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Matthew Hughes

Author/Writer

Matthew Hughes writes science fiction and fantasy. His novels are: "Fools Errant" and "Fool Me Twice", "Black Brillion", "Majestrum", "The Commons", "The Spiral Labyrinth", "Template", "Hespira", "The Other", "The Damned Busters", "Costume Not Included", "Hell to Pay", "Song of the Serpent" (as Hugh Matthews), and "A Wizard’s Henchman". His short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Postscripts, Storyteller, Interzone, and several invitation-only anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin, including the bestseller, "Rogues". He has lately been self-publishing collections of his short fiction as "9 Tales of Henghis Hapthorn", "The Meaning of Luff and Other Stories", "The Compleat Guth Bandar", "Devil or Angel and Other Stories", and "9 Tales of Raffalon". Formerly a journalist, he spent more than twenty-five years as a freelance speechwriter for Canadian corporate executives and political leaders. His works have been short-listed for the Aurora, Nebula, Philip K Dick, A.E. Van Vogt, and Endeavour Awards.