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Matt Cardin
Matt Cardin is a writer, college teacher, and musician living in Central Texas. With a master's degree in religion and a lifetime of experiential involvement in the study of world religion and philosophy, he writes frequently about the mutual implications of religion, spirituality, and horror. He i…
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Matt Cardin is a writer, college teacher, and musician living in Central Texas. With a master's degree in religion and a lifetime of experiential involvement in the study of world religion and philosophy, he writes frequently about the mutual implications of religion, spirituality, and horror. He is the author of Divinations of the Deep (2002) and Dark Awakenings (2010). The former launched the New Century Macabre line of contemporary literary horror fiction for Ash-Tree Press. The latter received strong advance praise from major industry figures.
His short horror fiction, reviews, interviews, and essays have appeared in Icons of Horror and the Supernatural, Encyclopedia of the Vampire, Alone on the Darkside, Cemetery Dance, Lovecraft Annual, The Thomas Ligotti Reader, Cthulhu's Reign, Dark Faith, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and elsewhere. He has received multiple honorable mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, and has been recommended for the British Fantasy Award and Bram Stoker Award.
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