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Guest Post: Hawthorne as Horror & the Monstrous Woman by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

Guest Post: Hawthorne as Horror & the Monstrous Woman by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

Hawthorne as Horror & the Monstrous Woman


By Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam


Before I read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” I didn’t understand that women in fiction could be monstrous. Or that “monstrous” didn’t always mean a stalker in the night.  


Beatrice, the daughter of a botanist who breeds poisonous plants, is herself poison. You may argue that she cannot be monstrous because she means no ill will to the man who tries to love her, but villains maintain their own sense of logic. Beatrice...


Friday Feels- March 19th, 2021

Friday Feels- March 19th, 2021

Happy Friday Night Worms! I hope your weekend will feel as long as this week has. Continuing on with giving you excellent woman-written books, today I’m highlighting Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed. Mohamed is an indo-Caribbean scientist who lives in Canada and let me tell you that she blew me away with this book. Although I thought it was a little bit slow, I really enjoyed this one. It’s a cosmic coming-of-age book centering around a child prodigy and her friend who are in the middle of a war with...


Celebrating Women's HERstory Month: Women Writing Extreme Horror by Kenzie Jennings & Janine Pipe

Celebrating Women's HERstory Month: Women Writing Extreme Horror by Kenzie Jennings & Janine Pipe

Celebrating Women's HERstory Month: Women Writing Extreme Horror by Kenzie Jennings and Janine Pipe

You mean a woman can write extreme horror? No, there must be some mistake. Exploring the myths are two Splatterpunk Award nominees, Janine Pipe and Kenzie Jennings.

An actual conversation:

Me – hey, have you read any extreme horror?

Normie – what???

Average horror reader – oh yes you mean Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Bentley Little, Whitley Strieber etc etc etc 

Me – Oooooookay, but what about Kenzie Jennings, Christine Morgan, Monica J O’Rourke?

AHR...


Bookstagram Read-Along: RECEPTION by Kenzie Jennings

Bookstagram Read-Along: RECEPTION by Kenzie Jennings

 

It had been awhile since I hosted a read-along on #bookstagram. They're actually quite the undertaking. The corner of the universe in which #bookstagram resides is populated with extreme book nerds. If you announce a read-along, you are going to get takers. My RECEPTION read-along started on Valentine's Day and by the end of the day, the group chat had 21 people in it! I was not expecting so many but I was delighted to see so many curious readers! Our chat was a lively one and after all of...


Emoji Book Review: TAINTED LOVE: Women in Horror Anthology

Emoji Book Review: TAINTED LOVE: Women in Horror Anthology

 

TAINTED LOVE: Women in Horror Anthology edited by Azzurra Nox & Erica Ruhe

 

I received the women in horror anthology “Tainted Love” for free from Azzurra Nox. Thank you! This women-only anthology was edited by two women, Azzurra Nox and Erica Ruhe, and features 14 short stories that explore different types of love. I enjoyed most of the stories tremendously, so I give this anthology 4⭐️! Now, an emoji review!