Women in Horror Month
March is Women in Horror Month, and we’re celebrating with a digital collection of classic and new stories from female horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction writers. Settle in, grab a cup of tea, and get ready for a smorgasbord of horror goodness.
Interviews by Women in Horror
Mothers of the Roundtable Author Spotlight: Donyae Coles
R. Leigh Hennig gathered many of the amazing authors from Mother: Tales of Love and Terror for a council at the roundtable about writing, mothers, and horror. Join us as we pop in for a brief spotlight on how the stories of Mother, and their makers, worked their horrible magic to create this book. Author Spotlight: Donyae Coles, author of “Puererium” Q: What inspired your story? A: Being a mother who has a mother. I knew that I wanted to explore that through the lens of story....
Mothers of the Roundtable Author Spotlight: Mercedes M. Yardley
R. Leigh Hennig gathered many of the amazing authors from Mother: Tales of Love and Terror for a council at the roundtable about writing, mothers, and horror. Join us as we pop in for a brief spotlight on how the stories of Mother, and their makers, worked their horrible magic to create this book. Author Spotlight: Mercedes M. Yardley, author of “Fracture” Q: What inspired your story? A: A good mother wants to protect her child, but that isn’t always possible. I was inspired by...
Mothers of the Roundtable Author Spotlight: Jonathan Louis Duckworth
R Leigh Hennig gathered many of the amazing authors from Mother: Tales of Love and Terror for a council at the roundtable about writing, mothers, and horror. Join us as we pop in for a brief spotlight on how the stories of Mother, and their makers, worked their horrible magic to create this book. Author Spotlight: Jonathan Louis Duckworth, author of “Unchild” Q: Did you know what you wanted to do with this story from the start, or did it surprise you? A: I knew I wanted wasps....
New Fiction by Women in Horror
The Jester, By Ali Seay
She hides herself in the stacks and then she screams for me. I came back from my newly nested home in the warm hills of Los Angeles to care for this woman, and she hides in her doom piles and shrieks for me. “Mother! I can’t help you if you hide from me,” I call. I try my best to keep my voice strong but soft. Accepting. All the things the social worker said when I returned… six months ago? Eight? I’ve lost track of time. Nice neighbors, a job at a small local grocery store, paperbacks from...
Open Hem by Sarah Sexton
Some scars should never be re-opened. You might let the spiders out.
I am a Coffin by Willow Dawn Becker
I know they need a mother still.
To splash with them in Stygian waves.
To teach them the song of fallen sparrows.
To snuggle them in earth-warmed graves.
Classic Fiction by Women in Horror
Each Man Kills by Victoria Glad
I went to find Maria, to marry her. Instead, I found and murdered her, and I will never go back again.
The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), was an English novelist, journalist, traveler, and Godmother of Egyptology after co-founding the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. “The Phantom Coach” is one of her most popular ghost stories.
The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell
When Patrick Brontë asked Elizabeth Gaskell to write a biography of his daughter Charlotte, it proved to be the catalyst for developing Gaskell’s own literary career.