February is Women in Horror Month. There are women out there writing some amazing horror and I love it that WiHM exists to highlight them. I plan to only read women in February (mostly horror, but maybe not exclusively) and I wanted to help with the highlights by listing below some of the awesome women horror writers out there. Some of those listed will also be people who are maybe horror-adjacent, but certainly writers of dark fiction. Now, I know I’ve missed a bunch of wonderful people (including my friends, I’m sure!) and I apologise. Mea culpa! This list kinda got out of hand. So many amazing women out there. But, if you’re a woman in horror but not on the list, drop a comment and introduce yourself there!
So, no further ado – find yourselves a bunch of this stuff and get into it. At the start are a couple of groups to follow, then all the people. The list is in alphabetical order (by first name), but just to shake things up, it’s reverse alphabetical order. Give all those Zs a highlight over the As for a change!
| Ladies of Horror Fiction | @LOHFiction |
| Ladies of the Fright Podcast | @LOTFpod |
Hi Alan! I’m an Australian woman who writes Hittite and dark fiction. I published my first collection of short stories last year and am working on my second.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50670060-necromantic
Hey this is a great idea! I think @rebeccalucia94 should be on this list; an amazing horror writer 💀💄⚰
I also write & act for horror films and other content, with a special interest in folk horror👌🏼 would be honoured to be on any list celebrating women in horror 🍄
I’m a woman who writes horror! I have a zombie series, As The World Dies, and a standalone supernatural horror novel, Dead Spots, published by Tor. I also indie publish. I always have elements of horror in all my novels.
rhiannonfrater.com
I love this list! I’m @stephrabig on Twitter; I wrote Playing Possum 🥰
Hi Alan, I’m a British author of dark fiction and would love to be included, twitter handle https://twitter.com/constantvoice
Hi, I write horror as well as edit and indie publish. My latest novel, The Five Turns of the Wheel, is from Silver Shamrock Publishing and I’m in the throes of setting up new women-centric indie press, Black Angels, with writer Alyson Faye. You can also find me at HorrorTree.com.
Hi Alan. I write horror as Alyson Faye as well as work as an editor for an indie press, and I have set up women centric indie press Black Angel https://blackangelpressblog.wordpress.com/ with Horror Tree’s Steph Ellis- our first antho Daughters of Darkness, along with Ruschelle Dillon and Theresa Derwin is out in February,- my twitter handle is @AlysonFaye2.
Thanks for doing this list
Awesome list Alan. Allow me to introduce myself: L.F. Falconer, an American author of Dark Fiction and Quiet Horror in both novel and short story forms.
Nice list Alan! I’ll introduce myself. My name is Tabitha Thompson, an American author of horror fiction in short stories and soon novels.
Hey there! I’m a horror lady and my novel IT WILL JUST BE US came out last year. I’ve also got a bunch of short fiction out there as Joanna Parypinski in Nightmare, Black Static, Fireside Fiction, Vastarien, Miscreations anthology, etc.
Hi Alan! I’m working on the 4th book in my B Mine series, books that pay homage to 80s B Horror films, but instead of having a Final Girl, they have a Final Couple.
I’m glad to see some familiar and loved names on your list and am eager to check out the others!
Hi Alan, I’m a newbie to the group so am late to this party. I have some pending and published horror stories and would love to be included in this list. Find me on [email protected]