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Elou Carroll writes spooky, whimsical, and strange stories. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Deadlands, Baffling Magazine, FOUND #2, Flash Fiction Online, Cosmic Horror Monthly and others.

When she’s not hoarding skeleton keys and whispering with ghosts, she can be found editing Crow & Cross Keys, publishing all things dark and lovely, and loitering on instagram (@keychilde), bsky (@keychild.bsky.social) and the website formerly known as twitter (@keychild).

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	Found 2: More Stories of Found Footage Horror by Andrew Cull (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gabino Iglesias (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laura Keating (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 182 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
	The First Five Minutes of the Apocalypse by Brandon Applegate (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Taryn Martinez (Contributor), Carson Winter (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	In Somnio: A Collection of Modern Gothic Horror by Alex Woodroe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Harklin Ashe (Contributor), Barbara A. Barnett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.98 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Obsessive Joy of Autism by Julia Bascom, Elou Carroll (Goodreads Author) (Artwork), Francesca Sturiale (Design) 4.50 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Grimm & Dread: A Crow's Twist on Classic Tales by Cassandra L. Thompson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lucas Mann (Author/Contributor), Brad Acevedo (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 22 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
	Their Ghoulish Reputation by Brianna Malotke, Jennifer Jeanne McArdle (Goodreads Author), Elou Carroll (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 21 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
	Drabbledark II: An Anthology of Dark Drabbles by Eric S. Fomley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ai Jiang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Taylor Rae (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2022	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
	Love Letters to Poe, Volume II: Houses of Usher by Sara Crocoll Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jared Baker, Laura Barker 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — 6 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
	Spirit Machine by Elou Carroll (Goodreads Author), Brandon Crilly (Goodreads Author), Lin Darrow 4.23 avg rating — 13 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
	Crawling: A Horror Anthology by Cat Benstead, August Blaine Centuri, Elecia Page 4.20 avg rating — 10 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

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In this blog post, we are both time-travelling and staying in the present. We’re not afraid of a paradox here, no sir. Those mad few of you who keep up with my shenanigans might remember a post I made last year, gushing about the moon. During my many months of “No”, I not only received my contributor copies of what might be the single most beautiful book I have every been lucky enough to appear in

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3.5 rounded up. I went in expecting a Caraval-esque romantasy, and I got a Caraval-esque romantasy. It does what it says on the tin. Loved the OCD rep and the moments of horror. Would have rated it higher if not for the rushed, too-easy ending. It wa ...more
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