Marzia La Barbera is an Italian fiction writer and academic researcher. She writes science fiction and horror with a little bit of romance and a whole lot of blood, and enjoys delving into the mysteries of the human monster. Her work has appeared in magazines and anthologies in Italy. Her short story, "Cold Cuts", will be featured in the Absolute Zero Anthology out on October 28th 2025 by Dead Sky Publishing. When she’s not writing, she’s definitely paying too much attention to pop culture phenomena and putting together eclectic, vaguely anarchist reading lists. She is currently based in Palermo, Italy, with her two dogs and misfit family.