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Claudia

a good typist

About Me


I'm a Texan. I write fiction. I am also part of the Hobart web editing team.

My publications can be found @ claudiaweb

My stories have been anthologized in W.W. Norton's The New Sudden Fiction due out in January of 2007.

So New Media's Consumed: Women on Excess

And Cutting Block Press's Horror Library Vol. 1

some of my shorts:
  • Monopoly
  • Slip
  • The Sky Is A Well
  • Snow Squall
  • My Interests

    Books, dogs, my husband, my kid, coffee, cake.

    I'd like to meet:

    Writers, people I like.

    Music:

    A few songs I loveWild Mountain ThymeStrange FruitBlue Eyes Crying In The RainSomewhere Over the RainbowRoberta Flack singing Killing Me Softlylullabies in languages I don't understandthat John Lennon song Beautiful, Beautiful Boy (is that what it's called?) because I sang it to my son when he was born and I still sing it to him.

    Movies:

    Annie Hall. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Sideways. That Albert Brooks movie with Julie Hagerty, Lost in America. The Godfathers - 3rd one doesn't count. Casablanca. Anything with Cary Grant. The Elephant Man. Douglas Sirk movies. The 400 Blows. 80s teen flicks. The Birds. Lone Star. Mrs. Brown. Twin Falls, Idaho. Portrait of Jennie.I have a guilty pleasure; horror movies about evil children. Village of the Damned, Children of the Corn, The Bad Seed....Ringu, and a Korean film I rented about a year ago called A Tale of Two Sisters....Old black and white vampire moviesSpectacular, absurd old musicalsOh, and Vertigo. How could I forget Vertigo?

    Television:

    I don't have cable. For awhile I was addicted to Frontier House. M*A*S*H (the early years) Does anyone remember The Paper Chase? Muppets The Office Seinfeld old Twilight Zones, especially that one about the little boy who controls the universe...

    Books:

    Wuthering Heights.What I'm reading now:Flash Fiction Forward

    My Blog

    Myfanwy Collins reads

    Listen to Myfanwy Collins read here
    Posted by Claudia on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:43:00 PST

    quirky crushes

    Do you have them? Some of mine are:Richard Burton (the alcoholic actor, not the other guy)LeVar BurtonJohn RitterHeathcliff (not the cartoon character, the one on the windy moors)Ponyboy from The Ou...
    Posted by Claudia on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:34:00 PST

    Crazy Pumpkin

    That's what my son kept singing last night, and he scrunched up his face when he said it. Crazy pumpkin! Our Jack O' Lantern has horns, a scowl, and lots of fangs. Dad made it, and he lit it with o...
    Posted by Claudia on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:28:00 PST

    Toth news; my story, podcast

    Every week, writer Paul Toth features music, writers reading aloud, and other various and sundry things. His excellent site is hereand find his blog here You can hear me reading hereCheck out some of...
    Posted by Claudia on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:34:00 PST

    Books I really want to read but haven't yet

    I'm a writer who doesn't read enough. Maybe because when I have a moment, I write or I blog here or I workshop stories. I read at night, and I read slowly. I'm a slow reader, always have been. I t...
    Posted by Claudia on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:33:00 PST

    I'm reading at BookPeople

    Some of you already know that I write horror under the name "Cordelia Snow." Well, I'll be reading as Cordelia Snow on Wednesday, October 25th at BookPeople in Austin, Texas. I'll be reading along w...
    Posted by Claudia on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:28:00 PST

    "Ticket" - new story up at NOO

    Ticketis up at NOO alongside great stories by Kathy Fishand Avital Gad-Cykman...
    Posted by Claudia on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 07:03:00 PST

    raining, and some Hobart news

    It's raining in Austin. For the first time in a long time. I'm hoping the sad little tomato plant, sweet basil, mint, and chrysanthemums (is that how you spell chrysanthemums?) will soak up and grow...
    Posted by Claudia on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:44:00 PST

    Juked print

    Juked print .4 is available now - online hereand available soon at St. Mark's Bookstore in New York, Burke's Books in Memphis, and other fine bookstores to be announced. This issue has fiction by you...
    Posted by Claudia on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:21:00 PST

    Reading

    Girija Tropp, whose work has appeared in Best Australian stories, will be reading for AGNI October 24rth Girija readsin Boston. If you are anyplace close to Boston I suggest you go - I wish I could!...
    Posted by Claudia on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:57:00 PST