The 2014 Ladies of Horror
The following Ladies will be contributing to
The Ladies of Horror 2014
Little is known about the apparently quiet W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh. The few unearthed bones are still disconnected: dreams, books, no gender, tattoos, wolves, invisible energies, permanent puzzlement. W would be (in alphabetical order) a versatile artist, a chocolate fiend, an independent musician, a tree hugger and a speculative writer.
W is the author of the novel ‘Outsider’, featuring “vampires and lesbians enjoying rock music in London”, released in spring 2012. W’s writings have appeared in some unknown, obscure zines during the last 20 years of the 20th century. In the 21st century W's writings have been featured in various anthologies: 'Threads', 'Eclectica', 'No One Makes It Out Alive', and more recently 'Blessings from the Darkness'.
As far as people know, W is still currently living with two cats in London, UK, and dreaming about journeying around the planet. Any questions? W might not answer.
W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh
Sandy Rozanski
Sandy Rozanski has been writing since she was eight years old. She is a wife of forty-three years, a mother to grown children and a grandmother. Born in Boston, MA. Sandy moved to Maine, where she still resides after twenty-five years, with the love of her life.
Mary Genevieve Fortier
Author; Columnist, Editor, Reviewer and published Writer of Poetry/Prose of various genres.
Imagine and Dream… two words that best describe the mind of this poet. An avid lover of the written word, Mary has penned many poems of various genres since the age of seven, having first been published by nine.
Mary grew up reading, watching, loving anything horror; Her darkside so to speak.
Classic authors, whose pens have etched greatness in works that not only create shivers down the spine but inspire movement of the soul — Such remarkable writers as Poe, Shakespeare, Browning, Gibran, just to name a few, gave Mary that special element that drives every poet to place their essence upon parchment. This became the ethereal foundation of her poetic form.
Writing as such gave way to countless poems/prose and other works, many of which found publication in anthologies. Today she has not merely found a new voice but added an intrinsic octave to her repertoire; The genre of Horror, both poetic and fiction.
Mary’s poetry has been described as mystical, melodic, flowing with a unique grace that at times has been likened to the old world poets.
Her horror poetry has been deemed as “Poe-esque” by many.
She has most recently been accepted for publication in five horror anthologies, “Bones”, “Satan’s Holiday,” “Welcome To Your Nightmare,” "Blessings From the Darkness" and one of her poems is used as the Intro to the recently released, "Temporary Skeletons" Anthology by Chupa Cabra House Publications. She has two poems in the January 2014 issue of "Shadows & Light Magazine," one of which is a photo caption award winner. Another is in the April 2014 issue to be released later this year.
In addition to being in print, Mary’s poetry is featured in “The Wicked Library,” (a podcast available on iTunes, Stitcher and hipcast) Season 3, Episodes 307, 307.1 Bonus and The Christmas Episode "Christmassacre 2." Her Flash Fiction pieces have been featured on Hellnotes,"Horror in a Hundred."
Currently, Mary has a position as a Columnist, “Nighty Nightmare” for Staying Scared, a Horror website. In addition, she is a Partner/Editor/Author for Black Bed Sheet Books and a Reviewer for Hellnotes and Dark Regions Press.
Rosie Bates
Rosie Bates was born in England to two musicians that provided her with a very creative upbringing. She wrote her first song at aged 1 ½ which now features on one of her father’s solo albums and began writing creatively and reading avidly since the age 3.
At age 8, she was chosen out of the whole county of Powys, Wales to join 9 others in the “Writing Squad”, a group dedicated to encouraging and refining the talents of young writers. During her time at the “Writing Squad”, some of her work was published in some of their many anthologies. She attended this group until age 13 but continued to write alongside school.
At age 13, she began singing and has performed at many venues across the UK and Europe, including Earl’s Court in London. A year later, she featured on her father’s solo album.She attended Lancaster University in 2009 and graduated with a degree in Psychology in 2012 and also achieved the Lancaster Award during her time there. Whilst at the University, Rosie began training in Taekwondo and will be training to achieve her black belt this November.
After University, Rosie participated in her first two National Novel Writing Months, completing the required 50,000 words each time. She is currently working on her first novel and several short stories with the dream of becoming a published author.
Rosie currently lives with her fiancé and enjoys swimming and learning Spanish in her spare time.
Stephanie Riley
Stephanie Riley is a twenty six year old writer who lives in the great city of Annapolis, MD. She is a vampire fan, before The Sparkly revolution, and she is inspired by such greats as Stephen King, Ted Decker, and Frank Peretti for Horror; J.R.R Tolkien and George R.R Martin for Fantasy.
Stephanie enjoys Mediterranean, seafood, frozen yogurt, her favorite color is purple, and she believes in ghosts and is afraid of spiders and losing loved ones. Her driving force is her boyfriend of nine years and her friend Erich. When asked what she enjoys doing outside of writing, her reply is: “Photography and drawing. I love making things whether it's crafts or putting together furniture.”
Be looking for Stephanie’s upcoming novel based on the Jack the Ripper Killings with some paranormal twists that is currently untitled and part of a bigger series.
Charie D. La Marr
Charie D. La Marr is 61 years young. Hailing from Miniola, New York, she has been writing for over 50 years. She’s a descendent of Mary Shelley through her father’s side of the family, and a distant relative to William Godwin. Ink runs in her blood. Even her grandmother and uncle were newspaper reporters.
La Marr writes material that spans from literary to "splatter punk" and everything in between. Her collection Bumping Noses and Cherry Pie won the 2014 New Pulp Award for Best Collection and it is about to be re-released with new material.
Charie loves baseball, Marzipan acorns dipped in dark chocolate, and the color purple. Currently, she is writing a “hardcore, sadistic and violent” piece of fiction “as requested by the publisher.”
