John Claude Smith has had three collections and two novels published, along with tales and/or poems in Vastarien, Pluto in Furs, and many more magazines and anthologies. His debut novel, Riding the Centipede, was a Bram Stoker Award Finalist. He is presently shopping two novels—one weird horror, one a non-traditional spin on vampires and werewolves—and an apocalyptic, music-based horror novella, while putting together a short story collection and a poetry collection. Busy is good. Reissues of his OOP earlier books are in process as he types this sentence.
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He splits his time between the East Bay across from San Francisco, and Rome, Italy, where his heart resides always.