Writing
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“To the Moon and Back”
Why Didn’t You Just Leave
Cursed Morsels
Edited by Nadia Bulkin & Julia Rios
It’s the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn’t you just leave? If accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication, it’s never that simple. There are a lot of reasons why people don’t just leave scary situations, and these smart, spooky stories reflect the complexity behind that question.
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Why Didn’t You Just Leave
Cursed Morsels
Edited by Nadia Bulkin & Julia Rios
It’s the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn’t you just leave? If accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication, it’s never that simple. There are a lot of reasons why people don’t just leave scary situations, and these smart, spooky stories reflect the complexity behind that question.
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- Dave Simms offers a stunning review of The Daughters of Block Island for Cemetery Dance: “The gothic horror novel just received a massive shot of adrenaline to its bleak-but-beautiful-heart...a stunning novel that arrives in the final month of the year, just in time for the calendar’s longest nights of darkness. In this debut novel, Carmen doesn’t attempt to top the classics; instead, she subverts them in a unique manner. She embraces the tropes that made the subgenre what it is and forges an enthralling tale of two sisters, a strange town, and a cast of characters that would make the masters proud...If this is any indication of what Christa Carmen can bring into the world, readers will be smiling under candlelight for years to come. An exceptional new talent has arrived.”
- KIRKUS REVIEWS calls The Daughters of Block Island, “Great fun for readers who’ve done their background reading and want to try a Gothic Plus.”
- Of The Daughters of Block Island, Dead Headspace’s Brennan LaFaro writes, “What a fine line Christa Carmen has to walk with this book, and how masterfully she walks it… a layered tale that borders on cozy, while never quite allowing the reader to settle in too comfortably...Here lies mystery and secrets, and I was here for it.”
Media & Other
TOD 118 The Weird Has Always Been Female
The Women’s Canon of Weird Fiction Panel from NecronomiCon 2022
Upcoming Events
The Daughters of Block Island Tour Dates
Dec 9, 2023Rarities Books & Bindery, Wakefield, RI, 1 0am
Stillwater Books, West Warwick, RI, 2 pm
Dec 10, 2023
RI Boutique, Mystic, CT, 4 pm
Jan 11, 2024
Books on the Square, Providence, RI, 6 pm
Jan 17, 2024
Ashaway Free Library, Ashaway, RI, 6 pm
Jan 24, 2024
Barrington Books, Barrington, RI, 6:30 pm
Jan 30, 2024
North Kingstown Free Library, North Kingstown, RI, 6:30 pm