Miroslav Šustek

Miroslav Šustek
Miroslav Šustek
Born	January 4, 1947 (1947-01-04) (age 64) Žilina, Slovakia
Occupation	Short story writer
Genres	Horror, Adventure, Ghost story
Influences Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker

Miroslav Šustek (born 1947) is a Slovak horror and ghost story writer. Despite his forty years of prolific writing,^[1] his debut short story collection, Nie ste vy náhodou ten chýrny pán Rafin? (Are You By Any Chance The Famous Mr Rafin?) was only first published in 2007.

Biography

Miroslav Šustek was born on January 4, 1947 in Žilina, Slovakia. He has spent the majority of his life in his hometown.^[1] Having become partially disabled at a young age, Šustek devoted his life to writing, his stories initially heavily influenced by classics of the macabre, horror and ghost story genres, later adding elements of humour and parody to the mix.^[2]

Writing career

Despite having written more than a thousand short stories in more than forty years of continuous writing,^[1] none of them were published until 2000, when Šustek met the future publishers of the Hlboký hrob online horror magazine. Two of his stories published in Hlboký hrob were later included in the Neželané dedičstvo po neobľúbenom strýkovi (An Unwanted Inheritance Left By An Unpopular Uncle) anthology in 2006.^[3] Šustek's debut short story collection was subsequently published in 2007.

Works

• Nie ste vy náhodou ten slávny pán Rafin? (2007) ISBN 9788096884582

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "An article on Šustek at hostbrno.cz (in Czech)". http://www.casopis.hostbrno.cz/cs/archiv/2008/1-2008/vyber-z-cisla/dovedu-se-ohodnotit. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 
2. ^ Šustek, Miroslav. Nie ste vy náhodou ten slávny pán Rafin?. Artis Omnis, 2007, p. 4-5
3. ^ "Miroslav Šustek at hlbokyhrob.sk (in Slovak)". http://mastodont.sk/vydavatelstvo/autori/#sustek. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 

External links

• Miroslav Šustek biography at his co-publisher's website (in Slovak)
• An article on Šustek from the Host literary magazine (in Czech)
• Partial bibliography at legie.info (in Czech)

Persondata
Name	Šustek, Miroslav
Alternative names
Short description	Short story writer
Date of birth	1947
Place of birth	Žilina, Slovakia
Date of death
Place of death