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Emma J. Gibbon

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Described by NPR as “Shirley Jackson meets Johnny Rotten,” Emma J. Gibbon is an award-winning horror writer and poet. Her debut fiction collection, Dark Blood Comes from the Feet, was one of NPR’s best books of 2020 and won the Maine Literary Book Award for Speculative Fiction. Her stories have appeared in The Dark Tome and Toasted Cake podcasts, and various anthologies, including Wicked Haunted and 13 Haunted Houses. Her poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies, including Strange Horizons, Kaleidotrope, and Under Her Skin. Most recently, Emma was part of the writing team behind the Realm podcast drama, Undertow: Blood Forest. Emma lives with her husband, Steve, and four exceptional animals: Odin, Mothra, Hamlet, and M. Bison ...more

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	Under Her Skin: A Women in Horror Poetry Showcase, Vol. I by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author), Toni Miller (Editor), Marge Simon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.62 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Dark Blood Comes From the Feet 3.87 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Under Her Eye: A Women in Horror Poetry Showcase, Volume II by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lee Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emma J. Gibbon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.39 avg rating — 61 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
	13 Haunted Houses by Curtis M. Lawson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Morey (Editor), Ramsey Campbell 3.84 avg rating — 68 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
	Everybody Is in the Place liked it 3.00 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2024	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
	Wicked Haunted: An Anthology by the New England Horror Writers by Scott T. Goudsward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniel G. Keohane (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Price (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Wicked Weird: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers by Amber Fallon (Editor), Scott T. Goudsward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Price (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2019 — 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 2020 Rhysling Anthology by David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Editor), Emma J. Gibbon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Lisa Timpf (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Some of the Best from Reactor: 2024 Edition by Kemi Ashing-Giwa (Goodreads Author), Renan Bernardo (Goodreads Author), Genoveva Dimova (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2024	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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“It was the day my grandmother exploded.”
― Iain Banks, The Crow Road

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“The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism before fairness, and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others”
― Iain M. Banks, Complicity

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