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Eric J. Guignard is a writer and anthologist of dark and speculative fiction, operating from the shadowy outskirts of Los Angeles, where he also runs the small press Dark Moon Books. He’s twice won the Bram Stoker Award, won the Shirley Jackson Award, and been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and International Thriller Writers Award.

He has over 150 stories appearing in publications around the world and has edited and published thirteen anthologies, such as A World of Horror and Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World, each a showcase of international horror short fiction.

He currently publishes the acclaimed series of author primers created to champion modern masters of the dark and macabre, Exploring Dark Short Fiction. He is also publisher and acquisitions editor for the renowned +Horror Library+ anthology series. Formerly, he was curator of the series The Horror Writers Association Presents: Haunted Library of Horror Classics through SourceBooks with co-editor Leslie S. Klinger.

His latest books are A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters (his second fiction collection through Cemetery Dance), and also the upcoming anthology Scaring and Daring (HarperCollins). His next novel Wrecked, Yet Sent Forth is under consideration (and hopefully forthcoming!).