Mark Samuels

Infobox Writer
name = Mark Samuels


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occupation = Writer
nationality = English
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genre = horror
subject = Haunted London
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influences = Arthur Machen, H.P. Lovecraft
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website = http://www.marksamuels.net

Mark Samuels is a London-based writer of horror and fantastic fiction in the tradition of Arthur Machen and H. P. Lovecraft.

Born in 1967 in Clapham, South London, he was first published in 1988, and his short stories often focus on detailing a shadowy modern London in which the protagonists gradually discover a dark and terrifying reality behind the mundane urban world. His works have been praised by Thomas Ligotti and John Pelan amongst others.

Samuels’s tales have been collected in "The White Hands" and "Black Altars". "The White Hands" was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award in the Best Collection category in 2004. The title story of "The White Hands" was also on their shortlist for the Best Short Story category. Samuels's latest work is a long novella, "The Face of Twilight", about the cryptic dead. His next collection, "Glyphotech", is due to be released in 2008.

In July 2004 he married the Mexican poet and author Adriana Diaz-Enciso.

He is currently the Secretary of The Friends of Arthur Machen, an organization primarily dedicated to fostering wider recognition and appreciation for the literary works of Welsh author Arthur Machen.

Works

* "The White Hands and Other Weird Tales", Tartarus Press, 2003/5
* "Black Altars", Rainfall Books, 2003
* "The Face of Twilight", PS Publishing, 2005

External links

* [http://homepages.pavilion.co.uk/users/tartarus/samuels.htm "The White Hands"]
* [http://marksamuels.wordpress.com/ Mark Samuels website]
* [http://homepages.pavilion.co.uk/users/tartarus/vrolyck.pdf The short story "Vrolyk" in PDF]
* [http://www.fantastichorror.com/01/samuels-mysteriesoftheabyss.html "Mysteries of the Abyss" at "Fantastic Horror"]