Eric Avedissian

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Author, English Professor & Word Slinger. Associate Member @sfwa.bsky.social & @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Opinions expressed are my own.

First page of my short story “Kindness is the Rarest Thing” from the anthology Interesting Times: A Hopepunk Anthology.

Hunter S. Thompson pointing a gun at a typewriter in the snow.

Except from text conversation: “Sickest movie I’ve ever seen. I’m worried about you.”

Badge for the 2025 American Fiction Book Awards with writing on emblazoned across the middle reading: “Award Winner” and a website address: AmericanBookFest.com.

Cover for the anthology Dreamcaught, features a tree and swirling horizon. The words: “in Dreamcaught, the deepest dreams come true, or perhaps it’s the nightmares that come first you.” Underneath is the date of publication, June 21, 2025.

The following words are an excerpt from my upcoming novel:
"I see a chair, a common wooden chair.
In a room surrounded by people. They stand around waiting for me.
I sit on the chair and they bow their heads solemnly.
I’m an important man, regal almost.
I command past, present, and future. I am the minor and major arcana in the deck, a seer and prophet and warrior rolled into one.
It’s different now. I’m back in the embalming room of my uncle’s funeral home. I stand in my old apron, nitrile gloves, and black wellingtons. I pull the mask over my face and turn to the body on the porcelain table. It’s me, naked, lying face up, flesh waxy and rigid, mouth and eyes open.
I embalm my own corpse, feeling nothing but a nagging ache in the pit of my stomach."