Author Archives: Alec Lynch

Drabbles

In 2014 Guy Kay wrote two Drabbles in support of The Pixel Project, an initiative aimed at raising money to resist violence against women. A Drabble is a 100 word short story. You can read GGK’s original introduction to the … Continue reading

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Mostly Quiet

This poem, was shared on George Murray’s site in July of 2025: https://newpoetry.ca/2025/07/25/mostly-quiet/ GGK notes: “I love the clean simplicity of @bookninja.bsky.socia’s poetry site. In a cluttered world (and internet) it allows the words their quiet. I shared a new … Continue reading

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The Big Idea

Posted in May 2025, coinciding with the publication of Written on the Dark, GGK muses–in whimsical fashion–on the question of who you talk about your novel in a way that encapsulates everything you want it to, without giving away too … Continue reading

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Reviews of Written on the Dark

Review by David Moscrop; special to the Globe and Mail. Guy Gavriel Kay’s Written on the Dark weaves together murder mystery, war epic and more. The Author Who Pulled Me Out of the Doomscroll. Haley Byrd Wilt of Christianity Today. … Continue reading

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Sooner gather the birds

Originally appearing in The Advocates’ Journal, reproduced here with their kind permission Click the image below to view it in full size.    

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