Writing / Nonfiction
Guest Posts
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Halloween Hijinks Part II
The Girl in the Blue Mask blog -
Why Body Horror, or,
Why Do We Entertain Ourselves with Grotesque Mutations, Demonic Gestation, Parasitic Infections, and Ghastly Mutilations?
Ladies of Horror Fiction -
Summer Reading (and watching) for Nerds: Elvelon Press / Outpost 28
Narzau -
10 Ways Being a #WIH is Like Being the Final Girl in a Horror Film
Erik Hofstatter’s Blog -
Book Review Series
Ginger Nuts of Horror
- Night of 1,000 Beasts by John Palisano
- The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
- Suspended in Dusk II edited by Simon Dewar
- Nightly Owl, Fatal Raven by Jessica McHugh
- Uncovering Stranger Things edited by Kevin J. Wetmore -
Top 5 Books to Read this Halloween, & the Candy to Devour While Doing So
Red Lace Reviews -
Halloween Hijinks
Cedar Hollow Horror Reviews -
The Scariest Part
Nicholas Kaufmann’s blog -
Top Five Modern Gothic Horror Novels
HorrorDNA -
Ten Short Stories by #WIH You Need to Read
Kendall Reviews -
Evolution of a Horror Fan
Ink Heist -
Top Ten Badass Horror Heroines in Film and Television
Cedar Hollow Horror Reviews -
"The Tiger in the Lifeboat"
Wicked Run Press -
"Women in Horror Month"
New England Horror Writers -
"Choosing Settings for Your Writing"
Black Fox Literary Magazine
Blogs
- Halloween in Haddonfield, Forty Years Later
- "How to Like It, the Stephen Dobyns Way"
- "Ten Reasons to Take Advantage of the Crystal Lake Mentorship Program"
- “Terror at Towson University Marriott: 2018 Borderlands Writers Boot Camp”
- “Latest and Greatest”
- “From Brain Waves to Paper Reams”
Criticism
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“Trendy Bars, Breathtaking Beaches, and a Rising Body Count:
How Westerly is Failing its Opioid-Addicted Residents”
Originally covered by The Westerly Sun via an interview with Christa Carmen -
“Get Serious About Heroin Addiction Treatment”
The New London Day -
“Guest commentary: Leaving addicts to fend for themselves”
Originally ublished by The Westerly Sun
Book Showcase
"Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked"
A young woman's fears regarding the gruesome photos appearing on her cell phone prove justified in a ghastly and unexpected way. A chainsaw-wielding Evil Dead fan defends herself against a trio of undead intruders. A bride-to-be comes to wish that the door between the physical and spiritual worlds had stayed shut on All Hallows' Eve. A lone passenger on a midnight train finds that the engineer has rerouted them toward a past she'd prefer to forget. A mother abandons a life she no longer recognizes as her own to walk up a mysterious staircase in the woods.
In her debut collection, Christa Carmen combines horror, charm, humor, and social critique to shape thirteen haunting, harrowing narratives of women struggling with both otherworldly and real-world problems. From grief, substance abuse, and mental health disorders, to a post-apocalyptic exodus, a seemingly sinister babysitter with unusual motivations, and a group of pesky ex-boyfriends who won’t stay dead, Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked is a compelling exploration of horrors both supernatural and psychological, and an undeniable affirmation of Carmen’s flair for short fiction.
Available now from Unnerving, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
A young woman's fears regarding the gruesome photos appearing on her cell phone prove justified in a ghastly and unexpected way. A chainsaw-wielding Evil Dead fan defends herself against a trio of undead intruders. A bride-to-be comes to wish that the door between the physical and spiritual worlds had stayed shut on All Hallows' Eve. A lone passenger on a midnight train finds that the engineer has rerouted them toward a past she'd prefer to forget. A mother abandons a life she no longer recognizes as her own to walk up a mysterious staircase in the woods.
In her debut collection, Christa Carmen combines horror, charm, humor, and social critique to shape thirteen haunting, harrowing narratives of women struggling with both otherworldly and real-world problems. From grief, substance abuse, and mental health disorders, to a post-apocalyptic exodus, a seemingly sinister babysitter with unusual motivations, and a group of pesky ex-boyfriends who won’t stay dead, Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked is a compelling exploration of horrors both supernatural and psychological, and an undeniable affirmation of Carmen’s flair for short fiction.
Available now from Unnerving, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
Anthology Showcase
“And Sweetest in the Gale is Heard”
NOT ALL MONSTERS
An anthology edited by Sara Tantlinger, to be released by Strangehouse Books in the fall of 2020.
» Coming Soon!
NOT ALL MONSTERS
An anthology edited by Sara Tantlinger, to be released by Strangehouse Books in the fall of 2020.
» Coming Soon!