MEDIA KIT: Cul de Sac Stories

About Tamara Kaye Sellman and Cul de Sac Stories

Essentials

Contact Aqueduct Press
- info @ aqueductpress .com
- L. Timmel duChamp, publisher; Kath Wilham, editor
- PO Box 95787, Seattle, WA 98145-2787
Contact Tamara
- tkswriter @ gmail .com
- 206.618.7348
- 321 High School Road NE, PMB 204 Ste D-3, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
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About Cul de Sac Stories
- Aqueduct Press || Conversation Pieces imprint #92
  Short stories – Speculative Fiction – illustrated (B&W) – paperback/e-book – 136pp
  $12.00 (print/retail) – July 15, 2024
  $5.95 (e-book preorder pricing) – July 15, 2024
  ISBN: 978-1-61976-262-6 [Aqueduct Press print/e-book purchase] [Signed autographed copies available]
  EISBN: 978-1-61976-263-3 [Amazon]
  ASIN: B0D54N99L9

SPECULATIVE FICTION: Social science fiction, dark urban fantasy, horror, surrealism, experimental, magical realism, post-apocalypse.

Reviews

From The Inspiration Shelf (6/15/2024): “Each story has a twist and each twist brings us to an idea. Indeed, it’s this ‘literature of ideas,’ as Sellman describes speculative fiction, that makes this collection shine so brightly.”—Glenda Bailey-Mershon, author of Eve’s Garden [Twisted Road: 2014] and Weaver’s Knot: Poems [Finishing Line Press: 2023], and founder, Jane’s Stories Press Foundation [Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature]

From R.G. (7/15/2024): “This anthology has such a diverse collection of creepy stories. Tamara put so much thought into every detail. The name ‘Madam Walks-on-Needles’ will stay with me for a long time. My favorite story in the collection is ‘Since that First Night of Lit Halls,’ a true domestic horror that is filled with poetic lines that don’t overshadow the dread. Well worth the read. Looking forward to Tamara’s next book!”

From ME.T. (7/31/2024): “These Northwest stories blew me away. Fun, clever, scary, incredulous, mysterious, poignant, compassionate, hopeful, conversational, and chock-full of variety. Let’s hear it for picturesque description, as is ‘She was the grand matron of the Oyster Coast, a worn-out dishrag of a woman, older than ninety when she passed, spine bent like a hemlock’s tip, her skin the color and texture of ragged bark’ in Madam’s Curse. Some of Sellman’s stories suggest escape for unfortunate characters or hint at politics / social conditions today. You will enjoy Cul de Sac Stories.“

From K.dM. (10/13/2024): “I couldn’t stop reading, each story grabbed me by the collar and pulled me in. I won the book in an author’s raffle online over the summer, but didn’t think to read it until now, as a part of my annual Spooky Reads. In particular, the story about trees was so beautifully written, each word seemed so carefully chosen to propel the story forward. Another story about the healing powers of a certain childhood doll was equally engrossing. … All in all, I read the book in two afternoons. I would have loved it if the book were twice as long. The collection of stories all had a different way of unsettling things, the sense that something was just not quite right, was prevalent. … I will for sure be adding Cul de Sac Stories to my horror/spooky season bookshelf. Definitely a book I would tell you to go for it and buy it. You won’t be disappointed.”

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Tamara Kaye Sellman B&W

Tamara Kaye Sellman color

Bios

Long

Tamara Kaye Sellman is author of Cul de Sac Stories (2024; Aqueduct Press), the experimental novelette, Trust Fall (2024; MCR Media), and Intention Tremor: A Hybrid Collection (2021; MoonPath Press). She is the other half of the BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW podcast with horror cohort Clay Vermulm; their collection of regional dark fiction, Rain Shadows, launches in 2025. Other recent or forthcoming appearances include Lowestoft Chronicle, Lurking (from the Dark Decades Anthology Series), True Stories (The Narrative Project, VI), Quibble, Cirque, Turtle Island Quarterly, Verse Daily, MS Focus, and two film festivals for her debut poetry film, LOOK UP [WRPN Womens International Film Festival/June 2024, West Sound Film Festival/August 2024]. Tamara’s work has been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize and earned other awards. A member of the Cascade Writers Workshop board since 2023, Tamara is an active member of the Horror Writers Association Seattle chapter. She is currently at work on two novels (magical realist cli-fi and post-apocalypse), two poetry chapbooks (Pacific Northwest gothic and tributes to esoterica), a New Weird flash fiction collection, an inspirational essay collection titled RootLeaf Stories, and more experimental poetry films. Tamara lives with multiple chronic autoimmune conditions, including multiple sclerosis, and sometimes uses creative writing as a platform for disability rights advocacy and awareness.

Medium

Writer, podcaster, and indie filmmaker Tamara Kaye Sellman is author of Cul de Sac Stories (2024; Aqueduct Press), the experimental novelette, Trust Fall (2024; MCR Media), and Intention Tremor: A Hybrid Collection (2021; MoonPath Press). She is the other half of the BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW podcast with Clay Vermulm. Their collaborative horror collection, Rain Shadows, will be released in 2025. Tamara’s writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and earned other awards, which include filmmaking: her poetry film earned laurels in both the WRPN Womens International Film Festival and the West Sound Film Festival in 2024.

Short

Tamara Kaye Sellman is author of the speculative collection, Cul de Sac Stories (2024: Aqueduct Press); the experimental novelette, Trust Fall (2024: MCR Media); the medical memoir in poems, Intention Tremor: A Hybrid Collection (2021: MoonPath Press); the horror collaboration, Rain Shadows (2025 release) with BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW co-host Clay Vermulm for 2025; and producer of the poetry film, LOOK UP (2024: MCR Media). She lives in Kitsap County, WA.

100 words

Tamara Kaye Sellman is author of the speculative collection, Cul de Sac Stories (2024: Aqueduct Press), the experimental novelette, Trust Fall (2024: MCR Media), and the medical memoir-in-poems, Intention Tremor: A Hybrid Collection (2021: MoonPath Press). She co-hosts the BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW podcast with horror cohort Clay Vermulm; their collection, Rain Shadows, will appear in 2025. Her work has recently appeared in Lurking (from the Dark Decades anthology series) and True Stories (from The Narrative Project anthology series). She is the recipient of three Pushcart Prize nominations. Her poetry film, LOOK UP, has earned indie festival laurels in 2024.