The Hydrocephalic Ward
A poetry collection.
The Hydrocephalic Ward by Steve Rasnic Tem collects fifty new and previously published poems. Introduction by Steve Rasnic Tem. Poems included are "Snapping Turtles," "Nightcrawlers," "When You Think of Them," "Skin," "Time Machines," "Directions for Killing the Automated House," "The Dreaming Machine Dreams of its Creators," "Poe's Grave," "Werewolf, Manhattan," and forty other poems.
Steve Rasnic Tem
Steve Rasnic Tem (born 1950) was born in Jonesville, Virginia, which is in the heart of Appalachia. He went to college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and also at Virginia Commonwealth University. He got a B.A. in English education. In 1974, he moved to Colorado and studied creative writing at Colorado State University. He is married to author Melanie Tem. The couple have three kids and live in a large house in Colorado.
Steve Rasnic Tem's short fiction has been compared to the work of Franz Kafka, Dino Buzzati, Ray Bradbury, and Raymond Carver, but to quote Joe R. Lansdale: "Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself." His 200 plus published pieces have garnered him a British Fantasy Award, and nominations for the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards.
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