Shadows in the Stone

“Jack Dann’s Shadows in the Stone creates such a complete world that Italian history no longer seems comprehensible without his cosmic battle of spiritual entities behind and within every historical actor and event.” (Kim Stanley Robinson, New York Times Bestselling Author) The author of The Age #1 bestselling novel The Memory Cathedral returns to Renaissance…

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The Economy of Light

Aurealis Award finalist, Best Horror Novel, 2009 Stephen is a retired Nazi hunter, divorced yet living happily enough on his ranch on the fringe of the Amazon jungle. But when Brazilian police unearth the alleged remains of the detested Auschwitz camp doctor, Josef Mengele, Stephen’s life is immediately and traumatically transformed. At the grave site,…

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Insinuations: an Autobiography

Jack Dann, one of SF’s most versatile and esteemed novelists, short story writers, and anthologists, has led a complex and fascinating life–after surviving the brutal tensions of military school and a months-long near-death experience in a hospital’s terminal wards, he embarked on the life of an author in the full swing of the Sixties, finding…

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Dreaming in the Dark

  Winner of the 2017 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology “Dreaming in the Dark will especially appeal to two groups of readers–those who love words themselves, and those who want an enticing sampler of work by some of Australia’s most talented working writers.” (Locus) Dreaming in the Dark, an original collection of some of…

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Concentration

“Dann is a Faulkner and a Márquez for Jews.” (Marleen Barr) JACK DANN’s groundbreaking anthologies Wandering Stars and More Wandering Stars used the tropes of science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism to ask and try to answer! what it means to be a Jew. In his new short-story collection Concentration, Dann enlists the techniques of…

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The Man Who Melted

“On my personal list of the greatest SF novels of all time (available upon request), Jack Dann’s The Man Who Melted would be right up there—a beautiful, terrifying cri du mort for humanity and an absolutely unforgettable book.(Elizabeth Hand for Science Fiction Age)” The Man Who Melted is a warning for the future. It is the Brave…

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Journal

Ghost Stories…

November 2, 2011

Jack and co-editor Nick Gevers did a guest post at Paper Cut Reviews about their new anthology Ghosts by Gaslight and their favorite ghost stories.

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What Writers Must Do To Write Professional Fiction: a No-nonsense Workshop with Jack Dann

October 21, 2011

A number of writers have queried Jack about when he will be conducting another writers’ workshop. As his next workshop will be limited to fifteen…

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How to Get Past Writer's Block…

October 13, 2011

Jack was asked what strategies he would recommend to writers and artists for creative exhaustion? His answer can be found at  http://deborahb.livejournal.com/373072.html

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Books are Back!

October 5, 2011

Jack’s book bibliography is back up on this site.

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Yet More Interviews with Jack…

October 3, 2011

New interviews with Jack can be found at:http://alyxdellamonica.com/2011/04/journey-with-jack-dann/and http://www.darrellpitt.com/2011/04/jack-dann-award-winning-author-shares.html

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Website Gremlins…

October 3, 2011

Jack’s book bibliography (listed as BOOKS) has mysteriously been transformed into a duplicate story bibliography. Stay tuned…this section now under (re)construction.

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