Writer, librarian, and musician.
Horror fiction, musicology, poetry, and the quieter work of helping people find what they're looking for.
About
Lanson Wells is a staff member at Indiana University’s Department of Folklore, a librarian, a classical musician, and the assistant editor of the Journal of the American Viola Society. He has published several musicology papers, and his horror poetry, flash fiction, and short stories have been published or accepted for publication by Black Hare Press, Dreamweaver Press, Iron Fang Press, Timber Ghost Press, Trembling with Fear Press, Twisted Dreams Press, and Wicked Shadow Press.
Lanson holds degrees in Music Performance, Library and Information Science, and Online & Blended Learning and Teaching.
Books
Musicology · 2025
ALL STRINGS ATTACHED
Fretted and Multi-Stringed Bowed Instruments in the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic Eras
Recent Publications
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Blackwood Penitentiary
in Halloween Special Edition
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One Must Always Be Left
in Flash of the Dead: Halloween '26
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The City of A Hundred Spires
in Wish You Were Here!: Terrifying Tales of Travel
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Horror Fiction
Short stories, flash fiction, drabbles, and horror poetry.
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Other Writing
Musicology and poetry outside the horror shelf.
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Library Work
Folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington.