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Philip K. Dick Award Nominee
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"Never has the disbelieved loner been more romantic or sympathetic."
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-Strange Horizons
 
"Skillingstead presents a premise that is both imaginative and harrowing."
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-Kirkus
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"Having invited comparison with one of the greatest SF writers of all time [Philip K. Dick], how does Skillingstead fare? Very well." 
 
- SFX ...
 
“A writer of extraordinary ability; the promise of Skillingstead's previous short fiction is here transformed into an exceptional novel about post-apocalyptic survival and alien occupation.”
 
- BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) 
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"Phil Dick meets the Zombie Apocalypse in Stephen King Land."
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-Locus
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"A brilliant, deeply felt book full of strangeness and beauty. A post-apocalyptic adventure, that's also a love letter to Seattle. I don't know anyone who better captures the way it feels when the world suddenly shifts beneath our feet. This book disturbed me in the way all great science fiction disturbs."
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-Daryl Gregory, author of Afterparty
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Here is an essay I wrote for Mary Robinette Kowal's My Favorite Bit series.
 
And here is a piece I did for The Book Smugglers Inspirations and Influences thing where I cover some of the issues I encountered when I decided to transform my short story into a novel.  
 
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