
Pull up a rocking chair and sit a spell. Soak in these tales of Southern Gothic horror: Sinister shopkeepers whose goods hold the highest price, a woman’s search for her mother drags her into the binding embrace of a monster, a witchdoctor’s young niece tells him a life-altering secret, an investigator who knows how to keep a 100% confession rate…. These are stories where the setting itself becomes a character—fog laced cemeteries, sulfur rich salt marshes—places housing creatures that defy understanding and where the grotesque and macabre are celebrated.
Author

Eden Royce is a writer from Charleston, South Carolina. She is a Shirley Jackson Award finalist for her short fiction, which has appeared in various print and online magazines. Her debut middle grade novel, ROOT MAGIC is a Walter Award Honoree, a Nebula Award finalist, a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award winner, and an Ignyte award winner for outstanding children’s literature. She loves tea, coffee, bookstores, and roller skating – not always in that order.