Knock Knock

S.P. Miskowski

MissMisk

MissMisk
Location
U.S.
Birthday
April 03
Title
fiction writer
Bio
Author of the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated novel KNOCK KNOCK (published by Omnium Gatherum Media) and the story collection RED POPPIES: 7 TALES OF ENVY & REVENGE. My short stories have been published in Supernatural Tales 21, Horror Bound Online Magazine, Identity Theory, Other Voices, The Absent Willow Review, and in the anthology DETRITUS. I am a member of the speculative fiction group Wily Writers. As an undergraduate I won two Swarthout prizes for short stories and edited a quarterly fiction magazine. I earned a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Washington and received two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, for short fiction and drama. One of my scripts, "my new friends (are so much better than you)" was nominated for a Steinberg/ American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award in 2009.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011 6:14PM

Today My Novel is Published

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Happy December 20th! Today my novel is available, published by Omnium Gatherum.

  Knock Knock cover by Russell Dickerson

Knock Knock is the tale of three girlfriends growing up in the backwater of Skillute, Washington. Their neighbors and families are petty or poor or both; but when these townies warn the girls not to wander into Skillute's dense forest, they mean it. Something evil lurks there. The girls are not convinced. They wander into the woods, and their mistake unleashes a malignant spirit that terrorizes Skillute for the next fifty years.

 "Knock Knock is a superb horror story, psychologically tense and tightly executed." - Paul Fenton, Punchline

"Three girls grapple their way to womanhood in a Pacific Northwest town haunted by its own sins. They make one terrible mistake that sets the story in motion. Once that mistake has been made, you will not be able to put the book down." - Suzanne Morrison, Yoga Bitch

"With her distinct voice, Miskowski takes you deep into the back woods of America, where shadows chase you and people do the unthinkable." - Angel Leigh McCoy, Wily Writers

"Beautifully written and relentlessly suspenseful, it's a great book to curl up with on a cold winter's night. Just be sure to keep the doors locked and all the lights on!" - Lucy Taylor, The Silence Between the Screams

Happy reading.

S.P.

(Book cover design and illustration by Russell Dickerson)

 

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Congratulations!!! And all the best for your writing career!
Mega Congratulations, Ms Misk! Well done! =o)

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Congratulations, and best wishes for your writing career!

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Congrats! That's a great accomplishment. Where about in WA is the town? Or is it fictional?
Congrats and good luck with the marketing. I remember reading the chapter you posted here and I liked it. I don't have a Kindle - yet - so I'll wait until it's available in paperback, if you have such plans.
Everyone is thrilled and very proud of you....good on you!!!
i don't understand from what i read here how you call this literature.
sounds great congrats!
Sounds like a good read for my sister. Congrats!
Wonderful! Congratulations!!
Thanks, OS writers. You are very kind.

Writing fiction is a crazy thing to do. Its rewards are mostly random. So I'm enjoying the rare moment, following an awful lot of work, and I thank you for sharing it with me.

Good health, joy, and artistic success to all of us, in 2012!
Congratulations! This is a lovely accomplishment. Looking forward to reading a bit more and learning your "distinct" voice.
Great! Hope you sell a million!
Congrats. I am so happy for you. You go girl~~~~
Superb! Any chance you'll be coming to the Tattered Cover in Denver? Congratulations!!
What a great feeling that must be. Congratulations!
What an achievement! Congratulations--I can't imagine the thrill.
Congratulations!!! May it break a few records to.