Christa Carmen Honors

About / Honors

“Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell,” from Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror (Wicked Run Press), nominated for the 2022 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction.
We Are Providence: Tales of Horror from the Ocean State (Weird House Press), nominated for the 2022 Aurealis Award for Best Anthology.
Mentioned in The Best Horror of the Year Volume 11, edited by Ellen Datlow, Summation: 2018, Collections: Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked
Indie Horror Book Award for Best Debut Collection, 2018:
Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked
Best-Of Anthologies: Year's Best Hardcore Horror, Volume 2
Read more via Comet Press, or at Corner Bar Magazine, where "The Girl Who Loved Bruce Campbell" was originally published, or listen at Horror Hill, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights / The Simply Scary Podcast Network
The Haberdasher’s Monster Mash Slash Fiction 4th Annual Halloween Writing Contest, 2017
Read more at The Haberdasher, or at C.S.E. Cooney’s website, where "The Goblin's Abettor" was originally published
Best in Genre, Thriller/Horror, wordhaus' 2016 Trick or Treat Fall Story Contest

Press

“Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell,” from Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror (Wicked Run Press), has been nominated for the 2022 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction!
We Are Providence: Tales of Horror from the Ocean State (Weird House Press) has been nominated for the 2022 Aurealis Award for Best Anthology!
COVER REVEAL THE DAUGHTERS OF BLOCK ISLAND, Christa Carmen’s “ingenious and subversive twist on the classic gothic novel,” in which the mysterious past of an island mansion lures two sisters into a spiderweb of scandal, secrets, and murder, is available for pre-order now (and will be released on October 10th)! The book’s page is also live at Goodreads, and can be added to readers’ ‘want to read’ lists. A huge thank-you to designer Caroline Johnson at Thomas & Mercer for the gorgeous artwork.

Upcoming Events

Events for The Daughters of Block Island

Oct 10, 2023
6:00 PM
The Daughters of Block Island Release Event
Savoy Bookshop & Café

Oct 12, 2023
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Galactic Terrors Reading Series
Virtual

Oct 21, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
The Daughters of Block Island Reading/signing
Wakefield Books, Wakefield, RI

Oct 21, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
The Daughters of Block Island Reading/signing
Stillwater Books, Pawtucket, RI

Oct 24, 2023
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Daughters of Block Island Reading/signing
Charter Books, Newport, RI

Oct 28, 2023
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Daughters of Block Island Reading/signing
Rarities Books & Bindery, Wakefield, RI