![]() ![]() ![]() Liss, a critically acclaimed author of deeply researched and engrossing literary tales such as The Day of Atonement, A Conspiracy of Paper and The Whiskey Rebels is also a world-class writer of comics, with a celebrated run on Marvel’s Black Panther: The Man Without Fear series, and a string of pulp character resurrections, including The Spider and The Shadow for Dynamite Entertainment. The introduction to volume one was titled “Blurred Lines” after all a pretty straight-forward shot across the bow of the ghettoized notion that many still hold concerning horror/suspense writing. “ I’ve always been a little bit uncomfortable with the distinction between literary and non-literary fiction.”Īs much as any author, David Liss epitomizes the ethos that lies at the heart of The Burning Maiden anthology series. ![]()
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