Will Ludwigsen
Native name | Will Ludwigsen |
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Born | Wilmington, Delaware | June 27, 1973
Occupation | writer |
Language | English |
Nationality | United States |
Genre | Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery |
Will Ludwigsen is an American writer of horror, mystery, and science fiction. His work has appeared in a number of magazines including Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Weird Tales, and Strange Horizons.[1] He has also published three collections, including the highly praised In Search Of and Others.
Writing career[]
Ludwigsen earned his bachelor's degree in English from the University of Florida in 1994, followed by a Masters in the same discipline at the University of North Florida in 2005, and later, an MFA from University of Southern Maine. He is also a 2006 graduate of the Clarion East Writers Workshop. He is currently adjunct faculty at University of North Florida, where he teaches Creative Writing among other courses.[2]
Ludwigesen's 2013 short story collection, In Search of and Others, was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award for best single author collection.[3] The book was well received, with starred reviews from both Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly, which called it a "hauntingly beautiful collection."[4] The title comes from the documentary television series In Search Of..., which was devoted to "mysterious phenomena" and hosted by Leonard Nimoy.[5]
Bibliography[]
Collections[]
- Cthulhu Fhtagn, Baby! and Other Cosmic Insolence (Lethe Press, 2006)
- In Search of and Others (Lethe Press, 2013)
Short Fiction[]
- "Cthulhu Fhtagn, Baby!": Spring 2002, Weird Tales
- "Nessmass": Spring 2002, Whispers From the Shattered Forum #11
- "Representative Sample": Summer 2002, Artemis Magazine
- "The Trespasser": 2002, Cemetery Dance #40
- "And Justice for Doll": September 2003, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- "Bingo": May 2004, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- "Rubbernecker's Lament": October 2004, Chiaroscuro
- "Soured": 2005, Horrorfind (Honorable Mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #18, 2005)
- "Solidity": 2006, Travel Guide to the Haunted Mid-Atlantic (Honorable Mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #20, 2007)
- "Faraji": April/May 2007, Weird Tales
- "My Old Man's Seance": June/July 2007, Weird Tales
- "All Talk": March 2008, Strange Horizons
- "In Search Of": June 2008, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- "A Good Psycho is Hard to Find": 2008, Blood Lite
- "Remembrance is Something Like a House": 2009, Interfictions 2
- "The Speed of Dreams": March 2010, Asimov's Science Fiction
- "The Ghost Factory", Asimov's Science Fiction, 36/10&11 (Oct/Nov 2012)
References[]
- ^ Lundin, Leigh (2011-03-20). "Where There's a Will". Guest Authors. Criminal Brief.
- ^ "UNF Faculty Bio". Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "2013 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "In Search of and Others". Publishers Weekly. March 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "In Search of and Others". Kirkus Reviews. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
External links[]
- 1973 births
- American short story writers
- American horror writers
- Living people
- Writers from Wilmington, Delaware
- University of Florida alumni
- University of North Florida alumni