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Lydia Prime

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Lydia is a New Jersey born creature of the night. When she’s not trying to shred scraps of humanity from the unsuspecting, she writes stories and poems of the horror and dark fiction variety. Her work can be found on Pen of the Damned, as well as The Ladies of Horror Picture-prompt Challenge on Spreading the Writers Word. Additionally, she has had several pieces published in issues of The Sirens Call eZine.

Lydia has also had short stories published in both: Under Her Black Wings: A 2020 Women of Horror Anthology, and Graveyard Smash: Women of Horror Anthology Volume 2, from Kandisha Press.
Her story, Sadie, won the 23rd annual Critters Readers Choice Award for best horror short story (2020).

Most recently, her co-collection with Jill Girardi, ...more

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	Graveyard Smash : Women of Horror Anthology, Volume 2 by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christy Aldridge (Goodreads Author), Carmen Baca (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 116 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under Her Black Wings : 2020 Women of Horror Anthology by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author), Christy Aldridge (Goodreads Author), Carmen Baca (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The One That Got Away : Women of Horror Anthology Volume 3 by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gwendolyn Kiste (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Sonora Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 81 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We're Not Ourselves Today by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author), Lydia Prime (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Break the Oath: Women of Horror Anthology, Volume 4 by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Janine Pipe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meghan Arcuri (Foreword) 4.34 avg rating — 38 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Murmurs: A Compendium of Curiosities by Richard Chizmar (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Massie (Goodreads Author), Philip Fracassi (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pretend You Don't See Her: The Invisible Woman (Kandisha Press 2025 Women of Horror Anthology) by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lydia Prime (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Candace Nola (Goodreads Author) (Foreword Author) 4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From The Depths by Lydia Prime (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ramsey Campbell, Brandon Scott 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just a Girl: A Badass Women of Horror Anthology by J.H. Moncrieff (Goodreads Author), Ev Knight, Kenzie Jennings (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Itty Bitty Horror Bites it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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