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Mark Samuels is a London-based writer of horror and fantastic fiction in the tradition of Arthur Machen and H. P. Lovecraft.

Born in 1967 in Clapham, South London, he was first published in 1988, and his short stories often focus on detailing a shadowy modern London in which the protagonists gradually discover a dark and terrifying reality behind the mundane urban world. His works have been praised by Thomas Ligotti and John Pelan amongst others.

Samuels’s tales have been collected in The White Hands, Black Altars and Glyphotech. The White Hands was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award in the Best Collection category in 2004. The title story of The White Hands was also on their shortlist for the Best Short Story category. His first long novella, The Face of Twilight, was published by PS Publishing in 2005. His next short story collection, The Man Who Collected Machen And Other Stories, is due to be released in 2010.

In July 2004 he married the Mexican poet and author Adriana Diaz-Enciso.

He is currently the Secretary of The Friends of Arthur Machen, an organization primarily dedicated to fostering wider recognition and appreciation for the literary works of Welsh author Arthur Machen.

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