Dark Blooms

Girls' Coming-of-Age Horrors

By Valerie Hunter, Cassandra Daucus, Elise Forier Edie, and more

2023

First Published

4.64

Average Rating

398

Number of Pages

12H05M

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Girls come of age in so many ways. In this book, they come of age by battling monsters, watching their friends die, losing their mothers, and killing for the first time. Their periods are the least of their concerns. In this collection of girls' coming-of-age stories by a diverse cast of women writers, we get to meet sixteen heroines, not all of whom survive adolescence. Not all of whom we would want to survive. This collection doesn't miss a beat in telling a variety of important coming-of-age stories that might have been buried and ignored without this opportunity. These fresh and fantastic voices will reach inside of you and make you feel something you haven't felt since you were a girl. Dark Blooms. Sixteen Coming-of-Age Horrors.

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4.64

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Authors

Caitlin Marceau is an author and lecturer living and working in Montreal. She holds a B.A. in Creative Writing, is an active member of both the Horror Writers Association and the Quebec Writers’ Federation, and spends most of her time writing horror and experimental fiction. She’s been published for journalism, poetry, as well as creative non-fiction, and has spoken about horror literature at several Canadian conventions. Her debut collection, Palimpsest, is available from Ghost Orchid Press and her second collection, A Blackness Absolute, is slated for publication later this year. If she’s not covered in ink or wading through stacks of paper, you can find her ranting about issues in pop culture or nerding out over a good book. For more, check out CaitlinMarceau.ca.

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Ruth Anna Evans is a writer of short horror fiction who lives in the heart of all that is sinister: the American Midwest. She has been composing prose of all types since childhood but finds something truly delightful in putting her nightmares on the page. Her stories are full of twists and turns with relatable protagonists and startling endings. If you like Grady Hendrix and Ira Levin, you'll like Ruth Anna Evans. Follow Ruth Anna on Twitter @ruthannaevans for updates on her work.

Minnesota native Chloe Spencer is an award winning writer, indie gamedev, and filmmaker. She enjoys writing sci-fi/fantasy, horror, and romance. In her spare time she enjoys playing video games, trying her best at Pilates, and cuddling with her cats. She holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Oregon and an MFA in Film and Television from SCAD Atlanta. You can find more about her on www.chloespenceronline.com.

Shannon Riley (she/her) grew up writing gore starring her friends and family instead of doing math homework. She is the author of new revenge and body horror laden Pocketknife Kitty (Ghoulish Books, 2024). Additionally, her short fiction has been seen in the Dark Blooms: Girls' Coming-of-Age Horrors anthology, and in Ghoulish Tales, as well as various other places online. She lives with her husband and two daughters in a mediumish suburb outside of Pittsburgh. If you like chatting about 2000s emo and post-hardcore music, you can go yell at her on Twitter.

Nikoline Kaiser

Author · 2 books

Nikoline Kaiser is the author of several poems and short stories, including “ode to an asexual” published with Strange Horizons and “Last Year’s Water” with Pole to Pole Publishing. Her work focuses on family, feminism and queer themes. She lives in Denmark and has a Masters degree in Comparative Literature from Aarhus University. When not writing she works on a project communicating knowledge about women authors around the world and haunts the halls of museums in the hope of getting to stay among the relics. Visit her on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @ nikolinekaiser