Annie is a novelist, blogger, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story author. Her debut collection, You Have to Let them Bleed, and her debut novella, The Extra, are both set for publication in 2025.
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Tag Archives: Horror
What is Horror? An Infographic Explaining the Genre
I originally created this infographic for LitReactor and am now posting it here. You are welcome to share it–please do!–but please link people here rather than saving the image and taking it off of my website. If you’re viewing this … Continue reading
White Paint
Six years ago, I had two publishing dreams come true right around the same time: I had stories accepted to Apex Magazine and to Cemetery Dance Magazine. Bucket list stuff. Here’s where I shared the news back in 2017: Plus, … Continue reading
Does The End Define Horror?
Do horror stories have to have happy or tragic endings to “count” as horror? Is a positive or negative ending more effective across the board? Is there room for taste in this question? Several years ago I came across the … Continue reading
Bird Box: The Horror Novel You Should Read Next
I recently read a book so good it made me mad. Like really, fully, fit-throwing mad. Just ask my husband; I didn’t shut up about it for days. Why? Mostly because it was just that good. Also because it’s strikingly … Continue reading
What Ray Bradbury Meant to Me
As a female horror writer, I sometimes think I was born the wrong gender about three decades too late. If you’re not very familiar with the horror genre in books, let me sum it up for you: popular contemporary horror … Continue reading
