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J. Ashley Smith is a British–Australian writer of dark fiction and co-host of the Let The Cat In podcast.

J.’s first book, The Attic Tragedy, won the Shirley Jackson Award.  Other stories have won the Ditmar, Australian Shadows, and Aurealis awards. The Measure of Sorrow, his first short story collection, is out now from Meerkat Press.

J. was born in Cambridge, UK, and spent his childhood hiding with imaginary companions in the foundations of an Edwardian townhouse. He studied film and creative writing, then lost fifteen years to the British indie music scene, clothed in unfashionable sweaters, releasing unpopular records. He now lives with his wife and two sons in the suburbs of North Canberra, gathering moth dust, tormented by the desolation of telegraph wires.

J. haunts the internet as @SpookTapes and can be contacted at spooktapes[at]gmail[dot]com.

Let The Cat In is the podcast in which Kaaron Warren, Aaron Dries, J. Ashley-Smith and their guests riff on objects, inspiration, and those ideas that scratch at the door, miaowing to be let in.

Guests to date include Nathan Ballingrud, Alan Baxter, JS Breukelaar, Isobelle Carmody, Brian Evenson, Kathe Koja, John Langan, Paul Mannering, Lee Murray, TR Napper, Dan O'Malley, Garth Nix, Sarah Read, Lynda E. Rucker, Melinda Smith, Cat Sparks, Paul Tremblay, Sean Williams and more!

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