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On The Shoulders of Otava

On The Shoulders of Otava

December 1, 2020 Laura Mauro2 Comments

December heralds the release of my second novella, On The Shoulders of Otava. I'm extremely grateful to PS Publishing and Marie O'Regan, managing editor of the Absinthe Books imprint, for giving On The Shoulders of Otava such a good home. Finnish folklore and mythology is a particular interest of mine, and it's really exciting to… Continue reading On The Shoulders of Otava

More Exciting Times…

July 9, 2018 Laura MauroLeave a comment

Following the shortlisting of my short story 'Sun Dogs' for the Shirley Jackson Awards, I have been informed of the exciting (and slightly terrifying!) news that my work has been nominated for not one, but two British Fantasy Awards. My short story 'Looking for Laika', which appeared in Interzone #273, has been nominated in the… Continue reading More Exciting Times…

Naming The Bones is here…

June 28, 2017 Laura MauroLeave a comment

My debut novella Naming The Bones is now available for purchase over on Amazon. Hooray! As I mentioned a few days ago, Dark Minds Press are holding an official launch for Naming The Bones (alongside Mark West's new collection Things We Leave Behind) at Edge-Lit on Saturday 15th July, and you can also pick the… Continue reading Naming The Bones is here…

Cover reveal for Naming The Bones

March 20, 2017 Laura Mauro1 Comment

Is there anything more exciting than the moment your book becomes Really Real? Peter Frain has done an incredible job on the cover, which draws heavily on motifs from the story. And Ray Cluley has very kindly provided a highly complimentary cover quote. "Naming The Bones" is due to be published in July by Dark… Continue reading Cover reveal for Naming The Bones

Naming The Bones

December 6, 2016 Laura MauroLeave a comment

I've already crowed about this all over social media so do forgive me for continuing my crowing over here too. But! It's big news for me. Indulge me a little longer. My debut novella 'Naming The Bones' has been picked up by Dark Minds Press as part of their novella series, alongside a quartet of… Continue reading Naming The Bones

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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