About / Honors
- Mentioned in The Best Horror of the Year Volume 11, edited by Ellen Datlow, Summation: 2018, Collections: Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked
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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
- Publisher’s Weekly has called Orphans of Bliss a “powerhouse anthology” that includes a “star-studded lineup of authors” and “immersive and imaginative tales [that] will be worthwhile for horror lovers.”
- Check it out! FREE copies! Wicked Run Press is giving away 25 kindle copies of ORPHANS OF BLISS: TALES OF ADDICTION HORROR to the first 25 readers who email proof of purchase of any title from one of the authors on the TOC to [email protected] Put "Orphans" in the subject line. You'll receive a voucher for a free download on publication day, 5/4/22 (date of purchase can be anytime within the past 6 months… must have an Amazon account, and sorry—US Only).”
- Night Worms has revealed the cover for Orphans of Bliss (“Readers are in for a shock when they follow an addict trying to get clean in [Christa Carmen’s] “Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell.” A jaw dropping final scene and one of the best stories of the series.”).
Upcoming Events

May 12 - 15, 2022
Christa Carmen will be participating in several events as part of the HWA's virtual convention, including the “Houses, Forests, and Other Haunts: The Importance of Setting in Horror” panel.
Christa Carmen will be participating in several events as part of the HWA's virtual convention, including the “Houses, Forests, and Other Haunts: The Importance of Setting in Horror” panel.