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Writing Resources

Dictionaries and Thesauruses

Bartleby.com
Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary.com
OneLook — the best online dictionary, by far, with a useful reverse-dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
Synonym.com — with an antonym search engine.

Grammar and Style

The Elements of Style — The guide to style and composition.
A Guide to Grammar & Writing
Ask Oxford - A great writing q&a site

Acronyms, Aphorisms, Expressions, Figures of Speech, Slang, Tropes, etc.

Acronym Finder
Aphorisms Galore!
Jazz Age Slang
Probert Encyclopedia
Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
UrbanDictionary.com
Wayne Magnuson's English Idioms, Sayings and Slang

Etymology

Behind the Name – The Etymology and History of First Names
Etymology of Words and Phrases
Etymologically Speaking
Names and What They Mean
Online Etymology Dictionary
Origin of Phrases
Word for Word

Resources for Writers

Canadian SF Works Database
Cover Letters: When, Why, and How to Use Them
Conversations in the Book Trade
Duotrope's Digest
Fantastic Toronto
Manuscript Formatting for Beginners
The Market List
Munseys E-Books
Places for Writers
PoeWar.com Writer's Resource Center
Preditors and Editors
Print on Demand - Warnings and Cautions for Writers
Quintamid
Ralan.com
Rights: What They Mean and Why They're Important
Storytellers Unplugged
Sweeping Back the Slushpile: A First Reader's Primer
WritersNet
Zoetrope.com

Writers

William Christopher Baer
Clive Barker
Laird Barron
Allyson Bird
Gary A. Braunbeck
Poppy Z. Brite
Kealan Patrick Burke
Claire Cameron
Ramsey Campbell
Mort Castle
Michael Cisco
Douglas Clegg
Michael Colangelo
Max Allan Collins
Michael Connelly
John Connolly
Douglas Coupland
Michael Crichton
Ellen Datlow
Craig Davidson / Patrick Lestewka
Michael De Kler
Kurt Dinan
Robert Dunbar
Bret Easton Ellis
Harlan Ellison
Gemma Files
Fran Friel
Mark Frost
Gary Fry
Neil Gaiman
Meg Gardiner
Richard Gavin
William Gibson
Victor Gischler
Christopher Golden
Daryl Gregory
Elizabeth Hand
Joe Hill
Sam Hilliard
S.E. Hinton
Glen Hirshberg
Chris F. Holm
Davin Ireland
Adrienne Jones
Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Jones
Nicholas Kaufmann
Brian Keene
Michael Kelly
Nate Kenyon
Jack Ketchum
Caitlin R. Kiernan
Stephen King
Kurt Kirchmeier
Louis L'Amour
Sarah Langan
Joe R. Lansdale
Tim Lebbon
Dennis Lehane
Elmore Leonard
Kelly Link
H.P. Lovecraft
Nick Mamatas
John Mantooth
Tiffany Maxwell
Ed McBain (Evan Hunter)
Robert McCammon
Jennifer McCartney
Gary McMahon
Daniel Medley
Christopher Moore
David Morrell
Lisa Morton
Yvonne Navarro
James Newman
Stewart O'Nan
C. Mitchell O'Neal
David Oppegaard
Chuck Palahniuk
Jeff Parish
Robert B. Parker
Norman Partridge
D. Richard Pearce
Tom Piccirilli
Sarah Pinborough
Cherie Priest
Andrew Pyper
Brett Alexander Savory
Robert J. Sawyer
John Scalzi
Dan Simmons
Erik Smetana
Douglas Smith
Michael Marshall Smith
Lucy A. Snyder
Peter Straub
John Steakley
Simon Strantzas
Joel A. Sutherland
Duane Swierczynski
Paul G. Tremblay
Jeff VanderMeer
Bev Vincent
Daniel Waters
Donald Westlake
Robert J. Wiersema
F. Paul Wilson
Shayne Winters

Artists

William Aksel
Vitaly S. Alexius
David Bell
Mike Bohatch
Caniglia
Vincent Chong
Daniel Conway
Les Edwards
Michael Gibbs
Japi Honoo
Kathryn Jankowski
Michael J. King
Jeff Lemire
Zarina Liew
David Magitis
Ted Naifeh
Jim Ordolis
John Picacio
J.K. Potter
David Seidman

