Matt Cardin Launches Website

Weird writer Matt Cardin has announced his intention to launch a fully functional website profiling his work by the end of this year. A preliminary page for this website is up here. Cardin is best known for his collection of short stories entitled Divinations of the Deep, a set of spiritual weird tales drawing extensively on his knowledge of religion in the academic field. The book gained a small, but dedicated following--particularly among fans of Thomas Ligotti--when it was published in 2002. Cardin is also one of the more notable names in the fledgling field of Ligotti scholarship, with essays about the writer placed in analytical publications such as The Thomas Ligotti Reader and the "Lovecraft Annual, No. 1."

A second collection of Cardin tales, Dark Awakenings, is scheduled to appear later this year. The new tome will include previously uncollected stories as well as additional essays by Cardin. The author's well established blog about philosophy, weird fiction, and other interesting subjects can be viewed here.

-Grim Blogger