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Review: Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 25, 2019September 24, 2019ReviewsBlu Gilliand, Lisa Kroger, Melanie R. Anderson, Monster She Wrote, Quirk Books, Reviews, Women In HorrorLeave a comment

Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
Quirk Books (September 2019)
352 pages; $14.01 paperback; $11.99 e-book
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand

Quick, name two classic female horror writers. I’ll wait while you blurt out “Mary Shelley and Shirley Jackson.” While there’s no doubt that both of those two have more than earned their place in horror history, there are multitudes that belong alongside them, but whose names have been lost to history. That’s a wrong that Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson are here to right. Their new book, Monster, She Wrote, sheds light on over a hundred women who, as the cover says, “pioneered horror and speculative fiction.”Continue Reading

Women in Horror: An Interview with Ellen Datlow

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 22, 2019February 25, 2019InterviewsEllen Datlow, Interviews, Mother Horror, Sadie Hartmann, Women In Horror1 Comment

If you’ve read an anthology of horror, science fiction or fantasy stories in the last couple of decades, chances are good it was edited by Ellen Datlow. In addition to editing more than 100 anthologies over the course of her 35 year career, Datlow has served as the editor magazines such as OMNI and Event Horizon, and currently acquires fiction for Tor.com.

Datlow’s impeccably keen eye for talent has made her one of the most important figures working in modern horror fiction. We at Cemetery Dance are honored that she took time out of her busy schedule to answer some questions for us.

Women in Horror: An Interview with Alma Katsu

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 13, 2019February 10, 2019InterviewsAlma Katsu, Interviews, Sadie Hartmann, Women In Horror, Women in Horror MonthLeave a comment

In 2018 Alma Katsu took the world of horror fiction by storm with The Hunger, her re-imagining of the tragic story of the Donner Party. The Hunger was named to NPR’s list of 100 Best Horror Stories, and made the “Most Anticipated” lists of a number of media outlets, including The Guardian and io9.

Katsu is currently working on a new novel centered around another historic tragedy—the Titanic—as well as a spy novel and other projects. She was kind enough to take time out of her schedule to chat with Cemetery Dance. Continue Reading

Mary SanGiovanni stirs up a Tempest

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 16, 2018February 15, 2018InterviewsBlu Gilliand, Interviews, Mary SanGiovanni, Tempest, Thunderstorm Books, Women In HorrorLeave a comment

Mary SanGiovanni is a prolific author and podcaster, and she’s getting ready to add another title to the list: editor. Recently, SanGiovanni announced that she is joining forces with respected publisher Thunderstorm Books to form a new, female-centric imprint. In the following interview, SanGiovanni discusses her approach to creating and curating this new line of horror fictionContinue Reading

Review: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 7, 2018February 4, 2018ReviewsDave Simms, Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant, Orbit Books, Reviews, Women In HorrorLeave a comment

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Orbit Books (November 2017)
448 pages; $18.57 hardcover; $15.99 paperback; $13.99 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms

Mermaids? Scary? Nope, this isn’t a joke, and if you’re familiar with Mira “Seanan McGuire” Grant, queen of the Feed series, you know she’s capable of some horrific storytelling. Imagine if Michael Crichton and Stephen King mind-melded with someone brave enough to tackle a creature that most readers would not take seriously. The result would be a novel that’s scientifically based, utterly plausible, and with enough rich characters to make you cringe every time a dark corner is turned. Add to that the sheer lyricism of Grant/McGuire’s prose and Into the Drowning Deep is born, a horror novel that’s as frightening as Aliens and mind-bending as Jurassic Park (the concepts, not the dinos themselves).Continue Reading

The Women I Have Known

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 27, 2017February 22, 2017EssaysAmber Fallon, Anne Rice, Charlee Jacob, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Cherie Priest, Damien Angelica Walters, Daphne du Maurier, Elizabeth Massie, Essays, Francis Stevens, Joyce Carol Oates, Karen Taylor, Kathe Koja, Krisi de Meester, Kristin Dearborn, Lisa Tuttle, Lucy Taylor, Marjorie Bowen, Mary SanGiovanni, Mary Shelley, Melanie Tem, Melissa Lason, Michelle Garza, Nancy Collins, Sarah Langan, Sarah Pinborough, Shirley Jackson, Somer Cannon, Tanith Lee, The Women I Have Known, V.C. Andrews, Women In Horror6 Comments

The Women I Have Known
by Mary SanGiovanni

As a horror writer coming up in the first decade of the new millennium, I’ve had the opportunity to see the dual perspectives of women’s place in the horror genre, the former reflecting where we used to be, and the latter reflecting how much progress we’ve made. Continue Reading

Under My Skin

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 20, 2017February 18, 2017EssaysEssays, Kathe Koja, Marilyn Munster, Seanan McGuire, Skin, Under My Skin, Women In HorrorLeave a comment

Under My Skin
by Seanan McGuire

When I was a little girl, I wanted nothing more in this world than to grow up to be Marilyn Munster.Continue Reading

Interview: Ania Ahlborn

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 14, 2017February 13, 2017InterviewsAnia Ahlborn, Blu Gilliand, Essays, Interviews, The Devil Crept In, Women In HorrorLeave a comment

An Interview with Ania Ahlborn

Ania Ahlborn is the bestselling author of the horror thrillers Brother, Within These Walls, The Bird Eater, The Shuddering, The Neighbors, and Seed, and the novella The Pretty Ones. Her latest release is The Devil Crept In, out now from Gallery Books. Recently, Ania was kind enough to take time out from exploring the dark corners of her imagination to share a few words with us.

Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been?

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 6, 2017February 5, 2017EssaysDamien Angelica Walters, Joyce Carol Oates, Women In Horror1 Comment

Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been?
by Damien Angelica Walters

The first book I read by Joyce Carol Oates wasn’t by Joyce Carol Oates at all. It was a creepy thriller called Soul/Mate, written by Rosamond Smith, about a psychopath who becomes infatuated with a woman and kills anyone he thinks stands in the way of her happiness. Continue Reading

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