STEPHANIE M. WYTOVICH: Personally, I have to give a massive shout out to Christopher Golden, Gabino Iglesias, and Shane Douglas Keene, all three of who are feminist warriors for the women in our field. There\u2019s often not a day\/week that goes by where they aren\u2019t supporting, marketing, or promoting female writers on their social media feeds, and it\u2019s really refreshing to see this.<\/p>\n S.P. MISKOWSKI: In my experience: Joe Pulver, Ellen Datlow, Ross E. Lockhart, Kate Jonez, Jess Landry, Justin Steele\u2026 I\u2019ve met some wonderful people in horror and weird fiction.<\/p>\n JULIA BENALLY: I will say The Horror Zine, The Wicked Library Podcast, I’ve enjoyed stories from Black Static Magazine, Liquid Imagination, and Another Realm Magazine has good ones.<\/p>\n SABA SYED RAZVI: I feel like this is a challenging question for me because it can be so variable. I hope to learn more about this from the other panelists, but here is what comes to mind: I\u2019ve seen a lot of positive attention in the HWA Newsletter, recently. Many of these are not strictly horror, but friendly to\/welcoming of the genre. Hyacinth Girl Press. Sundress Publications. Coffee House Press. Menacing Hedge. Raw Dog Screaming Press. Fairytale Review. Finishing Line Press. Agape Editions. Ugly Duckling Presse. Chax Press. Fiction Collective 2. University of Hell Press. Rose Metal Press. Future poem Books. VIDA. I feel like my awareness of those who are supportive is often colored by my enthusiasm or awareness at any time. I\u2019m often surprised when I see the catalogues of presses or the tables of contents of magazines, only to find that the male voices outnumber the female. I think this is a really great question, and that maybe it would be a great topic to explore during Women in Horror Month. I think I\u2019m going to make it my mission to find a more thorough answer, this month…<\/p>\n EMILY B. CATANEO: Michael Bailey, of the aforementioned Chiral Mad 2<\/em> anthology, has elevated quite a few female voices lately; Jess Landry, of Journalstone\/Trepidatio Publishing, has edited a variety of female-written novels and short story collections in the past few years; and Sean Wallace and Silvia Moreno-Garcia over at The Dark have shown a dedication to diversity in their magazine, especially working to elevate the voices of women of color.<\/p>\n Who are a few female horror authors you wish more people were reading? Likewise, what are some recent horror books or stories by women that should have gotten more attention? <\/strong><\/p>\n CHRISTINA SNG: I think your fiction is mesmerizing. I love Caroline Yoachim\u2019s flash fiction. The poetry of Linda Addison, Marge Simon, Jennifer Crow, Christa Carmen, Sara Tantlinger, Erin Sweet-Al Mehairi, and Stephanie Wytovich.<\/p>\n STEPHANIE M. WYTOVICH: Oh! I love making author\/book recommendations, so some absolute must-reads are:<\/p>\n \u2022 Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked<\/em> by Christa Carmen S.P. MISKOWSKI: Anyone who likes subtle psychological and supernatural horror, especially ghost stories or strange stories, ought to read Lynda E. Rucker. She has two superb collections in print\u2014The Moon Will Look Strange<\/em> and You\u2019ll Know When You Get There<\/em>\u2014and her stories are frequently published in annual \u2018best of\u2019 anthologies. One of her stories won a Shirley Jackson Award.<\/p>\n![\"Christina](\"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Christina-Sng.jpg\")
<\/a>CHRISTINA SNG: All of the editors and publishers I\u2019ve worked with have been supportive, as well as many who haven\u2019t yet accepted my work but have taken the time to advise me on improving my writing, of which I am deeply grateful for, Linda Addison, Dawn Albright, Mike Allen, F.J. Bergmann, Charles Christian, CC Finlay, Vince Gotera, David C Kopaska-Merkel, Terrie Leigh Relf, Teri Santitoro, David Lee Summers, Susan Shell Winston, to name a few. Our community has been kind and supportive to both old faces and new during the early days of the Internet (showing my age here) and now, although as with every community, there will be exceptions.<\/p>\n<\/a>SARAH READ: Ellen Datlow, Andy Cox, Sean Wallace, Jess Landry, Dan Coxon, and Richard Thomas have been phenomenal. If you’re looking for women in horror, their publications should be first on the list. And many others are making great efforts toward being more diverse and inclusive in their work. I see more effort and accountability. There’s still a long way to go, but things are happening. Awareness is definitely happening, and I think any editor today who puts together an all-white-cis-male horror anthology knows that they’re going to be alienating a lot of their potential audience. And if they don’t care, well, that tells us everything we need to know about what not to read.<\/p>\n<\/a>Your incredible THE RUST MAIDENS, Caroline\u2019s SEVEN WONDERS OF A ONCE AND FUTURE WORLD, Linda\u2019s CONSUMED, REDUCED TO BEAUTIFUL GRAY ASHES, Marge\u2019s WAR, Jennifer\u2019s THE FIRST BITE OF THE APPLE, Christa\u2019s SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLOOD-SOAKED, Sara\u2019s THE DEVIL\u2019S DREAMLAND, Erin\u2019s BREATHE, and Stephanie\u2019s SHEET MUSIC TO MY ACOUSTIC NIGHTMARE. Powerful, evocative work.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 \u201cSlipping Petals from Their Skin\u201d by Kristi DeMeester
\n\u2022 Hair Side, Flesh Side <\/em>by Helen Marshall
\n\u2022 And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe<\/em> by Gwendolyn Kiste
\n\u2022 I Am Not Your Final Girl: Poems<\/em> by Claire C. Holland
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Changeling\u201d by Sarah Langan
\n\u2022 \u201cHorror Story\u201d by Carmen Maria Machado
\n\u2022 \u201cDeath\u2019s Door Caf\u00e9\u201d by Karron Warren
\n\u2022 \u201cNecksnapper\u201d by Emma Alice Johnson<\/p>\n