
She loves Finnish folklore, Japanese wrestling and Russian space-dogs. Her short story ?Sun Dogs? was a Shirley Jackson Award finalist, and ?Looking for Laika? won the 2018 British Fantasy Award in Short Fiction. Her debut novella Naming the Bones was published in 2017. Born in London, England, her stories have appeared in Black Static, Interzone, Shadows & Tall Trees, The Dark, and a variety of anthologies. Laura Mauro started writing short fiction in 2012 and hasn't stopped since. A major new talent!įeaturing "Looking for Laika," winner of the British Fantasy Award, and "Sun Dogs," a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award. Human and humane tales of beauty, strangeness, and transformation told in prose as precise and sparing as a surgeon?s knife. She loves Finnish folklore, Japanese wrestling and Russian space-dogs.British Fantasy Award-winning author, and Shirley Jackson Award finalist Laura Mauro, a leading voice in contemporary dark fiction, delivers a remarkable debut collection of startling short fiction. Her short story “Sun Dogs” was a Shirley Jackson Award finalist, and “Looking for Laika” won the 2018 British Fantasy Award in Short Fiction.

L aura M auro started writing short fiction in 2012 and hasn't stopped since.


Human and humane tales of beauty, strangeness, and transformation told in prose as precise and sparing as a surgeon’s knife.

British Fantasy Award-winning author, and Shirley Jackson Award finalist Laura Mauro, a leading voice in contemporary dark fiction, delivers a remarkable debut collection of startling short fiction.
