I was thrilled to have a reprint of my story Coralesque selected for inclusion in ‘Killing it Softly’ The Best by Women in Horror (Volume 1).
Released by Digital Fiction Publishing Corp, the anthology contains 31 tales of horror from female writers, including New York Times Best Sellers, Bram Stoker winners, and other genre greats. I’m sharing a table of contents with some pretty awesome talent.
Torn Asunder — Rebecca Snow
Lambent Lights — H.R. Boldwood
Nosophoros — Christine Lucas
What the Rain Brings — Gerri Leen
Taking it for The Team — Tracie McBride
Here We Go Round — Rie Sheridan Rose
Songs for Dead Children — Aliya Whiteley
Music in the Bone — Marion Pitman
All of a Heap — Jenner Michaud
Traitorous, Lying, Little Star — Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert
Truth Hurts — Carole Gill
A Trick of the Dark — Tina Rath
Abysmoira — Airika Sneve
Skin Deep — Carson Buckingham
Orbs — Chantal Boudreau
Rule of Five — Eleanor R. Wood
Guilty by Chance — Nidhi Singh
Ecdysis — Rebecca J. Allred
Coralesque — Rebecca Fraser
The Funhouse — Jo-Anne Russell
Graffiti — K. S. Dearsley
Complete — Amanda Northrup Mays
Ellensburg Blue — M.J. Sydney
Abandoned — Rose Blackthorn
The Call of the House of Usher — Annie Neugebauer
Ravens — Elaine Cunningham
Foxford — Sandra Kasturi
The Root — Jess Landry
Long Time, No See — Sarah Hans
Millie’s Hammock — Tory Hoke
Changed — Nancy Holder
It’s great to see an anthology that gives voice to, and celebrates women in horror. There are misconceptions out there that women are incapable of writing horror effectively, and we’re often underrepresented. I’m happy to say that this mindset is starting to shift, thanks in part to anthologies like this, and publishers recognising the demand for diversity across all demographs.
‘Killing it Softly’ is now available in Kindle or Paperback, and can be ordered here, just in time for Halloween!
Happy writing, happy reading, and happy days 🙂
Bloody amazing Becks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You go girl!! As for women writing horror — what about Dr Frankenstein? 🙂
Thanks so much, Dave! Yes, Mary shelley wrote ‘Frankenstein’, but she had to originally publish the first edition anonymously! In 1818 people did not look favourably on books written by women, nor was the content deemed to be ‘befitting of a lady.’ In fact, when it was revealed she was female, one critic remarked, “The writer of it is, we understand, a female; this is an aggravation of that which is the prevailing fault of the novel; but if our authoress can forget the gentleness of her sex, it is no reason why we should; and we shall therefore dismiss the novel without further comment”. Grrrrr!