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Welcome. Thanks for stopping by.
It’s my hope this web page will serve as easy access to my published work. I'm currently focusing my energy on screenwriting, so if you don't see much new poetry or fiction here it either means:
a) I'm hard at work on my latest cinematic masterpiece, or
b) I'm playing way too much Xbox.
Obligatory caution -- some of these pages or the links within may contain language or images intended for mature audiences. Caveat surfer - let the browser beware.
Feel free to drop me a line for comments, etc. Okay, enjoy . . .
What's New?
1/9/10 - Finished in
4th place in the2009-2010 Dark Idol contest. Click on the link for more info and to
vote for remaining contestants.
11/2/09 -- With fond memories of the Austin Film Festival and Halloween 09,
it's time to get back to work:
1) The thank-God-it's-brief poem "Licking a Public Restroom
Floor" is now available at Chizine.com
2) I'm in the Dark Idol 2009 contest -- think of American Idol-style
elimination rounds, but for horror writers. Visit the website and vote for my story "Seconds
Before the Collision" (and tell all your friends to do so too). Please, at
least vote me forward to the "write a horror story based on your favorite Celine Deon
song" round ...
3) The poem "Eternity's Basement" will be published in the House of Horror Best of 09 anthology. CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Reviews & Awards for:
| The Little Room Above:
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Slasher :
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Stagnant:
"The Third List": [S]imply
masterful. Each time the reader thinks he knows what's happening, Minier spins his plot
elegantly sideways, leading us somewhere new but equally compelling ... The Third List is
wonderfully descriptive
and effectively gruesome and eerie to boot, making it a pitch-perfect dark holiday fable.
A+ |
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| "Be Thee Like Children":
“The
most thought-provoking offering in the issue… Minier takes a hard look at society's
obsession with the pureness and innocence of babies and our equation of youth with
purity… the unexpected ending lobs an extra level of surrealism onto this grim
tale.” –
Suzanne Church, Tangent Short Fiction Review |
"Stuck":
The unlucky central
character of Sam Minier's "Stuck" is plagued by nocturnal regrets and unhappy
replays of her life. Those are traps in themsevles, but there's a physical one to
exacerbate matters, and her escape proves more hideous than her plight. --Grand Master of Horror Ramsey Campbell
"Stuck": a particularly well-written piece, subtle and heart- wrenching, even to the bloody end. --Nickolas Cook, HELLNOTES.COM
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"Be Thee Like Children":
...started off like it was going to be one of those Alzheimer's stories that I've certainly had more than enough of, but then it zags when I expect a zig … this story is funny and gross and horrifying… the ending is disturbing and fitting - Minier straddles well the line of humor and horror. I found this the best story of the issue.” -- LiveJournal review |
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| "Behind the Walls":
This is good stuff .... It deals with abuse and dysfunctionality, it deals with children and wonder, it deals with blood and horrific things. I liked it, but it wasn’t a pleasant read. Not all good fiction is... Rating: 8 anonymous stars out of 10. -- Anonymous review at theanonreader.wordpress.com |
"Treats": Another
of my favorites [from Read by Dawn 3] ... In this surreal story Minier
presents us with a macabre trick or treating ritual. Extremely disconcerting and
nightmarish, you’ll definitely be asking for seconds when you’re finished with
“Treats.” -- Fatally-Yours.com review
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This is not a pleasant story, but neither is it trite nor shallow; Minier handles his difficult subject matter well and succeeds in creating characters who feel like a real family—dysfunctional but trying to be loving, too, and struggling to make life work. -- Alex Dally Macfarlane, The Fix Short Fiction Review |
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| “Game of
Friends” |
“The Stone (Lowlnthorne)”: Nominated for the Science Fiction Poetry Association’s Rhysling Award (2001) |
“Golden Shimmering” |
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| Honorable
Mentions in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: "Quiet Flickings, Milky Darkness", Vol. 14 "Figment and Other Bedtime Friends", Vol. 15 "Fair Day", Vol. 19 |
“Lords” |
"No matter how piercing and appalling his insights, the desolation creeping over his outer world, the lurid lights and shadows of his inner world, the writer must live with hope, work in faith." - J.B. Priestley
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