Novel Presents: An Evening with Horror Writers Victoria Dalpe, Morgan Sylvia, and Emma J. Gibbon

ABOUT VICTORIA DALPE:

Victoria Dalpe is a Providence-based horror writer and painter. She is a member of the HWA and the New England Horror Writers. Her short fiction has appeared in over forty-five anthologies. The first book in her dark-fantasy series Selene Shade: Resurrectionist for Hire will be released September 2024. She has also written the gothic horror novel Parasite Life and a short story collection, Les Femmes Grotesques. “Dalpe’s horror stories are equal parts intriguing, compelling, and appropriately macabre. Les Femmes Grotesques tidily secures Dalpe her position as an author to watch.”

—Monica S. Kuebler, Rue Morgue.

ABOUT MORGAN SYLVIA:

Morgan Sylvia is a metalhead, an Aquarius, a coffee addict, and a work in progress. A former obituarist, she is now a full-time freelance writer. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in several places, including Pseudopod, Wicked Witches, Northern Frights, Haunted House Short Stories, Endless Apocalypse, Twice Upon An Apocalypse, and The Final Summons. She is the author of two novels: a horror novel, Abode, which was recommended by The Library Journal, and a fantasy novel, Dawn, which is the first volume of a trilogy. Her work also includes two poetry collection, Whispers From The Apocalypse and As The Seas Turn Red, which was nominated for an Elgin Award twice, and two chapbooks, Nocturnes and Of Static And Nightmares. In 2022, she was one of the writers for Undertow: Blood Forest, a werewolf audio fiction drama produced by Realm.fm. She also occasionally dabbles in metal journalism. Sylvia belongs to several writers’ groups: the HWA, the SFWA, the New England Horror Writers, Horror Writers of Maine, and Tuesday Mayhem Society. She lives in Maine with her boyfriend, two cats, a chubby goldfish, the cutest rescue dog ever, an overgrown rose garden, and a pet banshee.

ABOUT EMMA J. GIBBON

Described by NPR as “Shirley Jackson meets Johnny Rotten,” Emma J. Gibbon is an award-winning horror writer and poet. Their 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. Their stories have appeared in The Dark Tome and Toasted Cake podcasts, and various anthologies, including Wicked Haunted and 13 Haunted Houses, and magazines such as Unnerving. Their poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies, including Strange Horizons, Kaleidotrope, and Under Her Eye, and they have been nominated for the Rhysling twice. Emma was part of the writing team behind the Realm “heavy metal werewolf” podcast drama, Undertow: Blood Forest and has an upcoming story on Reactor (formerly Tor.com) edited by Ellen Datlow. Emma lives with their husband, Steve, and four exceptional animals: Odin, Mothra, Hamlet, and M. Bison (also known as Grim) in a spooky little house in the woods. You can find them at emmajgibbon.com.