Bat Hughes

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Communications or Media
Occupation Writer, Researcher, Educator
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Introduction I'm a writer on the northern California coast. I explore archaeology, science, technology, small business, green living, travel, nature, health, and weirdness. I hike and delve into the bizarre, intangible, and funny parts of life. Early exposure to horror movies left me with an enduring fascination with mummies, zombies, Hollywood fashion and twisted subtexts.
Interests Science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy, the veil between the seen and unseen, ritual, bog bodies, hiking, rocks, carnivorous plants, wildlife, freelancing, writing, photography, California, the Mediterranean, mythology, yoga, coastal exploration, body-mind modalities.
Favorite Movies The Wizard of Oz, Psycho, Tommy
Favorite Music Mozart, Aaron Copeland, old harmonica blues
Favorite Books The Incredible Shrinking Man, Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Dan Simmons' Drood, nearly everything by Peter Straub -- also Douglass Clegg, Elizabeth Peters, Angela Carter, Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, Ellen Datlow's anthologies, Gene Wolfe, Cordwainer Smith, Pat Cadigan, Lavie Tidhar, and more.