Christopher Barzak
Author of One for Sorrow
About the Author
Christopher Barzak teaches writing at Youngstown State University.
Image credit: Photograph of author Christopher Barzak, taken in Kinsman, Ohio [credit: Christopher Barzak]
Series
Works by Christopher Barzak
Fantasy Magazine, Issue 59 (December 2015) - Queers Destroy Fantasy! Special Issue (2015) — Editor — 44 copies
Long Voyages, Great Lies — Editor — 7 copies
Rabid Transit: Menagerie — Editor — 5 copies
Rabid Transit: A Mischief of Rats — Editor — 4 copies
A Voice Calling 4 copies
Paranormal Romance 3 copies
Invisible Men (Short story) 3 copies
Dead Boy Found 2 copies
Map of Seventeen 2 copies
Plenty 2 copies
Vanishing Point 1 copy
Caryatids 1 copy
A Mad Tea Party 1 copy
The Other Angelas 1 copy
The Cure 1 copy
Learning To Leave 1 copy
Rabid Transit: Petting Zoo — Editor — 1 copy
In Between Dreams 1 copy
Dead Letters [short story] 1 copy
The Drowned Mermaid 1 copy
Gap Year 1 copy
Associated Works
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection (2002) — Contributor — 268 copies, 4 reviews
Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction (2009) — Contributor — 223 copies, 9 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection (2013) — Contributor — 222 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five (2011) — Contributor — 150 copies, 4 reviews
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 61 • June 2015 (Queers Destroy Science Fiction! special issue) (2015) — Contributor — 104 copies, 2 reviews
Wilde Stories 2011: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review
Wilde Stories 2012: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction (2012) — Contributor — 23 copies, 1 review
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 33, No. 10 & 11 [October/November 2009] (2009) — Contributor — 12 copies, 2 reviews
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 10 — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1975-07-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Warren, Ohio, USA
- Places of residence
- Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Southern California, USA - Occupations
- writer
writing teacher
editor - Organizations
- Youngstown State University
- Agent
- Barry Goldblatt Literary
Members
Reviews
Lists
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 43
- Also by
- 48
- Members
- 880
- Popularity
- #29,101
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 58
- ISBNs
- 28
- Languages
- 3
- Favorited
- 3
- The depiction of teenagers
- The depiction of a mother/son relationship in a fraught situation (it wasn't pleasant, but it was believable, at least to me)
- The writing style
- The structure of the book, especially the history sequences
- The atmosphere
- That there was no real romance-based drama in the story, in stead having the background relationship simply be a source of strength
- The take on stories having power
The one thing this didn't do was get under my skin in an emotional way, but everything else made up for that.… (more)