by Lucy A. Snyder | Nov 2, 2016 | Horror World Library
(Go back to read Part 1) Ultimately, I realized that the only way I could find answers to my questions was by trying the MFA program to see how things went. I applied to Goddard with an unabashedly genre piece of fiction: my short story “Magdala Amygdala,” which won...
by Lucy A. Snyder | Nov 2, 2016 | Columns
(Read Part 1) As a working writer, I knew I was in a very different place than most prospective MFA students. Some students enroll in creative writing programs in order to have the freedom to discover who they are as writers; I already had a well-established writing...
by Lucy A. Snyder | Nov 2, 2016 | Columns
People have been asking me about my experiences in Goddard College’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, so I thought I would do a series of blog posts on the subject. I have been writing for publication for over 20 years. I started pursuing my...
by Lucy A. Snyder | Oct 23, 2016 | Columns, Horror World News
On October 17th, Jolly Fish Press announced that it has ceased book production and will stop doing business entirely at the end of the month. JFP was a trade fiction and nonfiction publisher founded in 2012. Some of their horror/dark fantasy authors included L.K....
by Lucy A. Snyder | Oct 16, 2016 | Columns
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation: Vol. 1: The Pox Party tells the story of Octavian, a young slave boy who’s a living experiment conducted by the Novanglian College of Lucidity. Octavian’s life as an experiment began when the head of the...