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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 Rock Band.
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?
6/30/09 - Just received word my story "Reflecting House" will be reprinted in The Three-Lobed Burning Eye Annual, Vol. IV. Click on the cover to order:
Also, the poem "Licking a Public Restroom Floor" is slated to go online at Chizine.com in October. Forewarning: the poem is quite short, but come on ... with a title like that, do you really want a dissertation???
Reviews & Awards for:
| The Little Room Above:
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"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
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"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": “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
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"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 | "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 |
“Game of
Friends” |
"Behind the Walls": 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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| “Slasher” |
“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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