Magazines

55 Words
AGNI
Alaska Quarterly Review
Albedo One
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
All Hallows
Analog - Science Fiction and Fact
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
The Antigonish Review
The Antioch Review
Apex Digest
Ascent
Asimov's
The Atlantic Monthly
Bear Deluxe
Black Ink Horror
Black Static
Black Warrior Review
Broken Pencil
The Capilano Review
Cemetery Dance
The Chicago Review
ChiZine
Clarkesworld Magazine
Conjunctions
The Country Connection
crazyhorse
Crimewave
The Dalhousie Review
The Danforth Review
Descant
Doorways
Electric Velocipede
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Epoch
Event
Exile
Existere
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Fantasy Magazine
The Fiddlehead
Fifth Wednesday
Five Points
Funny Times
Geist
Glimmer Train
Grain
GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator
Harper's
Hobart
Interzone
Jim Baen's Universe
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet
Lone Star Stories
The Malahat Review
McSweeney's
Mid-American Review
The Missouri Review
Murky Depths
Neo-opsis
The New Quarterly
New Yorker, The
Ninth Letter
Nossa Morte
Not One of Us
ON SPEC
One Story
Open Spaces
The Paris Review
Plots With Guns
Ploughshares
Postscripts
Prairie Fire
PRISM International
Pseudopod
A Public Space
Queen's Quarterly
Quill and Quire
The Rambler
Riddle Fence
Rue Morgue
The Saturday Evening Post
Shimmer
Shred of Evidence
Shroud Magazine
Something Wicked
Space & Time
Space Squid
Spin (Finland)
The Strand Mystery Magazine
Strange Horizons
sub-TERRAIN
The Summerset Review
The Sun Magazine
Supernatural Tales
Sybil's Garage
Talebones
Tales of the Unanticipated
The Threepenny Review
Three Crow Press
Three-Lobed Burning Eye
Thrilling Detective
Thuglit
Tin House
Transmitter
TriQuarterly
turnrow
Universe Pathways (Greece)
The Virginia Quarterly Review
The Walrus
Wascana Review
Weird Tales
Whirligig
Whitefish Review
The Yale Review
Zahir
Zoetrope All-Story

Anthologies

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
Tesseracts

Publishers

Akashic Books
Arkham House
Ash-Tree Press
Bantam Books
Bleak House Books
Borderlands Press
Burning Effigy Press
Cemetery Dance Publications
Centipede Press
ChiZine Publications
Croatoan Publishing
Cutting Block Press
Darkside Press
Dark Cloud Press
Dark Regions Press
DAW Books
Dead Letter Press
Del Rey Books
Delirium Books
Donald M. Grant
Dorchester Publishing
Earthling Publications
ECW Press
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Eneit Press
Ex Occidente Press
Gauntlet Press
Golden Gryphon Press
Hadley Rille Books
Hard Case Crime
HarperCollins Publishers
Hill House Publishers
Invisible Publishing
Lonely Road Books
Millipede Press
Napkin Books
Necessary Evil Press
Necronomicon Press
Night Shade Books
Old Earth Books
Penguin Books Canada
Permuted Press
Porcupine's Quill Press
Prime Books
PS Publishing
Random House
Raw Dog Screaming Press
Scissor Press
Senses Five Press
Shroud Publishing
Small Beer Press
So New publishing
Stark House Press
Subterranean Press
Tachyon Publications
Tartarus Press
TOR Books
TTA Press
Turnstone Press
Undertow Books
Wheatland Press
Wildside Press
Wyrm Publishing

Awards & Contests

A.E. Coppard Prize for Fiction
Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest
CBC Literary Awards Competition
Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers
Indie Writers Deathmatch
PARSEC Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Contest
Prairie Fire Press Short Fiction Contest
PRISM international's Annual Short Fiction Contest
Prix Aurora Awards
Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize
The Vaike and Erich Rannu Fund for Writers of Speculative Literature
Writers of the Future
Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest

Organizations

Canadian Authors Association
Horror Writers Association
HWA Ontario
International Horror Guild
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
The Writers' Union of Canada

Publishing News and reviews

The Agony Column
Ansible
Bookgasm
Bookninja
Bookslut
Booksquare
Canadian Notes & Queries
DarkEcho
Dark Scribe Magazine
Dead Reckonings
Desk Space
EssentialWriters.com
The Fix
GalleyCat
The Green Man Review
Hellnotes
Horror Fiction News Network
Horror Reader
Locus
Making Light
The Mumpsimus
Publishers Weekly
Reading Toronto
Salon.com
SciFi.com
SF Canada Members' News
SkullRing.org
Speculative Fiction Junkie
Writer's Digest

Conventions

Ad Astra
Canzine
NECON
NecronomiCON
Toronto Small Press Fair
Toronto Trek
Word on the Street
World Horror Convention

Book Sellers

Abebooks
Amazon
Bad Moon Books
Barnes & Noble
BBR Distribution
Bloodletting Books
Camelot Books
Chris Drumm Books
Clarkesworld Books
The Genre Mall
Horror Mall
Indigo
Lisa's Lair Bookstore
Mysterious Galaxy Books
The Overlook Connection
Shocklines

Strange News

Associated Press
Cryptomundo
Cryptozoology.com
Fortean Times
Live Science - Strange News
National Geographic News
Paranormal News
Reuters Oddities
Scientific American
Sky News - Strange But True