, wryly satiric, seductive, macabre and laugh-out-loud funny, this book will take you from adventures in the farthest reaches of outer space to the darkest shadows beneath the surface of modern America.

"It's a bacchanalia in there. And I must tell you: you may never find your way out again."
— Nalo Hopkinson, from her introduction

"(T)he stories in Sparks and Shadows weave a spell that'll prove hard to shake. It really is a bacchanalia in there, and you just might find you don't want to turn the last page. Nicely presented as a limited edition from HW Press with a distinctive Deena Warner cover, this volume belongs in any serious dark fantasy collection." (read more)
ChiZine

"(T)his has to be, hands down, the best collection I've read since Joe Hill's 20th Century Ghosts. ... Lucy Snyder means business, people. She is here to kick ass and take names." (read more)
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Sparks and Shadows
written by Lucy A. Snyder
introduction by Nalo Hopkinson
cover art by Deena Warner
Trade Paperback
Limited to 300 copies
Signed by Snyder and Hopkinson
HW Press · 356 Pages
ISBN: 978-0-9792346-1-3
May 2007 · $18.95

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"(N)o matter what kind of story you like – romantic, creepy, scary, devilishly clever, or packed with fantastic adventure – you'll find something in this book that will seem written just for you." (read more)
FearZone

"Lucy A. Snyder write(s) truly intelligent horror that is both witty and political ... whether you are looking for dark fantasy or horror or just something to tickle your funny bone, I recommend you pick up a copy." (read more)
The Green Man Review

"The short stories and poems in Lucy Snyder's debut collection range from dark to very dark to sexy to hopeful, often with a wry twist of humor ... Highly recommended for lovers of the creepy and twisted." (read more)
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About Lucy A. Snyder

Lucy A. Snyder is also the author of Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Strange Horizons, Farthing, Weird Tales, Doctor Who Short Trips: Destination Prague, Chiaroscuro, Full Unit Hookup, and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.

If genres were wall-building nations, Lucy's stories would be forging passports, jumping fences, swimming rivers and dodging bullets. You can learn more about her at www.lucysnyder.com.

About HW Press

HW Press is the print publishing arm of the Horror World website, which features news and reviews of the best in dark fiction. Other titles published by HW Press include Laughing Boy's Shadow by Steven Saville and the Eulogies anthology. The press is owned and operated by Nanci Kalanta.