Dangerous Dames: Women Who Write Horror
I started writing seriously in high school after reading several of Stephen King’s novels; I got hooked on horror at the tender age of twelve when an aunt gave me a copy of Cujo. I’ve been reading Stephen King’s books ever since. Growing up during the 1980s, I noticed there weren’t very may women writing scary stories. Inspired, I set out to change that. Why should men have all the fun, writing frightfully good fiction? …
February 14, 2020 –12:00 AM
Here in my cool, concrete cocoon, marking the days on the wall with pink chalk is the only way to mark time now that the power’s out — Happy Valentine’s Day!
My name is Placido Sanchez, and I’m sitting hunched over a rickety card table in the basement of my modest house, scribbling this in a dog-eared notebook with a pencil, squinting as I write by the dim glow of a kerosene lantern, purchased from the mall.
Ravenous, I surrender to a voracious hunger, a need to feel full, under a guise of normality. There’s…
Amy Grech
Amy Grech has sold over 100 stories to various anthologies and magazines. Visit her website: https://www.crimsonscreams.com.
