Kissing Carrion
Stories
$36.65
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2026
Summary
Finally back in print! The first horror story collection from Gemma Files, the multi-time Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award winning author of Experimental Film, and “one of the most powerful and unique voices in weird fiction today.”
This collection of seventeen short stories takes readers into the uniquely twisted mind of “one of Canada’s most promising new horror writers.” From a live necrophilia show starring reanimated corpses to a confrontation between a security…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798897320479 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Gemma Files |
| Publisher: | Shortwave Media |
| Imprint: | Shortwave Media |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“Colorful, powerful, and charismatic, her characters are rendered in bold strokes and poignant nuances.” * NPR.org *
“One of the genre’s most original and innovative voices.” * Los Angeles Review of Books *
“The recent republication of Gemma Files’s first two collections of short fiction, Kissing Carrion and The Worm in Every Heart, was a reminder of how long and how well she has been writing.” * Locus Magazine *
Gemma Files
Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her novel, Experimental Film, won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the Sunburst Award for Best Canadian Speculative Fiction (Novel). Gemma is also a two-time Bram Stoker Award winner for her short fiction collections.
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