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Month: August 2014

Anime Review: Psycho-Pass

August 23, 2014August 23, 2014 Laura MauroLeave a comment

They say there's nothing new under the sun, and Psycho-Pass is not shy about wearing its influences on its sleeve. Unabashedly namechecking Philip K Dick and William Gibson (among other notable writers and philosophers - this show does love a good intellectual shout-out) Psycho-Pass reads like a mix of Minority Report, Brazil and Ghost in… Continue reading Anime Review: Psycho-Pass

Looking back on Loncon3

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 Laura Mauro2 Comments

As you'll likely be aware, Loncon was my first ever con, and I really went in at the deep end - it's a big con with a huge attendance, and there I was sitting on panels with no real idea of what exactly I should be doing. But my logic can be boiled down to 'if… Continue reading Looking back on Loncon3

Where to find me at Loncon

August 13, 2014 Laura MauroLeave a comment

I'll be around and about at Loncon this weekend. Apart from MCM Comic Con, this will be my first 'proper' con and I am appropriately nervous, so if you do happen to spot me in the crowd and I'm looking like a rabbit in headlights, I assure you it's perfectly safe to say hello - I… Continue reading Where to find me at Loncon

“When Charlie Sleeps” gets artwork

August 4, 2014 Laura Mauro2 Comments

This fantastic image of Charlie's bathroom lair is courtesy of the splendid Iain Maynard (whose art you can find here)It's quite a spooky feeling to see something like this depicted so close to the image I had in my head - almost like someone's had a peek inside your brain and doodled what they saw.… Continue reading “When Charlie Sleeps” gets artwork

Sometimes People Say Nice Things:

“Mauro has a lot of literary knack on top of her weird fiction capacities making her stories well formed, beautiful, sometimes scary and always strange. The strangeness is magical as a reader because it deliberately alters your perception, rendering you more curious and open to what a story has to say.” – Gemma Webster, Fiction Unbound

“Mauro distorts quaint divides between the inhuman and the human too; often a source of deep anxiety, but also of curiosity about ourselves unexpectedly exposed as alien, as always having been alien.” – Rowan Fortune, Medium.com

“Sing Your Sadness Deep, will have you running through every emotion, from joy to despair, from warmth to revulsion, with its transcendent look at the human condition.” – Ginger Nuts of Horror

“Personally, I think that love and acceptance take the center stage in many of the stories that Mauro writes. Mauro weaves love through the horror of many of the stories which such ease which says a lot about her as a writer.” – Toni the Reader

“It’s easy enough to state that the debut collection by Laura Mauro, Sing Your Sadness Deep (Undertow), is a work of fine and accomplished writing, as near to flawless in its execution as you might wish for. Her language is evocative but clear; her characterisation is compelling.” – Grey Dog Tales

“With its well-honed prose, this collection shows us a writer who is focused intimately on the seams in a naturalistic present through which otherworldly pains—and a few pleasures—leak.” – Locus Magazine

Recent Posts

  • On The Shoulders of Otava
  • “Sing Your Sadness Deep” and “The Pain-Eater’s Daughter” nominated for British Fantasy Awards
  • Sing Your Sadness Deep reviewed in Japan
  • Writing the Weird at Cymera 2020
  • Ptichka, read by Daniel Pietersen

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